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Name

PAPA JOHNS PIZZA #304

Address

1620 E 4TH ST

SUITE C

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

28204

Premise Type

2 - Food Stands

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

4/10/2023

Final Score @ Grade

96.50

General Comments

*NOTE: Facility holding special garlic sauce and garlic Parmesan sauce at room temperature for greater than 4 hours. PIC provided scientific challenge study data that indicates items can be rendered non-TCS based on water activity and pH levels. However, PIC unable to provide variance approval letter from the state to designate these items as non-TCS. Obtain approval letter from the state. EHS provided PIC with variance request application via email. Contact information for NC variance committee is as follows: ncvariancecommittee@dhhs.nc.gov

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
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 - REPEAT - Observed Italian sausage and mozzarella cheese holding above 41F in bottom portion of pizza prep unit (see temperature chart). PIC stated items were removed from the unit today for cleaning purposes. Do not let TCS items sit out during cleaning. EHS recommends placing items on cart in WIC during cleaning. - CDI - PIC moved mozzarella cheese to WIC to quickly cool and voluntarily discarded Italian sausage due to date marking issue (see violation #23). NOTE: Risk control plan may be implemented at next routine inspection if cold holding violations persist. For more information, please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://youtu.be/bRvqAETDjQU and Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ .
23	0	Proper date marking & disposition	Yes	No	No	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 container of Italian sausage lacking date mark label. - CDI - PIC voluntarily discarded Italian sausage. For more information, please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety 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 .
48	0.50	Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips	No	No	Yes	4-302.14 Provide a test kit that accurately measures sanitizer concentrations. - Pf - Observed facility’s quat test strips to be contaminated and not accurately measuring sanitizer concentrations. EHS’ quat test strips read 200ppm, but facility’s test strips read 0ppm. Facility’s test strips have a 10/2024 expiration date. Replace quat test strips. - VR - Verification required within 10 days.