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NameNEW ZEALAND CAFE
Address1717 SARDIS RD N
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28270
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 4/30/2025
Final Score @ Grade
95.50 A
General CommentsFacility uses additive “tomato color” for their chicken skewers. It is unable to be determined at this time if it is an approved product. Facility should either provide us more product info or discontinue use.

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
15 1.50 Food separated & protected Yes Yes No 3-302.11(A)(1) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods and washed/unwashed fruits and vegetables. -P For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation Observed a container of raw beef being stored in prep flip top cooler behind a container of ready to eat crab filled roll ups. CDI: PIC re-arranged items to proper storage order. REPEAT. 3-302.11 (A)(2) Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display. -P. For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation Observed a container of raw chicken skewers being stored behind a container of raw shrimp in reach in prep cooler. CDI: PIC re-arranged items to proper storage order. 3-304.15(A) Discard gloves after a task is complete or any time they are damaged or soiled. -P Observed employee enter walk in cooler with gloved hands to retrieve food items and return to kitchen and attempt to handle food with same contaminated gloves. CDI: Employee discarded gloves, washed hands and donned new gloves before handling food.
22 3 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ . Observed an open package of pork dumplings being stored at 53F on top of containers of other food items in prep flip top cooler at cook line. CDI: Employee stated package was opened approximately 30 minutes prior. Dumplings were placed in walk in cooler to rapidly cool. REPEAT.
23 0 Proper date marking & 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 For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . 3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it is not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://youtu.be/bRvqAETDjQU and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . Observed a container of ready to eat eel in sushi reach in cooler missing a date mark. PIC stated eel was prepared yesterday. CDI: PIC date marked eel.
45 0 Single-use & single-service articles: properly stored & used Yes No No 4-903.11(C ) Single Service and Single Use items shall be kept in the original protective package or stored using other means that protect the item until used. Observed several stacks of single use to go containers being stored outside of their original packaging right side up on prep shelf. CDI: PIC inverted containers to protect against contamination.