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NameMIDDLE JAMES BREWING COMPANY
Address400 N POLK ST
UNIT B
City/State/ZIP
PINEVILLE NC 28134
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 8/4/2023
Final Score @ Grade
95 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
6 0 Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use Yes No No 2-401.11 (A) 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. Observed open employee drink on prep table next to pretzels and clean cloths. CDI - PIC removed drink.
20 0 Proper cooling time & 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 raw chicken in WIC and cut tomatoes in RIC cooling at an insufficient rate. CDI - employee placed food in shallow pans and moved tomatoes to WIC. 3-501.14(A) Quickly cool cooked foods within 2 hours from 135F to 70F; and within a total of 6 hours from 135F to 41F. -P. Observed closely stacked trays of cooked wings on speed rack in WIC above 70 F at 1 hour and 50 minutes after cooking completion. Facility holds cooked wings at ambient temperature until all wings are cooked and moved to WIC at one time. CDI - PIC separated trays and will move wings to WIC as they are cooked. Wings reached below 70 F within 2 hours after cooking completion. 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 .
23 3 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. Observed container of cooked chicken with no date mark. REPEAT. CDI - PIC voluntarily discarded. 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 container of hotdogs dated 7-28. CDI - PIC voluntarily discarded. 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 .
33 1 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. Observed tomatoes cooling in covered and stacked containers in RIC and chicken cooling in deep covered container in WIC. Both items were cooling at an insufficient rate. Facility cooks wings in large batches and holds cooked wings at ambient temperature until all chicken has been cooked and is moved to WIC. First batch of wings were cooked at 11 am and all wings were moved to WIC at 12:30 pm. REPEAT. CDI - employee place food in shallow containers and moved tomatoes to WIC. PIC stated that wings will be moved to WIC as they are cooked to allow them to reach 70 F within 2 hours. 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 .
37 1 Food properly labeled: original container No Yes No 3-302.12 Label all working containers of food (oils, spices, salts, flour, sugar) except food that is easy to identify such as dry pasta. Observed unlabeled spray bottle of water at grill. REPEAT. No point escalation due to improvement.
47 0 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No No No 4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Observed non functional bulb with missing cover at oven hood.