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NameOSITOS TACOS AND TORTAS
Address20700 N MAIN ST
 
City/State/ZIP
CORNELIUS NC 28027
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/12/2024
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
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 stored on wire shelf above prep area. CDI- Employee voluntarily discarded drink.
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 Observed employee bare hand contact RTE chicken tenders and PIC bare hand contact rice, grits, and pimento cheese. CDI- PIC voluntarily discarded foods. EHS educated PIC on not touching RTE foods with bare hands. 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
16 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized Yes No No 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations when being used to sanitize. -P Observed quat sanitizer with concentration of 0ppm being used to sanitize dishes. CDI- PIC had employee run all dishes affected through low temp dish machine to sanitize. For more information please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: Sanitizing Solutions - https://youtu.be/ykP2mr9CtRg and How to Test Sanitizer https://youtu.be/y0SjmnabFaY
21 0 Proper hot holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16(A)(1) Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P Observed chicken tenders hot holding in fryer basket below 135F, see temperature chart. CDI- Employee voluntarily discarded chicken tenders. 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 Safe Food Temperatures https://youtu.be/tXP09IK-1TQ .
43 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored Yes No No 3-304.12 (C ) Store in-use utensils on a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment. The utensils and storage surface must be cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours. Observed tongs being stored on oven handle where food contact surface is touching not cleaned and sanitized portion of oven door. CDI- PIC placed tongs in 3 compartment sink to be w/r/s. EHS told PIC that tongs can be placed on oven handle as long as it is cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours.
44 0 Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried & handled No No No 4-901.11(A) Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing. Observed wet dishes stacked together on clean drying rack. Separate dishes to promote air drying.
48 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips Yes No No 4-501.18 Maintain wash, rinse, and sanitize solutions clean. Observed orange cloudy sanitizer being used at three compartment sink. CDI- PIC drained sanitizer.
54 0 Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained No No No 5-501.114 Drains in dumpsters and waste containers shall have drain plugs in place. Observed dumpster plug missing on right dumpster. PIC stated that waste management has been contacted multiple times and they have not replaced plug since last inspection. PIC also stated that he cannot remove the cracked portion of plug that is in the drain to replace it himself. Points not escalated due to this.
55 0.50 Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean No No No 6-501.12 Floors, walls, ceilings including the attachments such as soap, towel dispensers; light fixtures; and heat/ac vent covers shall be clean. Caution should be used to minimize food exposure. Observed walls in need of cleaning with emphasis around grill area due to heavy grease buildup. Clean. REPEAT Ceiling tiles noted on last inspection report will be replaced soon due to new landlord for building.