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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

Public Health Inspections

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Name

COWFISH, THE

Address

4310 SHARON RD

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28211

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

8/12/2015

Final Score @ Grade

96

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
8	0	Handwashing sinks, supplied and accessible	Yes	No	No	6-301.14 Post a handwash sign at each handsink. Observed no signage at bar handsinks. CDI - gave signs.
14	0	Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized	Yes	No	No	4-602.11 Clean the equipment and utensils used with nonTCS foods as required to avoid contamination. Observed one ice bin at bar with black buildup. CDI - immediately cleaned and sanitized.
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 crab dip cooling for 3 hours with ice paddle and in ice bath. Dip measured 76F-80F. CDI - item voluntarily discarded. Staff educated.
21	1.50	Proper date marking and disposition	Yes	Yes	No	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 no date marking on a tub of goat cheese, bucket of hard boiled eggs. Both voluntarily discarded. Observed sushi fish in sushi case without date marking. CDI - Items were from closing last night and inspector allowed PIC to add date mark.
35	0	Food properly labeled: original container	Yes	Yes	No	3-302.12 Label all working containers of food (oils, spices, salts) except food that is easy to identify such as dry pasta. Observed a few working containers unlabeled - salt, oil, Ranch seasoning, panko. CDI - labeled.
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 some wet nested utensils at bar.
45	1	Equipment, food and non-food-contact surfaces approved; cleanable, properly designed, constructed and used	No	No	No	4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Observed a few split gaskets. Observed rusty shelving in one undercounter freezer and in 3 door upright cooler in back hall.