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NameTACOS EL NEVADO
Address4715 CENTRAL AV
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28205
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 9/27/2017
Final Score @ Grade
94.50 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 Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco - C Observed employees eating on a table that has clean dishes stored on it as well- cutting boards moved to correct. Observed an employee drink on the prep table with a lid- CDI drink moved to bottom shelf.
6 0 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.14 Wash hands after activities that contaminate them. -P Staff were bussing tables and handling clean dishes without washing hands- cdi staff stopped to wash hands to correct.
13 0 Food separated and protected Yes No No 3-302.11(A) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P Observed raw burger stored over cooked pork- cdi raw beef moved to bottom shelf.
14 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes No No 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations when being used to sanitize. -P Observed santizier at <50 ppm being used today- cdi bleach added so that it was 50-200ppm. 4-602.11 Clean the equipment and utensils used with TCS foods as required to avoid contamination. -P observed employee take a salsa bottle that was on a customers table and put it back into the ice in the make table- CDI taken out and sent to sink to Wash, rinse, and sanitize.
18 0 Proper cooling time and temperatures Yes No No 3-501.14(B) Quickly cool TCS foods that are prepared from room temperature ingredients. Food must be to 45F within 4 hours. -P Observed 2 containers of lettuce cooling overnight that had not fallen to 45F or less- CDI discarded.
20 0 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P Observed sour cream holding at >45F- cdi ice added and it began cooling quickly.
31 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control No 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 lettuce cooling in plastic containers, in deep portions, with tight lids- cdi discarded.
36 2 Insects and rodents not present; no unauthorized animals No Yes No 6-501.111 Keep the premises free of insects, rodents, and other pests. Observed gnats in the dry good/office area.
42 0.50 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled No Yes No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed staff airdrying clean dishes.
45 0 Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used No No No 4-205.10 Ensure equipment other than toasters, mixers, microwaves, water heaters and hoods is ANSI certified or equivalent. The new crock pot is designed for household use only.