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NameEL PULGARCITO
Address4816 CENTRAL AV
SUITE A
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28205
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 10/19/2015
Final Score @ Grade
92.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
1 2 PIC present, Demonstration - Certification by accredited program, and performs duties No No No 2-102.12 PIC demonstrates knowledge by being a certified food protection manager. No one present at beginning of inspection had food protection manager certification. Manager arrived approximately 30 minutes later.
6 0 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.14 Wash hands before donning gloves and between gloves uses.-P Obsderved dish washer handling dirty dishes then start to don gloves without washing hands. CDI - Reminded of rule; dish washer washed hands before donning new gloves.
8 0 Handwashing sinks, supplied and accessible Yes No No 6-301.14 Post a handwash sign at each handsink. No handwashing sing in men's room. CDI - Adhesive signs left with PIC to post.
13 1.50 Food separated and protected No No No 3-302.11(A) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P Raw sausage above sauce in low prep cooler and raw pork chops above empinadas in reach in freezer. CDI - Both rearranged with correct storage order. 3-302.11(A) Separate unwashed produce from ready-to-eat foods. -P Unwashed peppers stored on top shelf above ready to eat tamles in walk in cooler 2. CDI - Rearranged with ready -to-eat items on top shelf.
14 0 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes No No 4-602.11 Clean the equipment and utensils used with nonTCS foods as required to avoid contamination. Observed dark build up inside ice machine. Clean.
20 3 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P Tomatoes stocked above the chill line and holding above 45F. CDI - Top portion removed and placed in reach in freezer for rapid cool down. Also, TCS foods in walk in cooler holding from 50F-48F. CDI - Foods prepared eariler today relocated to walk in cooler 2; foods prepared before today discarded. A service technician was called, dispatched and repaired the walk in cooler during the inspection.
21 0 Proper date marking and disposition Yes No No 3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf No date marking in facility with the exception of tamales. CDI - Many items requiring date marking were discarded due to cold holding violation (see number 20); remainging items requiring date marking were correctly back dated. VR
39 0 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored No No No 3-304.14(B) Hold in-use wiping cloths in sanitizer between uses. One wet wiping cloth held on cutting board. CDI - Placed in sanitizing solution.
45 1 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No No No 4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Shelves in walk in cooler 2 rusty. Repaint or replace. Also, AC is dripping on to the floor in the kitchen in front of the prep sink. Service tech began making repairs during the inspection.
53 0 Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean No No No 6-201.13 Provide a wall to floor joint that is sealed and coved when flood cleaning methods are used. Floor must be graded to drain to functioning floor drains. Base boards missing around bottom of walk in cooler 2. Replace.