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NameCHARLOTTE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL LUNCHROOM- DOWD BLG
Address1440 CARMEL RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28226
Premise Type5 - Private Schools Lunchroom
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/10/2021
Final Score @ Grade
99.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
3 0 Management, food & conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities & reporting Yes No No 2-201.11 (A), B), (C), and (E) Responsibility of Permit Holder, Person in Charge and Conditional Employees. P- Establishment has posted and signed the old employee reporting agreement forms, but PIC and food employees are unaware that salmonella nontyphoidal has been added as a reportable illnesses. CDI- EHS educated PIC on the updated BIG 6 reportable illnesses and provided a hard copy to PIC of the updated Employee Health Acknowledgment form. EHS discussed employee health policy in general with PIC. Educate all food employees on the updated employee health policy and reporting requirements. EHS recommends all food employees read and sign a copy of the employee health acknowledgement in a language they prefer. EHS also recommends a copy of the same form is made accessible to employees and inspector.
5 0 Procedures for responding to vomiting & diarrheal events Yes No No 2-501.11 A food establishment shall have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events. -Pf For more information please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety Observed establishment without written procedures for responding to a vomiting or diarrheal event. CDI- EHS discussed the requirement of having written procedures and provided PIC with a hard copy of the state’s example written procedure. EHS recommended to PIC that they review the document routinely with all employees and purchase or make a clean-up kit. Maintain written procedures in establishment for employee and inspector review.
6 0 Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use Yes No No 2-401.11 (B) Closed beverage containers may be used if the container is handled to prevent contamination of the employee's hands, the container, and exposed food; clean equipment, utensils and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. Observed one open employee coffee stored on cart along with clean utensils and equipment. CDI - PIC discarded employee drink. EHS explained employees shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where the contamination of exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and other items needing protection can not result.
33 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes Yes 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 on proper cooling procedures please visit:  http://meck.co/FoodSafety Observed a deep portion of pasta salad cooling in walk-in freezer not drop temperature between initial temperature at 8:58 and second temperature at 9:21. When discussing proper cooling methods and parameters with PIC and chef, they elected to divide pasta into two portions and placed in a shallow metal pan in the walk-in freezer. EHS observed temperature drop below 41F prior to exit. REPEAT, but EHS elected to keep points at half due to major improvement throughout establishment.
48 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips Yes No No 4-302.13(B)ProvideanapprovedMax/Minthermometerfortestingsanitizingtemperaturesinhotwaterwarewashingmachines.The thermometer must be readily accessible. -Pf Establishment uses hot water as the sanitization method for their mechanical warewashing machine and they do not have an irreversible registering temperature indicator. CDI- EHS explained the new rule requirement and educated PIC on appropriate equipment that they must provide in order to comply. Recommended testing methods include temperature labels or maximum registering thermometer/plate.