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Name

JOHNSON & WALES STUDENT DINING FACILITY

Address

725 W 4TH ST

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

28202

Premise Type

6 - Edu. Food Service

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

9/23/2025

Final Score @ Grade

General Comments

NOTE: EHS came onsite for inspections at facility. Manager notified EHS that the campus wellness center called a few hours ago about 3 sick students that had eaten at the dining hall. The students were all experiencing symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Manager does not know their food history. He asked if the health department should have been notified. Manager stated that the wellness center stated that they do not have to call the health department because the symptoms were mild. EHS informed manager to call in the incident regardless of whether or not the symptoms are mild. Information given to the manager and wellness center to call EHS or main office. EHS completed inspection at dining hall focusing on risk factors. EHS found several risk factors out of compliance during visit. EHS found issues with cold holding, hot holding, cooling, time as a public health control, and cleaning/ sanitizing food contact surfaces. Although no issues were found with glove changes/ hand washing, large amounts of ice were found in the handwashing sinks. EHS did not find instances of cross contamination from raw meats during the inspection. No storage order issues found. Employee health was reviewed at the facility. Facility has employee health policies in place for all working employees. No employees have been sick recently with any food borne illness related symptoms. Food employees have only been calling out for cold/ flu symptoms. One employees vomited at the front of the house, however, they do not work with anything in the kitchen or with stations. Chemicals were kept separately from food products. Blast chiller was holding out of temperature for over an hour. Blast chiller must be fixed prior to use. EHS will make a return visit.

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
10	1	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 large amount of ice dumped into 2 handwashing sinks. CDI- Cleared.
16	1.50	Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized	Yes	Yes	No	4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf. Observed can opener heavily soiled with old food debris. CDI- Taken and cleaned 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 .
20	0	Proper cooling time & temperatures	No	No	No	3-501.14(B) Quickly cool TCS foods that are prepared from room temperature ingredients. Food must be to 41F within 4 hours. -P. Observed lettuce and tomato cooling at a rate of 0. Blast chiller holding at 67F. Blast chiller did not go down in temp after 1 hour. Lettuce was pulled and used. Tomatoes placed in the walk in cooler and cooled. VERIFICATION REQUIRED WITHIN 3 DAYS For more information, please visit: www.meckncgov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Cooling Food Safely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6x8b1ZVOxU .
21	1.50	Proper hot holding temperatures	Yes	Yes	No	3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P Observed rice and sweet potatoes holding above 41F in to go area and pizza area. CDI- Items reheated to 190F. 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 .
22	1.50	Proper cold holding temperatures	Yes	No	No	3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P Observed pico, sour cream and cheese at grill area holding above 41F. Observed beef at pizza station holding above 41F. Observed salami, chicken, hummus, tomatoes holding above 41F in deli cold well. CDI- All items discarded. 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 .
24	1.50	Time as a Public Health Control; procedures & records	Yes	No	No	3-501.19 (A) (1) Written procedures for Time as a Public Health Control shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the establishment, and made available for the Health Department upon request. Written TPHC procedures must specify methods of compliance with 3-501.19 (B) or (C). -Pf. Observed no TPHC for pizzas and salsa held on TPHC. CDI- EHS left copy for facility. TPHC procedure template may be found at: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety 3-501.19(B)(3) Follow written procedures for foods held using Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC) for 4 hours. Food shall be marked to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control. Pf Observed no time stamp for items held on time. CDI- Items pulled and no longer in use for TPHC.
47	0	Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used	No	No	No	4-205.10 Ensure equipment other than toasters, mixers, microwaves, water heaters and hoods is ANSI certified or equivalent. Observed home rice cooker. Rice cooker was not holding temp. Get commercial rice cooker.
49	0	Non-food contact surfaces clean	No	No	No	4-601.11(C ) Keep non food contact surfaces of equipment clean to avoid build up of dust, food residue or debris.4-602.13 Non food contact surfaces of equipment shall be cleaned frequently to preclude accumulation of soil residues. Observed cold drawers at pizza in need of cleaning. Observed floors at pizza station in need of cleaning.