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NameSUSHI STAR ASIAN CAFE
Address9905 ROSE COMMONS DR
 
City/State/ZIP
HUNTERSVILLE NC 28078
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 4/26/2016
Final Score @ Grade
91.50 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 2-301.12C To avoid recontaminating their hands, food employees may use disposable paper towels or similar clean barrier when touching surfaces such as manually operating handsink faucets or touching the handle of a door. Observed food employee recontaminate hands by bare hand contacting the sink faucet when turning faucet off. CDI - educated importance of not recontaminating hands and advised employee to wash hands with proper procedures.
8 0 Handwashing sinks, supplied and accessible Yes No No 5-205.11(B) Handwashing sinks shall only be used for handwashing. -PF Observed food employee water down rice paper for a sushi roll from the handsink. CDI - educated that handwashing sinks are only for handwashing.
13 1.50 Food separated and protected Yes No No 3-304.15(A) Single-use gloves shall be used for only one task such as working with ready to eat food or raw animal food, used for no other purpose, and discarded when damaged or soiled, or when interruptions occur in the operation. -P Observed food employee contaminate glove by grabbing the handsink faucet with glove on and then handle rice paper for sushi roll trying to wet the rice paper in the handsink. CDI - educated that food employee can not contaminate gloves and then touch food; educated that food employees need to be aware of where contamination can occur and to switch gloves when contaminated; discarded rice paper and gloves, washed hands and donned new gloves.
20 3 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P REPEAT VIOLATION. Observed that product in the flip top cooler is out of temperature. Consistent problem with cold holding in flip top. Reach in cooler is in proper temperature; Product in flip top is always out of temperature. Observed that food employees always line bottom of container with paper towels in the flip top, food is not touching the bottom of container or getting proper air flow. Removed the paper towel to see if product cools down. After 30 min of having paper towels removed, product is coolig down in flip top properly.
22 2 Time as a Public Health Control: procedures and records No Yes No 3-501.19 Provide and follow written procedures for foods held using Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC). Clearly mark foods with begin and end times. All food not sold by the end of 4 hours shall be discarded. -P/Pf Observed that product on time control were not labeled with time stickers like the TPHC form states product would be. CDI - provided time stickers to product on time control and advised PIC to follow TPHC written procedures.
37 2 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display No Yes No 3-304.13 Linens and napkins may not be used in contact with food unless they are used to line a container for the service of foods and the linens and napkins are replaced each time the container is refilled for a new consumer. REPEAT VIOLATION. Observed paper towels on most product stored in walkin cooler and flip top cooler. Observed that paper towels lining the bottom of containers in flip top is hindering product from being at proper cold holding temperature. CDI - removed paper towel from product.
39 0 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored Yes No No 3-304.14(D) Maintain dry wiping cloths and sanitizing rags free of visible debris and soil; Maintain sanitizer containers for in-use cloths free of visible debris and soil. Observed sanitizer rag dirty with debris. Advised to get new rag. 3-304.14(B) Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment shall be held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at the proper concentration. Observed sanitizer rag not held in the chemical sanitizer solution. CDI - put rag in chemial sanitizer solution.
53 0 Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean No No No 6-201.13 Provide a wall to floor joint that is sealed and coved when flood cleaning methods are used. Floor must be graded to drain to functioning floor drains. Observed that the coving underneath the 3 comp sink is broken and tile is missing. Advised to replace tile and seal up the floor to wall joint.