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NameFOOD LION #518 DELI
Address9100 S TRYON ST
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28273
Premise Type2 - Food Stands
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 4/21/2025
Final Score @ Grade
95.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
10 0 Handwashing sinks supplied & accessible Yes No No 5-205.11 (B) A handwashing sink may not be used for purposes other than handwashing Pf. - Observed a dirty utensil stored in the handwash sinks basin by the WIF. CDI - PIC removed dirty utensil and placed at 3 compartment sink.
23 1.50 Proper date marking & disposition Yes No No 3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf - Observed wrapped chubs of bologna, oven baked ham, black pepper turkey, honey ham, bruschetta turkey, low sodium turkey (x2), and black Forrest ham (x2) stored in the lower portion of the refrigerated deli case all without any date marks on them. All chubs had unknown open dates except the two black Forrest ham chubs which the PIC stated were opened the day prior. PIC stated they have had a lot of turnover recently and they have a few new people working at the deli and that they will require more training on date marking. CDI - PIC voluntarily discarded all undated chubs of deli meat except the two chubs of black Forrest ham. 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 Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . 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 - Observed a chub of oven roast turkey with the date mark of 4/19/25 and a chub of black Forrest turkey with the date mark of 4/20/25. Establishments date marking system indicates that these items were past due and not discarded. CDI - PIC voluntarily discarded. 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 .
33 1 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes 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 - Observed several chubs of deli meat that were noted cooling at a rate of 0 degrees/min in the lower portion of the deli case. Items were placed right by the sliding doors to the lower portion off the deli case and were observed wrapped in large amounts of plastic wrap. PIC states items were not used that day but when she was cutting other deli meats earlier that day she had left the sliding door open. Items were all observed at 42-43F with other items in the case and the ambient air temperature of the case at 41F, not indicating an issue with the cooler. REPEAT. CDI - PIC moved items to WIF to rapidly cool. 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 Cooling Food Safely https://youtu.be/P6x8b1ZVOxU .
47 0 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No No No 4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. - Observed the paper towel dispenser at the handwash sink adjacent the rotisserie ovens to be broken. PIC stated they have a work order in already for the repair.
51 2 Plumbing installed; proper backflow devices No Yes No 5-202.13 An air gap between the water supply and flood level rim shall be at least twice the diameter of the water supply inlet and not less than 1 inch.-P - Observed the drain pipe to the sanitizer basin of the 3 compartment sink to be hanging below the flood rim of the floor drain. PIC showed the EHS the work order that was placed on 1/25/25, the day after the previous inspection, but has had no indication on when this item will be corrected. PIC stated he is going to escalate the priority so that it gets repaired. 3 day VR to observed compliance and/or update to the repair. REPEAT.