| Violation Item
| Demerits
| Violation Description
| CDI | R | VR |
|
|---|
|
15
|
0
|
Food separated & protected |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-302.11(A)(1) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods and washed/unwashed fruits and vegetables. -P For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation Observed a container of individually packaged bags of cheese being stored with one raw shell egg. CDI: PIC removed egg from container. |
|
16
|
1.50
|
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized |
Yes |
No
|
No |
4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf. For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: Sanitizing Solutions - https://youtu.be/ykP2mr9CtRg , How to Test Sanitizer https://youtu.be/y0SjmnabFaY , and Cleaning and Sanitizing Food Contact Surfaces https://youtu.be/av1Rbh-lh08 . Observed a stack of metal containers being stored on clean storage above prep counter in which several containers had sticker residue on outside of container which was contacting the food contact surface of the container stacked on top. CDI: PIC returned all items to be W/R/S. |
|
21
|
0
|
Proper hot holding temperatures |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ . Observed a container of mixed vegetables hot holding on grill at 102F. CDI: PIC placed vegetables on grill to reheat above 165F before returning to hot hold. |
|
22
|
3
|
Proper cold holding temperatures |
Yes |
Yes
|
No |
3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ . Observed containers of breaded raw chicken, flautas and enchiladas being held in low boy cooler on cook line, cooked chicken being stored in grill drawer and working bottles of various salsas being held on patron dining tables all above 41F. See temp chart. CDI: PIC voluntarily discarded all items. REPEAT.
NOTE: Per conversation with PIC, working bottles of salsa are placed on dining tables when customers arrive and are placed back in cooler when customers leave. EHS explained to PIC that salsa cannot be placed back in coolers after the customer leaves to attempt to cold hold. PIC agreed that from now on salsa will be served to customers in small bowls. PIC agreed to discard all salsa that is currently on dining tables after customers have completed their meals. |
|
23
|
1.50
|
Proper date marking & disposition |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it has not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P The PIC should train and assign staff to monitor date marking to prevent the use of food products that are no longer in compliance with 3-501.17 (A), (B), or (C) For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://youtu.be/bRvqAETDjQU and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . Observed a container of cooked shrimp being stored in 3 door low boy cooler missing a date mark, a container of cooked beef in walk in cooler date marked 8/28, 2 days past it’s expiration, and containers of chicken and beef in walk in cooler date marked with dates that extended for 8 days. CDI: PIC date marked shrimp, discarded expired beef and corrected the dates on the chicken and beef to ensure the products could only be held for 7 days. |
|
38
|
0
|
Insects & rodents not present; no unauthorized animals |
Yes |
No
|
No |
6-202.13 Properly locate mechanical insect control devices. Observed a mechanical insect control device plugged in to electrical outlet above prep counter. CDI: PIC relocated insect control device.
6-202.15 Protect outer openings of establishment from insect or rodent entry. Observed open back door outside of walk in freezer. CDI: PIC closed back door. |
|
39
|
0
|
Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-303.12(B)(C)(D) Unpackaged food may not be stored in direct contact with undrained ice except: whole raw fruits or vegetables; cut raw vegetables such as celery, carrots, or potatoes; tofu; and raw poultry and raw fish received immersed in ice. Observed a container of cooked shrimp being stored in ice in 3 door low boy cooler. CDI: PIC removed shrimp from ice. |
|
41
|
0
|
Wiping cloths: properly used & stored |
No |
No
|
No |
3-304.14(B) Hold in-use wiping cloths in properly concentrated sanitizer between uses. Observed soiled wiping cloth being stored on prep counter of cooler at cook line. Hold in-use wiping cloths in properly concentrated sanitizer between uses. |
|
45
|
0
|
Single-use & single-service articles: properly stored & used |
Yes |
No
|
No |
4-903.11(C ) Single Service and Single Use items shall be kept in the original protective package or stored using other means that protect the item until used. Observed a stack of single use to go containers and a stack of single use plates being stored on prep counter outside of their original packaging right side up. CDI: PIC inverted plates and containers to protect against contamination. |