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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

Public Health Inspections

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Premises Information


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Name

CARIBBEAN HUT

Address

200 W WOODLAWN RD

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28217

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

5/31/2023

Final Score @ Grade

94.50

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
20	1.50	Proper cooling time & temperatures	Yes	Yes	No	3-501.14(A) Quickly cool cooked foods within 2 hours from 135F to 70F; and within a total of 6 hours from 135F to 41F. -P. Observed a container of white rice stored in walk-in cooler from yesterday that temped above 41 F. Items did not reach the cooling temperature within the time that was given. CDI- container of rice was denatured and discarded into trash. REPEAT (Half points due to improvements) 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 .
21	3	Proper hot holding temperatures	Yes	Yes	No	3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P Observed items on steam table and tall hot holding unit that are stored below 135 F. Items were hot held this morning according to management. CDI- items were reheat to 170 F. REPEAT (full points). 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 Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ .
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 a deep container of white rice that did not properly cool due to being stored in a six inch deep container. PIC stated that the facility did not have enough shallow pans to cool item. CDI- item was denatured and discarded into trash. REPEAT (full points). 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 .