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NameNORTH ITALIA
Address1414 S TRYON ST
SUITE 140
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28203
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 4/4/2024
Final Score @ Grade
95.50 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
9 2 No bare hand contact with RTE foods or pre- approved alternate procedure properly followed Yes No No 3-301.11(B) Do not contact exposed ready-to-eat food with bare hands. Use suitable utensils, single-use gloves or dispensing equipment. -P Employee observed handling cut lemons with bare hands. Employees must not handle ready-to-eat foods with their bare hands. CDI - Lemons discarded and employee educated about bare hand contact. For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training video at the following web link: Handwashing and No Barehand Contact https://youtu.be/BH6CLGrH10M
20 0 Proper cooling time & temperatures Yes No No 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. Porchetta measured 83F after cooling for 1 hour 55 minutes. CDI - PIC reheated porchetta to above 165F to re-start cooling process. 0 pts. 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 .
22 0 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P 1 pan of gluten free pasta measured 50-52F in cooler drawer on the line. Employee stated he just finished portioning them. TCS foods in cold holding shall measure 41F or less. Ensure employees use blast chiller or walk-in cooler to cool TCS foods after portioning before putting them in coolers on the line. CDI - Pasta moved to blast chiller. Kept at half credit due to no increase in severity from last inspection. REPEAT. 0 pts. 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 Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ .
24 1.50 Time as a Public Health Control; procedures & records Yes No No 3-501.19(B)(3) Follow written procedures for foods held using Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC) for 4 hours. Food shall be marked to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control. Pf No time labels present on garlic butter held using TPHC. Ensure staff place TPHC start times on TCS foods held using time as a public health control. CDI - PIC placed time labels on garlic butter.
33 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 Porchetta was cooled in blast chiller but still didn't reach 70F within 2 hours. Large amount of bolognese was placed in blast chiller so the heat prevented the porchetta from cooling quickly. CDI - Porchetta reheated to above 165F to restart the cooling process. 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 .
44 0.50 Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried & handled No Yes No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Some stacks of pans stored as clean were stacked while they were still wet. Allow utensils to adequately air dry after washing. REPEAT