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NameMEZEH MEDITERRANEAN GRILL STRAWBERRY HILL
Address4920 OLD SARDIS RD
STE D3
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28211
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 12/20/2021
Final Score @ Grade
95 A
General CommentsEHS emailed PIC link to access 2017 Food Code update forms.

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
2 1 Certified Food Protection Manager No No No 2-102.12 PIC shall demonstrate knowledge by being a certified food protection manager. For more information on becoming a certified food protection manager please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety The PIC present during the inspection produced a Certified Food Protection Manager certificate that expired in April of 2021. PIC present is required to have an active certificate at all times.
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 MCHD employee health poster, 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 link 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.
23 1.50 Proper date marking & disposition Yes No 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 For more information on date marking please visit: http://meck.co/FoodSafety Observed cooked carrots in walk-in refrigerator, cooked shredded lamb in cold hold drawer, and sliced cherry tomatoes in walk in refrigerator not date marked. All products have been held for over 24 hours. CDI- PIC stated the lamb was pulled from the bulk container in the WIC that has a date mark label of 12/17/2021. Per PIC and food employee, the other food items were prepared on 12/17 and 12/17. EHS allowed PIC to backdate products and reviewed date marking requirement.
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 Observed establishment using TPHC for cold held TCS food items at front make station. Establishment has written procedures in place, but staff failed to record on their temperature log the todays date, the time the item was removed from refrigeration, initial temperature, and time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from the refrigerator. CDI- All TCS cold held food items were voluntarily discarded and new products placed on make line. PIC filled out the temperature log with all needed information which was confirmed by EHS.
40 0.50 Personal cleanliness No No No 2-402.11 Use head coverings, beard guards and clothing to restrain body hair from contacting exposed food, equipment, and utensils. Observed three food employees preparing and serving food items without head covering. CDI- employees placed on head coverings.
43 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored No Yes No 3-304.12 (A) In-use utensils in TCS food, must be stored with handles above the food and top of the food container. Observed in-use scoops with handles in contact of cooked spicy lamb and cucumber and cut tomato salad. REPEAT
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 two-door freezer with an ambient temperature of 41F. EHS observed only one TCS food item in the unit which appeared to still be frozen solid. Per PIC, the freezer is used to cool hot hold items. Repair or replace freezer so that the unit is reach and maintaining freezing temperature.