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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

Public Health Inspections

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Name

CUZCATLAN

Address

4800 CENTRAL AV

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28205

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

7/30/2015

Final Score @ Grade

95

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
18	1.50	Proper cooling time and temperatures	Yes	No	No	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 Soup cooked last night still at 58F in center. CDI - Discarded.
20	1.50	Proper cold holding temperatures	Yes	No	No	3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P Lettuce and sliced tomatoes stocked above the top of the pan and holding above 45F in the flip top unit. CDI - Out of temperature portions removed and placed in walk in cooler to rapidly cool.
21	1.50	Proper date marking and 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 Cut lettuce, pico, and multiple containers of slaw with no date mark in walk in cooler. CDI - All Correctly back dated.
31	0.50	Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control	No	No	No	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 Soup cooling in large thick container in walk in cooler. Yuca root cooling in a inadequate ice bath. CDI - Yuca moved to walk in cooler; soup discarded due to violation of number 18.
33	0	Approved thawing methods used	No	No	No	3-501.13 Use approved thawing methods. Upon entering the kitchen, packages of squid, shrimp and beef were thawing by sitting at room temperature on the prep sink. CDI - Staff placed beef in walk in cooler; shrimp and squid placed under running water to thaw.
45	0	Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used	No	No	No	General Comment 4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Gaskets split on reach in freezer doors. Replace.
53	0	Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean	No	No	No	General Comment 6-501.11 Floors, walls, and ceilings including the attachments such as soap and towel dispensers; light fixtures; and heat/ac vents shall be maintained in good repair. Observed water damaged ceiling tile above the ice machine.