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NameMUSASHI JAPANESE RESTAURANT
Address10110 JOHNSTON RD
SUITE 15
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28210
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 9/26/2013
Final Score @ Grade
94.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
2 0 Management and food employee knowledge, and conditional employee; responsibilities and reporting. Yes No No 2-201.11 (A), (B), (C), & (E) Responsibility of Permit Holder, Person in Charge, and Conditional Employees - P. One employee asked about required health policy. Employee advised of not being allowed to work if ill, but was not able to advise of required reportable illness. CDI- verbal correction and advisement of illnesses. Operator Bunta Kondo advised of need to train/ advise all existing and new employees of employee health policy. Additional copy of example health policy provided (copy in English provided as version translated in Japanese is not currently available).
8 1 Handwashing sinks, supplied and accessible Yes Yes No 5-205.11 Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance - PF. Handwashing sink blocked with cart. CDI- verbal correction, cart relocated. Operator was advised that handwashing sink must be kept available at all time to allow handwashing without the need to move and then relocate items that are stored in front of them.
18 1.50 Proper cooling time and temperatures Yes No No 3-501.14 Cooling - P. Two large packages of rice wrapped in plastic being cooled in the walk in cooler. Operator advised rice has been in the cooler for at least 12 hours. Rice is not at 45F or below within the required time frame for cooling. CDI- Operator voluntarily discarded rice. Discussed options for rapid cooling of food items.
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes Yes No 3-501.17 Ready-To-Eat Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Date Marking - PF. Cooked items in walk in cooler and prep coolers; including rice, cut lettuce, cooked noodles are not marked per the rule. Per operator statement, no cooked or ready to eat food items are held more than 4 days. CDI- operator advised of requirement for marking per rule requirement. Duplicate handout provided.
23 0 Consumer advisory provided for raw or undercooked foods Yes Yes No 3-603.11 Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw, Undercooked, or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens - PF. Operator has now corrected menus to include a completed consumer advisory, however font is smaller than 11 point font requirement. Size requirement provided for further directive after facility's previous inspection. CDI- verbal education and correction as to 11 point font required.
31 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes No No 3-501.15 Cooling Methods - P- Rice tightly wrapped during cooling, cooked seaweed tightly covered during cooling. CDI- methods corrected
41 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored Yes No No 3-304.12 In-Use Utensils, Between-Use Storage - C. Scoops for rice being stored in room temperature water. CDI- verbal correction, storage corrected.
45 0 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No Yes No 4-101.19 Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - C. Large HVAC vent at cook line is rusted. Replace/ resurface vent.
47 0.50 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No 4-601.11 (B) and (C) Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils - C. Cleaning of sides of equipment, filters, HVAC vents, and shelving at prep area/ utensil storage area is needed.