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Name500 DEGREES PIZZERIA
Address6037 SOUTH BV
UNIT A
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 10/16/2019
Final Score @ Grade
95.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
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 personal drinks stored improperly on top of canned tomato sauce and on top of bagged flour. CDI: drinks were discarded/relocated.
20 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes Yes Repeat: 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P. Observed TCS cold holding items inside low boy and pizza prep cooler recorded > 41F (see temp chart). CDI: these items were transferred to the walk-in and replaced with fresh product at 41F. Service call was placed for repair of cooler. VR by 10/26/19
22 1 Time as a Public Health Control: procedures and records Yes No No 3-501.19 Provide and follow written procedures for foods held using Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC). Clearly mark foods with begin and end times. All food not sold by the end of 4 hours shall be discarded. -P/Pf. Observed discrepencies with documentation of times written on dry erase board for pizzas and wings held on TPHC. Observed no time on wings held on TPHC. CDI: times corrected for items held on TPHC.
26 0 Toxic substances properly identified, stored, and used Yes No No General Comment: 7-204.11 Provide sanitizer at correct concentrations, diluting as required.-P. Observed bleach sanitizer held in bucket up front well above 200ppm and too strong to use on FCS. CDI: diluted to 100ppm.
31 1 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes Yes Yes Repeat: 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 plastic containers of romaine lettuce and diced chicken cooling while covered in plastic in large batches inside the walk-in cooler. CDI: romaine lettuce and chicken moved into smaller batches uncovered on ice baths inside the kitchen. This has been a repeat violation for 2 or more consecutive inspections. Facility must submit a risk control plan for cooling/cooling methods. VR by 10/26/19
35 1 Food properly labeled: original container No Yes No Repeat: 3-302.12 Label all working containers of food (oils, spices, salts) except food that is easy to identify such as dry pasta. Observed squeeze bottles with no labels.
46 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips Yes No No General Comment: 4-501.19 During manual warewashing, maintain the wash solution at a minimum of 110F or as otherwise allowed by the detergent manufacturers label. Observed employee actively washing dishes in 84F degree water.