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NameCOWFISH, THE
Address4310 SHARON RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 2/14/2020
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
6 0 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.14 Wash hands before donning gloves and between gloves uses. -P: Bar employee donned gloves to cut fruit without hand washing. CDI- PIC asked employee to remove gloves, wash hands, then put on new.
13 1.50 Food separated and protected Yes No No 3-302.11(A) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P: Thawing raw ground beef, lamb over thawing RTE food in thawing cabinet. CDI- re-arranged. 3-302.11(A)(4) Protect food in storage using covered containers, intact wrappings, or packaging. Uncovered garlic and uncovered crab dip in walk-in. CDI- covered.
20 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P: Found dairy products and some other TCS foods above 41F. No escalation of points due to different equipment and some improvement. CDI- all voluntarily discarded.
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes No 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: Fish roe dated 2/1 found in rear of sushi cooler. CDI- discarded. 3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf: Brie, whitefish for sushi, roe not date marked. CDI- allowed to date.
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: House-made ranch dressing 52 F in dense volume and tightly covered. Prepped today. CDI-volume divided for continued cooling. Reached 41F by end of inspection.
36 0 Insects and rodents not present; no unauthorized animals Yes No No 6-501.111 Keep the premises free of insects, rodents, and other pests. Some drain flies noted.
39 0 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored No No No 3-304.14(B) Hold in-use wiping cloths in sanitizer between uses. Buckets holding wiping cloths less than 150 ppm quat.
42 0 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled Yes No No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Wet stacking observed.
46 0.50 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips No No No 4-501.14 Warewashing Equipment, Cleaning Frequency - C: Clogged water dispensing ports observed in high temp dish machine.
52 0 Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained No No No 5-501.115 Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures - C: Dumpster enclosure with seepage around dumpster.