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NameLEMPIRA RESTAURANT
Address5906 SOUTH BV
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 10/9/2013
Final Score @ Grade
90 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
4 1 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use Yes No No Properly store employee drinks. Observed several bottles of water stored above food in two door cooler. One bottle partially open and leaking. CDI-drinks discarded.
7 1.50 No bare hand contact with RTE foods or a pre-approved alternate properly followed Yes No No Food employees may not contact ready to eat food with bare hands. Upon arrival, observed employee cutting and handling onions used for ready to eat salsa with bare hands. CDI-product discarded and educated.
8 1 Handwashing sinks, supplied and accessible No No No Hand sink shall be supplied with soap and hand drying device such as disposable towels. No soap or hand towels for bar hand sink. Could not determine through talking to PIC if sink was used for dumping drinks or washing hands. CDI-supplied and educated about using hand sinks for hand washing only.
13 3 Food separated and protected Yes Yes No Properly store foods to prevent contamination. Observed several pans of food stored uncovered in multiple cold hold units and walk in cooler. Also observed raw beef stored over lettuce in cold hold drawers and raw shrimp/bacon stored over fried ready to eat pork fat. CDI-foods rearranged to proper storage order. REPEAT.
14 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes No No Manual methods of cleaning and sanitizing shall be effective. Observed sanitizing compartment of three compartment sink to be visibly soiled with food debris. Explained to PIC that sanitizer is ineffective when food particles are visible. CDI-sink emptied, cleaned and refilled.
26 1 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used No No No Properly label chemicals. Observed bottle with clean liquid in a windex bottle. PIC could not determine the chemical inside.
39 1 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored No Yes No .Rags used for food contact surfaces shall be stored in sanitizer. Observed several soiled wet wiping cloths stored on counters and not in sanitizer throughout facility. REPEATStore sanitizer buckets off the floor. Observed all sanitizer buckets stored on the floor.
41 0 In-use utensils: properly stored No No No Properly store in use utensils in clean place. Observed knives being stored in crack between handsink and splashguard.
47 0 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No Non food contact surfaces shall be clean. Cleaning needed on equipment throughout facility. Observed grease build up on equipment, spilled animal blood/food debris in bottom of stand up freezers and spilled sugar/salt on shelving.