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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

Public Health Inspections

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Name

THAI ORCHID

Address

4223 PROVIDENCE RD

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28211

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

9/8/2020

Final Score @ Grade

90.50

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
6	4	Hands clean and properly washed	Yes	Yes	No	2-301.14 Wash hands after handling soiled equipment or utensils and before food preparation, handling clean equipment and utensils and unwrapped single-use/single-service articles. -P Observed employee washing dishes at the 3-compartment sink, then move on to remove cooked spring rolls out of the fryer without washing hands in between. CDI-Stopped and instructed to wash hands. Spoke to manager about better hand washing practices. REPEAT. *More training is needed with all employees.
13	3	Food separated and protected	Yes	Yes	No	3-302.11(A) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P Observed raw chicken stored above vegetables in the reach in coolers. CDI-The chicken was moved to a different location. REPEAT. *More training is needed on storage order. Posters were provided today.
20	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 eggs, bean sprouts, and chicken skewers on the counter holding above 41F. CDI-All items were removed and placed into coolers to rapidly cooler.
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 food items cooling in the top portions of the flip top coolers. Beef, scallops, calamari, shrimp, cabbage, and lettuce were all prepped earlier today around 4pm and cooling in the top portions of the units. CDI-All items were removed to finish cooling in the reach in freezer.
33	0.50	Approved thawing methods used	Yes	Yes	No	3-501.13 Use approved thawing methods. Observed several containers of raw meats thawing on the prep counters. CDI-All food items were moved to the reach in cooler to finish the thawing process. REPEAT.
36	0	Insects and rodents not present; no unauthorized animals	Yes	No	No	6-501.111 Keep the premises free of insects, rodents, and other pests. Observed a live roach. CDI-The roach was killed.