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NameLEMPIRA RESTAURANT
Address5906 SOUTH BV
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 5/17/2018
Final Score @ Grade
93 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 2-401.11 Cover and store employee drinks to prevent contamination of food or utensils. Multiple drinks observed stored on and above prep surfaces throughout kitchen. CDI: by discarding
18 3 Proper cooling time and temperatures Yes Yes No Repeat: 3-501.14(A) Quickly cool cooked foods within 2 hours from 135F to 70F; and within a total of 6 hours from 135F to 45F. -P. 2 containers of hot salsa at 74 deg F, ground beef at 49 deg F, and regular salsa at 56 deg F cooled from yesterday in walk-in all stored in large batches and covered. CDI: by discarding all products.
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes No No 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. Several products including ground beef, pork, yuca, and salsa all made yesterday without proper date in walk-in cooler. CDI: by properly dating/discarding. Observed 3 tubs of tamales made on 5/15 without a date in walk-in. CDI: by providing proper date.
31 1 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes Yes No Repeat: 3-501.15 Quickly cool foods. Use methods such as open/vented shallow pans, large ice baths and active stirring. Cold air must flow around product to remove the heat. -Pf. Several foods inside walk-in cooling in large batches and while covered. CDI: discussed proper cooling methods; all products separated into smaller batches, stirred, uncovered, and placed on ice.
39 0 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored No No No General Comment: 3-304.14(B) Hold in-use wiping cloths in sanitizer between uses. Observed on bleach sanitizer bucket too strong for FCS; bleached out test strip. CDI: corrected to proper concentration.
41 0 In-use utensils: properly stored No No No General Comment: 3-304.12 Store in-use utensils in a clean, dry place, in food with handles out, in 135F or greater water or in running water which quickly moves food particles to the drain. Observed bowls stored in mutiple dry good products used as scoops.
42 0.50 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No Yes No Repeat: 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Plastic and metal pans wet stacked on dish shelf.
45 0 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No No No General Comment: 4-501.12 Resurface or replace cutting surfaces that can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized. Worn/gouged cutting boards observed in kitchen to be used. 4-202.11 Food contact surfaces shall be smooth, free of open seams, cracks, chips, pits, sharp internal angles, crevices and assembled to allow access to clean. -Pf. Observed plastic food containers with cracks on edges.