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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

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Premises Information


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Name

BEN THANH VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT

Address

1806 WINDSOR SQUARE DR

City/State/ZIP

MATTHEWS

NC

28105

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

6/27/2024

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
1	1	PIC Present, demonstrates knowledge, & performs duties	Yes	No	No	2-102.11 PIC shall demonstrate knowledge of food borne disease prevention, application of the HACCP principles and the requirements of this code.-Pf. Please visit our resource page, https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation, for more food safety information related to PIC Duties, Training, and managing food safety. PIC was unaware of required hot holding and cold holding temperatures. CDI: EHS provided education onsite to PIC.
21	1.50	Proper hot holding temperatures	Yes	No	No	3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P 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 . Observed a large pot of pork soup and a large pot of beef soup being held on storage rack next to stove top below 135F. See temp chart. CDI: PIC stated soups had been on rack for approximately one hour and reheated items to over 165F before hot holding on stove top.
22	3	Proper cold holding temperatures	No	Yes	No	3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P 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 . Observed all TCS foods being held in WIC above 41F and a gallon of milk and a half gallon of almond milk being held in glass door RIC above 41F. See temp chart. Service technician was onsite during inspection and performed maintenance on WIC and added more Freon. Ambient air temperature of WIC dropped to 45F from 49F within 15 minutes after servicing. PIC was advised by EHS to not put TCS foods back in WIC until foods can be maintained at 41F or below. VERIFICATION REQUIRED to ensure WIC is maintaining foods at 41F or below.
39	0	Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display	Yes	No	No	3-305.11 Store food in a clean, dry location, not exposed to contamination. Keep at least 6 inches above the floor. Observed bags of unwashed produce being stored directly on floor of WIC. CDI: PIC placed items on shelf.