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NameGYU-KAKU
Address650 E BROOKLYN VILLAGE AV
UNIT A
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28202
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 3/24/2025
Final Score @ Grade
96 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 2-103.11(O) Ensure food employees are informed of their responsibility to report required symptoms, illnesses and exposure.-PF Establishment only has employee health policy poster. CDI - PIC given health policies in english and Spanish. PIC educated that employees need to sign forms and establishment needs to keep these in a folder to prove to inspector that employees understand their responsibility to report the listed illnesses and symptoms. 0 pts. For more information on employee health policy, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety
14 1 Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction No No No 3-402.11 and 3-402.12 Provide records from supplier to guarantee fish served raw or undercooked is free of live parasites. -Pf Calamari, shrimp and salmon are served to customer raw. Parasite destruction letter could not be tied to the calamari, shrimp or salmon on the invoices from Sysco. VR - Verification required within 10 days that establishment has proof that the salmon, calamari and shrimp are received after being frozen for the temperatures/times listed in this rule citation.
15 0 Food separated & protected Yes Yes No 3-302.11 (A)(2) Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display. -P. 1 small container of raw chicken was stored on shelf above raw beef in bottom of sandwich cooler. CDI - PIC moved raw chicken to bottom shelf. Different circumstances from last inspection so kept at 0 points. 0 pts. For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation
23 1.50 Proper date marking & disposition Yes Yes No 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 // 3-501.17 Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. -Pf Corn in drawer cooler missing prep date. TCS ready-to-eat foods must be labeled with prep date. Also, boiled eggs were prepared on 3-17 and had not yet been discarded. TCS ready-to-eat foods must be discarded within 7 days of preparation, with day 1 being prep date. CDI - PIC discarded boiled eggs. REPEAT For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs .
35 0.50 Approved thawing methods used Yes No No 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. Raw tuna in walk-in cooler was still in sealed in ROP package. Remove raw fish from ROP packaging before thawing under refrigeration. CDI - PIC slit open packages.
37 0 Food properly labeled: original container No No 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. Some containers of dry ingredients throughout kitchen were not labeled. 0 pts.
47 1 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No Yes No 4-501.11 Maintain equipment in good repair. Rusted shelves present in walk-in cooler. Latch to walk-in freezer door needs to be reattached. Gaskets on upright cooler doors are torn. // 4-101.19/4-202.16 Non FOOD-CONTACT SURFACES of EQUIPMENT that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other FOOD soiling or that require frequent cleaning shall be constructed of a CORROSION-RESISTANT, nonabsorbent, and SMOOTH material. NonFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES shall be free of unnecessary ledges, projections, and crevices, and designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and to facilitate maintenance. Divider behind shelf and 3-compartment sink is made of particle board. Replace with smooth, non-aborbent and easily cleanable divider. REPEAT