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NamePORTOFINO'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT - THE ARBORETUM
Address8128 PROVIDENCE RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28277
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/12/2017
Final Score @ Grade
96 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
6 2 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.14 Wash hands before donning gloves and between gloves uses. -P Observed food employees at the cook line change tasks and station without washing hands and food employees exiting and entering the kitchen rear exit wearing gloves. Employees were changing gloves without handwashing. CDI - PIC instructed handwashing. -2-
7 1.50 No bare hand contact with RTE foods or a pre-approved alternate properly followed Yes No No 3-301.11(B) Do not contact exposed ready-to-eat food with bare hands. Use suitable utensils, single-use gloves or dispensing equipment. -P Observed food employee touching butter with bare hands at the cook line and touching marinara sauce. -1.5-
8 0 Handwashing sinks, supplied and accessible Yes No No 6-301.11 Provide soap for handwashing at each handsink. -Pf Observed dead battery in the handsoap dispenser at the pizza station. CDI - PIC changed battery. -0-
26 0 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used Yes No No 7-202.12(A) Use poisonous or toxic materials according to manufacturer's label. Use pesticides approved for use in commercial food service only.-Pf Observed residential bug spray hanging near the soda boxes at the rear of the facility. CDI - PIC removed product from facility. -0-
31 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes No 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 cooling pasta with plastic film over container in the walk in cooler. Observed butter and meat lasagna cooling in flip top that is overstacked and outside the cooling grid. CDI - PIC split pan of butter into two portions and placed meat lasagna in the pre cooler. -.5-
35 0 Food properly labeled: original container No No 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 oil in the pizza station in squeeze bottle without label. -0-
46 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips No No No 4-603.16 Rinsing Procedures - C A rinse solution shall immediately followa wash solution and immediately preced a sanitizing solution when manually washing dishes. Observed no rinsing solution in use in the 3-comp setup. -0-
52 0 Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained No No No 5-501.113(B) Keep dumpster, outside waste containers covered with tight-fitting lids or doors. Observed no lids on the cardboard container outside. -0-