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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

Public Health Inspections

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Premises Information


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Name

CHIMA STEAKHOUSE

Address

139 S TRYON ST

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28202

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

5/19/2015

Final Score @ Grade

94.50

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
14	3	Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized	Yes	Yes	No	4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf. Observed plastic containers, and metal speed racks, with sticker residual and some containers with actual stick left on containers. Repeat. CDI items sent for cleaning. 4-602.11(E) Ice makers shall be cleaned at a frequency to preclude accumulation of debris. Observed both ice machines downstairs soiled with debris. CDI items cleaned. 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations. -P. Observed all sanitizer buckets downstairs and spray bottle below 50ppm. Manufacturer states sanitizer shall be 150-400ppm. CDI sanitizer buckets made with bleach instead. Repeat. Observed downstairs dish machine at 0ppm. CDI machine fixed and sanitizing at 50ppm.
16	1.50	Proper cooking time and temperatures	Yes	No	No	3-401.14 Do not interrupt cooking process without prior approval from health department. Follow the procedure that was submitted and approved by the Health Dept for noncontinuous cooking of raw animal foods. -P. Observed facility parcooking bacon wrapped chicken and sausage for a banquet. Provided NCC application if facility wanted to continue process. CDI sausage and chicken wrapped bacon will be cooked later in the evening for banquet.
22	1	Time as a Public Health Control: procedures and records	Yes	Yes	No	3-501.19 Provide and follow written procedures for foods held using Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC). Clearly mark foods with begin and end times. All food not sold by the end of 4 hours shall be discarded. -P/Pf. Observed facility using time for salad bar but with improper written procedures and without a proper log to record time. CDI written procedures changed to reflect proper time procedures and log changed to write down start and end time of PHF. Repeat.
42	0	Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled	No	No	No	4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed multiple metal containers and plastic containers wet stacked on storage racks.