| Violation Item
| Demerits
| Violation Description
| CDI | R | VR |
|
|---|
|
1
|
2
|
PIC present, Demonstration - Certification by accredited program, and performs duties |
No |
Yes
|
No |
2-102.12 PIC shall demonstrate knowledge by being a certified food protection manager. - Observed no PIC with certification present.
2-103.11 (A)-(L)Person-In-Charge-Duties - PF - Observed several repeated violations (#4, #13, #21, #37) PIC not ensuring food
safety, not preventing priority violations. |
|
4
|
2
|
Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use |
Yes |
Yes
|
No |
2-401.11 Cover and store employee drinks to prevent contamination of food or utensils. Observed open employee drink cups stored on prep tables and a personal drink stored inside meat display cooler next to meats. CDI- Personal drinks removed. |
|
13
|
3
|
Food separated and protected |
Yes |
Yes
|
No |
3-302.11(A) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P Observed raw meat on shelf above a pan of pico de gallo in walk in meat cooler. Observed two pots of broth in restaurant walk in cooler and an open bucket of cooked peppers in meat market walk in. CDI- Foods covered. |
|
14
|
1.50
|
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized |
Yes |
No
|
No |
4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf Observed a number of dishes with food debris on them stored as clean. CDI- Dirty dishes placed dish sink for re-washing.
4-602.11 Clean the equipment and utensils used with nonTCS foods as required to avoid contamination. Ice machine has pink build up inside on ice chute and ice bin guard. |
|
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 Observed a deep pot of tomatillos cooked approx. 7.5 hrs ago that was still at 65 degrees with no cooling methods in use. CDI- Worker voluntarily disposed of improperly cooled tomatillos. |
|
21
|
3
|
Proper date marking and disposition |
Yes |
Yes
|
Yes |
3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf Observed chicken broth made 2 days ago not date marked and cooked peppers, beans, and vinegar cole slaw (curtido) made at some point yesterday that were not date marked. CDI- All foods properly date marked.
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 Observed pan of fried chili rellenos at prep cooler not date marked, PIC did not know when food had been cooked. CDI- This food voluntarily was disposed of by PIC. This facility has a history of date marking violations, if no improvement observed within 10 days an ITS will be issued. |
|
31
|
1
|
Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control |
Yes |
Yes
|
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 Observed tomatillos cooling with no cooling methods. Observed large deep pot of beans and deep pan of cooked beef actively cooling, worker said they would be placed into walk in cooler in same deep amounts to cool. CDI- Reviewed proper cooling methods with PIC and workers. Tomatillos disposed of by worker. Beef and beans moved to shallow vented pans and placed in walk in cooler to properly cool. |
|
37
|
2
|
Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display |
No |
Yes
|
No |
3-305.11 Store food in a clean, dry location, not exposed to contamination. Keep at least 6 inches above the floor. Observed open buckets of peppers stored on floor in kitchen. CDI- Food stored off the floor. |
|
49
|
1
|
Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices |
No |
No
|
No |
5-205.15 Maintain a plumbing system in good repair. Prep sink has a bad leak and floor drain under this sink is draining very slowly, needs repair. |
|
54
|
0.50
|
Meets ventilation and lighting requirements; designated areas used |
No |
No
|
No |
6-305.11/6-501.110 Designate and use an area for the orderly storage of employees' clothing and possessions. Observed several instances of employee personal foods, pots of food, containers of food, etc. stored co-mingled with restaurant foods. Need to separate personal items and foods and store to prevent potential contamination.
GENERAL COMMENT: Due to multiple repeat priority violations, will make VR visit to check items: #4, 13, 21,31, and 37. If any
items have not been corrected an ITS will be issued.
Call 980-314-1643 to request a re-inspection. |