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NameFONDA LA TAQUIZA
Address5135 ALBEMARLE RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28205
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 7/27/2015
Final Score @ Grade
86.50 B
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
1 2 PIC present, Demonstration - Certification by accredited program, and performs duties No No No 2-102.12 PIC demonstrates knowledge by being a certified food protection manager. No one present has food protection manager certification. 2-103.11(A-L) PIC shall ensure rules in the code for food safety and handling are met. Failure of PIC to perform required duties of ensuring proper handwashing among employees, proper cooling, and ensuring employees are monitoring final cook and reheat temperature.
4 0 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use Yes No No General Comment 2-401.11 Cover and store employee drinks to prevent contamination of food or utensils. Observed employee drink with no lid or straw stored on cutting board upon entering the kitchen. CDI - Relocated.
6 2 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.12. Follow the cleaning procedure to adequately wash your hands. Use warm water, soap, scrub 15 secs, rinse, and dry without recontaminating hands.-P Observed PIC and one staff member recontaminate hands after washing by touching faucet handles with bare hands to turn water off. CDI - Educated staff on how to turn water off with a paper towel so they avaoid recontamination.
12 0 Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction Yes No No General Comment 3-203.12 Retain tag on the bag of shellstock until empty. Record date on the tag when the last shellstock from the container is used. Store tags in chronological order for 90 days. -Pf PIC is removing tag from shellstock to hold in office before the last one is sold. CDI - PIC will begin leaving shell stock tag with shell stock until the final sale.
13 3 Food separated and protected Yes Yes No 3-302.11(A) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P Pickeled onions in an open bucket stored below raw beef; stuffing containing raw bacon stored above sliced ham in low prep cooler. CDI - Both coolers rearranged with ready to eat foods above raw.
14 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes No No 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations. -P Dish machine reading at 0ppm chlorine. CDI - New container of saninitzer concentrate installed; hoses had to be switched as the draw line for sanitizer and deteergent were inverted. Dish machine now reading at 50ppm via test strips.
19 3 Proper hot holding temperatures No Yes No 3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P Multiple TCS foods such as taquitos, tamales, and cooked chicken hot holding below 135F. CDI - All reheated to 165F+.
20 0 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes No No General Comment 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P Slaw and sauce holding above 45F in flip top. CDI - Both removed to cool; reminded staff not to stock items above the chill line.
26 1 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used No No No 7-204.11 Provide sanitizer at correct concentrations, diluting as required.-P Sanitizer in bucket well above 200ppm chlorine; bleached out test strip. CDI - Diluted to correct concentration.
31 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control No 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 Sauce cooked this morning cooling in 5 gallon container in walk in cooler. CDI - Sauce placed in an active ice bath to cool. Also recomend that sauces are separated into smaller portions to cool.
47 0.50 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No 4-601.11(C )/4-602.13 Keep the equipment clean to avoid build up of dust, food residue or debris. Handles of many coolers and two freezers have dried food debris. Clean these often as they can be a major source of hand contamination.
53 0 Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean No No No General Comment 6-501.114 Discard items and litter stored on the premises as they are not necessary to operation and maintenance. Debris piled outside next to building from bathroom remodel. Remove these items.