|
9
|
0
|
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 food employee bare-hand-contact a frozen ham and cheese croissant. -CDI- Food employee voluntarily discarded the croissant.
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 |
|
15
|
0
|
Food separated & protected |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-302.11(A)(1) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods and washed/unwashed fruits and vegetables. -P - Observed raw ground beef stored above fruits/vegetables in the WIC. -CDI- PIC corrected storage order.
For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation |
|
22
|
1.50
|
Proper cold holding temperatures |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-501.16(A)(2) Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. -P -Observed two trays of ham and cheese croissants above 41F in the prep unit lowboy. All other TCS foods in the unit were 41F or below. Ambient temperature of unit was 39F. Food employee stated croissants were moved from the freezer to the lowboy yesterday and have not been removed from the unit since. -CDI- PIC voluntarily discarded the croissants.
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 . |
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23
|
0
|
Proper date marking & disposition |
Yes |
No
|
No |
3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it has not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P The PIC should train and assign staff to monitor date marking to prevent the use of food products that are no longer in compliance with 3-501.17 (A), (B), or (C) -Observed hand and cheese croissants lacking a freeze/thaw date, only labeled with a preparation date. Food employee was able to verify when empanadas were frozen/thawed and empanadas were still within their 7-day timeframe. Food employee and EHS discussed proper date marking methods by listing both the prep date, freeze date, and thaw date to ensure TCS foods are not held over 7 days in refrigeration. -CDI- Food employee properly added the freeze/thaw date.
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 . |
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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 empanadas cooling down in reach-in cooler after empanadas were removed from the unit this morning. All empanadas were above 41F and stored in trays covered with plastic lids, stacked. Use freezer or walk-in cooler to cool TCS foods. -CDI - PIC moved empanadas to freezer for rapid cooling. By end of inspection, EHS observed empanadas at 41F.
- Observed Patagonia empanada filling cooling too slowly in RIF. Observed Patagonia filling cooling at a rate of 0F/min, stored in a deep plastic container, covered tightly with a plastic lid. Large plastic containers with lids are not optimal for cooling. Patagonia filling was prepared this morning at ambient temperature, and was still within its 4 hour cooling window. -CDI- Food employee uncovered the empanada filling to allow cold air flow for rapid cooling.
REPEAT
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 . |