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NameSMASHBURGER #1686
Address5501 JOSH BIRMINGHAM PY
A23
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28208
Premise Type2 - Food Stands
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 7/25/2019
Final Score @ Grade
96 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
18 0 Proper cooling time and temperatures Yes No No 3-501.14(B) Quickly cool TCS foods that are prepared from room temperature ingredients. Food must be to 41F within 4 hours. -P Observed ground beef patties cooling in walk-in cooler with no change in temp in ten minutes. Also, according to the sticker. Cooling began at 6:33 am. The time of temp was 10:46 am. CDI- Item was discarded into trash. Other containers were dated for later times and had time to cool. Adjustments were made to containers to allow them to cool.
20 3 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P Observed container of sliced lettuce in prep cooler that was 46 F. Lettuce was prepped on 7/22. CDI- Container of sliced lettuce discarded into trash. REPEAT
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 and active stirring. Cold air must flow around product to remove the heat. -Pf Observed several containers of ground beef in walk-in cooler that were cooling in covered, plastic containers stacked on top of each other. CDI- PIC corrected items that were cooling by unstacking, and uncovering product.
42 0.50 Utensils, equipment and linens: properly stored, dried and handled Yes No No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed stacks of containers that were stacked wet. CDI- Containers were unstacked and allowed to air dry.