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Mecklenburg County Health Dept

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Name

COMMUNITY MATTERS CAFE

Address

821 W 1ST ST

City/State/ZIP

CHARLOTTE

NC

28202

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

4/21/2022

Final Score @ Grade

97

A

General Comments

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
22	1.50	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: http://meck.co/FoodSafety 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 kale in prep top and cheese in prep top above 41F. CDI: Products rapidly cooled in walk in cooler to 41F.
23	1.50	Proper date marking & disposition	Yes	Yes	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: http://meck.co/FoodSafety 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 no dates on several items in the prep top including lettuce, kale, Bibb lettuce, turkey, and tomatoes. CDI: Products were properly date marked. REPEAT VIOLATION 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 For more information please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety 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 employee fill container with ham and placed today’s date on the pan. Large pan where ham was pulled from had an original slice date of 4/19. CDI: Product properly date marked.
43	0	In-use utensils: properly stored	Yes	No	No	3-304.12 (B) In-use utensils for food that is not TCS must be stored with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. Observed 2 oz portion cup stored in granola. CDI: Portion cup removed.
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 some wet stacked pans stored as clean. CDI: Pans were rewashed.