| Violation Item
| Demerits
| Violation Description
| CDI | R | VR |
|
|---|
|
8
|
0
|
Hands clean & properly washed |
Yes |
No
|
No |
2-301.14 (I) Wash hands after engaging in other activities that contaminate hands. -P Observed employee wash hands and turn off faucet with bare hands after washing and don gloves to return working with food. CDI: Employee re-washed hands before returning to handle food. |
|
9
|
2
|
No bare hand contact with RTE foods or pre- approved alternate procedure properly followed |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-301.11(B) Do not contact exposed ready-to-eat food with bare hands. Use suitable utensils, single-use gloves or dispensing equipment. -P For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training video at the following web link: Handwashing and No Barehand Contact https://youtu.be/BH6CLGrH10M Observed employee stirring a bowl of fully cooked rice with utensil while not wearing gloves and use bare hands to pick pieces of rice off of utensil and place rice back in bowl. CDI: PIC discarded bowl of rice. |
|
10
|
0
|
Handwashing sinks supplied & accessible |
Yes |
No
|
No |
6-301.12 Provide paper towels or approved alternative for hand drying at each handsink. -Pf Observed hand sink at server station with inoperable paper towel dispenser. CDI: PIC placed a roll of paper towels on top of inoperable dispenser. |
|
22
|
0
|
Proper cold holding temperatures |
Yes |
No
|
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 2 containers of seared tuna being stored in sushi display cooler and 5 working bottles of eel sauce being stored on prep counter. All items were above 41F. See temp chart. CDI: PIC placed all items in WIF to rapidly cool. |
|
23
|
1.50
|
Proper date marking & disposition |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf 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 Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . Observed 3 large containers of yummy sauce made with milk being stored in RIC and a container of crab salad being stored in sushi reach in cooler without date marks. CDI: PIC date marked all items as they had been prepared within the last 48 hours. |
|
24
|
0
|
Time as a Public Health Control; procedures & records |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-501.19 (A) (1) Written procedures for Time as a Public Health Control shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the establishment, and made available for the Health Department upon request. Written TPHC procedures must specify methods of compliance with 3-501.19 (B) or (C). -Pf. TPHC procedure template may be found at: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation Observed facility holding several items on TPHC throughout sushi bar and kitchen without written procedures available. CDI: EHS provided a copy of TPHC procedure form which was completed onsite. |
|
33
|
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 and active stirring. Cold air must flow around product to remove the heat. -Pf 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 . Observed 4 plastic containers of spicy salmon tightly wrapped in plastic cooling in WIF and not drop in temperature after 16 minutes. CDI: PIC unwrapped containers of salmon to enable greater air flow to ensure rapid cooling. |
|
35
|
1
|
Approved thawing methods used |
Yes |
Yes
|
No |
3-501.13 (A), (B), (C ) Use approved thawing methods. Pf Observed a bus tub of packaged crab sticks thawing under running water in which packages of crab sticks were stacked high over rim and not submerged in water. CDI: PIC reduced height of packages to allow all items to be fully submerged under running water. REPEAT
3-501.13 (E ) Reduced oxygen packaged fish, required to be kept frozen until time of use per labeling, shall be removed from the reduced oxygen environment prior to thawing under refrigeration or upon completion of thawing using running water. Observed 2 packages of fully cooked squid fully thawed in reduced oxygen packaging in reach in cooler. CDI: PIC cut open packaging to remove from reduced oxygen environment. REPEAT |
|
43
|
0.50
|
In-use utensils: properly stored |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-304.12 (A) In-use utensils in TCS food, must be stored with handles above the food and top of the food container. Observed a scoop being stored in hot holding container of fried rice with handle of scoop resting in rice. Also observed bowls being used as scoops in yummy sauce in WIC in which most of bowl was submerged in food. CDI: Scoop and bowls were removed from food containers. |
|
44
|
0
|
Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried & handled |
Yes |
No
|
No |
4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed a stack of containers wet nested on clean storage shelf above 3 compartment sink. CDI: PIC unstacked containers to allow for air drying. |
|
45
|
0
|
Single-use & single-service articles: properly stored & used |
Yes |
No
|
No |
4-903.11(C ) Single Service and Single Use items shall be kept in the original protective package or stored using other means that protect the item until used. Observed several stacks of single service to go containers being stored outside of their original packaging right side up on prep counter behind sushi bar. CDI: PIC inverted containers. |