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NameFOOD FOR THOUGHT
Address5700 WESTPARK DR
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28217
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 1/7/2019
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
14 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned and sanitized Yes Yes Yes Repeat: 4-601.11(A) Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. -Pf. Observed dried food debris in between crevices of scoops. CDI: removed to be cleaned. Observed slight build-up on interior deflector of one ice machine at back room. CDI: cleaned on site. 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations when being used to sanitize. -P. Observed bar chemical dishmachine not sanitizing properly at 0ppm. Chemicals were changed out and dishmachine was primed but dishmachine still was not working. Facility will discontinue use of machine until service company comes out for repair. Follow-up needed by 1/17/19
16 0 Proper cooking time and temperatures Yes No Yes General Comment: 3-401.11 Cook raw animal foods to required temperatures. Do not interrupt the cooking process without approved procedures. -P. Observed chicken breast and hamburgers inside prep walk-in cooler that had been par cooked this morning and were in the process of being cooled. Facility did not have procedures or logs in place for par cooking. CDI: all items were fully cooked to 165F until procedures approved by inspector. Procedures for NCC were reviewed and e-mailed to PIC Kevin Woods. Follow-up needed by 1/17/19
21 1.50 Proper date marking and disposition Yes Yes No Repeat: 3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it is not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P. Observed artichoke dated 12/1, black beans dated 12/26 and marinara sauce dated 12/16 all with expired 7 day dates. CDI: all products were discarded.
31 1 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes Yes No 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 a plastic container of turkey veggie soup and two pans of beans and rice cooling inside walk-in prep cooler while tightly wrapped in plastic. CDI; plastic was removed; soup was moved onto an ice bath.
35 0 Food properly labeled: original container No No No General Comment: 3-302.12 Label all working containers of food (oils, spices, salts) except food that is easy to identify such as dry pasta. Observed no labels on squeeze bottles at grill station.
46 0.50 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained and used; test strips Yes No No 4-302.14 Provide a test kit that accurately measures sanitizer concentrations. -Pf. Observed quat and bleach test strips provided both expired. CDI; both strips will be ordered today