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NameFIREBIRDS
Address3920 SHARON RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 9/9/2021
Final Score @ Grade
88 B
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 - Kitchen manager could not show documentation of training employees on the "big 5" symptoms and illnesses. Health policy forms were also not posted in kitchen. Food employees must be made aware of their responsibility to report the "big 5" symptoms and illnesses to the person in charge. CDI - Sample health policies in English and Spanish given to manager. 0 pts.
4 2 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use No Yes No 2-401.11 Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco - C - Repeat - Employee drinking from thermos and another employee coffee cup on prep table. Employee drinks shall have a lid with a straw to prevent potential contamination of hands when opening the beverage. Employee drinks shall also be stored where they can't spill or contaminate food preparation areas.
13 0 Food separated and protected Yes No No 3-302.11 Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation, Packaging, and Segregation - P - Raw salmon stored on shelf above ready-to-eat tuna tartare. Dredge station used for raw chicken, raw shrimp and vegetables. Raw animal products shall be segregated by cook temperature and from ready-to-eat foods. Raw animal products must not be stored above ready-to-eat foods in storage. Since tuna is served in a ready-to-eat form do not store other raw meats or seafood above it. CDI - Tuna moved to top shelf in cooler and manager educated and 2 additional dredge stations set up. 0 pts.
14 3 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes Yes No 4-601.11 (A) Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils - P - Repeat - Onion chopper, cheese processor blade, and can opener blade all had visible food residue on them and were stored as clean. Food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils shall be cleaned to sight and touch. CDI - Items moved to dish machine to be rewashed.
18 3 Proper cooling time and temperatures No Yes Yes 3-501.14 Cooling - P - Repeat - Caesar dressing made at 8:30AM still measured 47-48F in walk-in cooler. Chili that began cooling at 2:30PM still measured 75-92F at 5:15PM. TCS foods shall be cooled from 135F to 70F within 2 hours, and from 70F to 41F within 4 additional hours. CDI - Caesar and chili both discarded. Establishment has had cooling issues for 6 straight inspections so an intent to suspend has been issued and a verification visit will be conducted within 10 days to check how establishment is cooling TCS foods.
19 0 Proper hot holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16 (A)(1) Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Hot and Cold Holding - P - Prime rib holding in heat cabinet at 114F. TCS foods in hot holding shall measure at least 135F. CDI - Prime rib moved to TPHC and was discarded at 7PM. 0 pts.
20 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16 (A)(2) and (B) Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Hot and Cold Holding - P - Asiago sauce measured 59F in walk-in cooler. Asiago comes frozen and pre-made so it appears it was thawed incorrectly and rose in temperature. Also, ribs overstacked in sandwich cooler top and measured 41-54F. TCS foods in cold holding shall measure 41F or less. CDI - Ribs moved to walk-in cooler and asiago sauce moved to freezer to chill. Kept at half credit due to overall cold holding equipment appearing to be in good working order.
31 1 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes Yes No 3-501.15 Cooling Methods - PF - Repeat - Cole slaw, cut tomatoes, tuna tartare, and philly egg rolls all were still in the cooling process but were placed in sandwich cooler tops and drawers. Also, chili was cooling in an ice bath that had totally melted. Caesar dressing was cooling right beside the walk-in cooler window that is near the grill on the other side. TCS foods must be cooled using methods that cool the foods within the cooling parameters - from 135F to 70F within 2 hours, and from 135F to 41F within a total of 6 hours. CDI - Caesar dressing and chili discarded. Cole slaw, cut tomatoes, tuna tartare and philly egg rolls moved to freezer to chill.
38 0 Personal cleanliness No No No 2-303.11 Prohibition-Jewelry - C - At least 4 kitchen staff members had watches or jewelry on their wrists. Food employees must not wear jewelry on their hands or wrists, with the exception of a plain band ring. 0 pts.
39 0 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored No No No 3-304.14 Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation - C - 2 wet wiping cloths found on prep tables. 1 wiping cloth bucket stored on the floor. Wiping cloths shall be stored in sanitizer solution when in between uses and the buckets must be stored off the floor. 0 pts.
41 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored Yes No No 3-304.12 In-Use Utensils, Between-Use Storage - C - Ice cream scoops stored in dipper well that had visible black buildup in it. In-use utensils shall be stored where they won't be contaminated. CDI - Scoops taken to dish machine to be rewashed.
47 0 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No 4-602.13 Nonfood Contact Surfaces - C - Chip drawer sides need to be cleaned. Old chip residue present. Nonfood contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency necessary to maintain them clean. 0 pts.
49 1 Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices No No Yes 5-205.15 (B) System maintained in good repair - C - Drain pipe piece has fallen off other portion of pipe attached to ice machine. Plumbing fixtures shall be maintained in good repair. // 5-202.13 Backflow Prevention, Air Gap - P - Spray arm at dish machine falls well below flood rim of dump sink. VR - Verification required within 10 days that new spray arm has been installed that has an air gap.