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NameMR TOKYO JAPANESE RESTAURANT
Address8334 PINEVILLE-MATTHEWS RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28226
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/4/2018
Final Score @ Grade
94 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
2 1.50 Management and food employee knowledge, and conditional employee; responsibilities and reporting. No No Yes 2-103.11(M) Ensure food employees are informed of their responsibility to report required symptoms, illnesses and exposure. -PF PICs were not able to verbally communicate full entire health policy nor was copy posted. VR to ensure copy of health policy will be posted as well as employees sign.
4 0 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use Yes No No 2-401.11(B) A food employee shall store their beverage to prevent contamination of their hands, exposed food, utensils, equipment, and single-use articles. Personal open Monster drink stored in reach in cooler.
6 0 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.12C To avoid recontaminating their hands, food employees may use disposable paper towels or similar clean barrier when touching surfaces such as manually operating handsink faucets or touching the handle of a door. One employee washed hands and did not use paper towel barrier to turn faucet off. CDI- Instructed employee, re-washed hands.
13 1.50 Food separated and protected Yes No No 3-302.11(A)(1) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods. -P Raw eggs stored over RTE mushrooms in reach in cooler. CDI- Storage order reversed.
20 0 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 45F or less. -P Container of fried shrimp recorded above 45F (see chart). Could not determine source/cause of temp. abuse. CDI- Discarded.
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition No No No 3-501.17 Date mark/label all ready-to-eat TCS foods that have been prepared and held more than 24hours in the establishment. -Pf Sushi fish not dated. CDI- All foods dated. Date sushi fish as it is RTE
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, active stirring, or leave food uncovered to facilitate heat transfer. -Pf Large bowl of lettuce cooling in WIC. CDI- Cooling method changed, transferred to sheet trays.
33 0.50 Approved thawing methods used No No No 3-501.13 Use approved thawing methods. Vaccum-packaged tuna stated to remove from packaging when thawing but facility is not doing so. Facility will do so in future.
38 0 Personal cleanliness No No No 2-402.11 Use approved hair restraint, beard guards and clothing to restrain body hair from contacting exposed food, equipment, and utensils. One employee not wearing a hair restraint when prepping food.
39 0 Wiping cloths: properly used and stored No No No 3-304.14(E) Store sanitizer containers used for wet wiping cloths off the floor. One sani. bucket stored on floor. 3-304.14(D) Maintain dry wiping cloths and sanitizing rags free of visible debris and soil; Maintain sanitizer containers for in-use cloths free of visible debris and soil. One soiled wiping cloth observed. Discard when soiled. 3-304.14(B) Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment shall be held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at the proper concentration. One sani. bucket recorded at 0ppm Quat.
41 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored No No No 3-304.12 During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, store in-use utensils in a clean, dry place, in food with handles above the food, in 135F or greater water, or in running water that moves food particles to the drain. Multiple spoons observed in food products with handle touching product. Keep handle out of product.
52 0 Garbage and refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained No No No 5-501.16 Provide waste bins in required areas including at handwash sinks. No waste bin at back handwash sink.
54 0 Meets ventilation and lighting requirements; designated areas used No No No 6-305.11/6-403.11(B) Designate and use an area for the orderly storage of employees' clothing and possessions where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single use articles can not occur. Personal phone stored on prep table.