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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

Public Health Inspections

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Premises Information


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Name

PUNTA CANA

Address

5230 SOUTH BV

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28217

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

10/2/2013

Final Score @ Grade

95.50

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
6	0	Hands clean and properly washed	Yes	No	No	Properly wash hands. Observed employee wash hands and turn off faucet with clean bare hands. CDI-through instruction.
20	1.50	Proper cold holding temperatures	Yes	No	No	Store TCS food cold at 45F or below. Cooked meats inside cold hold drawers of flip top unit above 45F. Meats had been left over night in drawers. Could not determine how long meats were out of temperature. CDI-food voluntarily discarded and technician repaired cooler during inspection.
21	1.50	Proper date marking and disposition	Yes	Yes	No	Properly date mark ready to eat, refrigerated, potentially hazardous foods held more than 24 hours and no longer than 7 days. No date marking observed during inspection. PIC stated that most foods are made fresh daily, explained and pointed out to PIC that potentially hazardous leftovers cooled down from previous day need a date label. CDI-through instruction.
23	0	Consumer advisory provided for raw or undercooked foods	Yes	No	No	Consumer advisory shall be provided for undercooked or raw animal items. Disclosure missing on menu. Items asterisked but no statement made as to items being served cooked to order or undercooked. Reminder in place on menu. CDI-through instruction.
31	0.50	Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control	No	Yes	No	Use proper cooling methods to cool foods. Observed just cut tomatoes cooling in a flip top prep unit. Instructed PIC to cool foods in walk in cooler or freezer and not a cold holding unit.
36	1	Insects and rodents not present; no unauthorized animals	No	No	No	Facility shall be free of pests. Observed large amount of fruit flies and sour smell near back door. A licensed pest control company should be used to eradicate infestation and eliminate harborage conditions.
37	0	Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display	No	No	No	Store food to prevent contamination. Observed several items uncovered in walk in cooler. PIC stated these items were recently prepped and were going to be covered.