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NameEL TACO LOCO
Address4180 HAYWOOD ROAD
 
City/State/ZIP
MILLS RIVER NC 28759
Premise Type3 - Mobile Food
CountyHenderson
Inspection Date 10/21/2025
Final Score @ Grade
83.50 B
General Comments

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 (A) Certified Food Protection Manager (C). No food employee working the shift at the time of the inspection had obtained the food protection manager certificate.
6 0.50 Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use No No Yes 2-401.11 Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco (C) Employee food was stored on the prep cooler. Employees must eat in a break area out side of the MFU. Do not store partially consumed food in containers on food equipment.
8 2 Hands clean & properly washed Yes No No 2-301.15 Where to Wash (Pf) Do not use the 3 compartment sink for hand washing. Employees went to the hand sink when ask.
10 2 Handwashing sinks supplied & accessible Yes Yes No 5-205.11 Using a Handwashing Sink - Operation and Maintenance (Pf) Do not block the hand sink with dishes or any other items. Items removed.
16 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized Yes No No 4-601.11 (A) Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (Pf). Several pans, utensils, had old food debris. Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. CDI: Items were sent to be washed, rinsed, and sanitized.
21 1.50 Proper hot holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16 (A) (1) Time / Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot and Cold Holding (P) Cooked peppers were being held at 106 F at the edge of the grill. Peppers were discarded by the PIC during the inspection.
22 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16 (A) (2) and (B) Time / Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot and Cold Holding (P) The cooler next to the grill was holding all foods at 45-48 F. PIC will try to lower temperature in the cooler if food is not coming down within an hour foods will be moved to another cooler. Tomatoes and salsa were being held above the chill line above 41 F, both items discarded by PIC.
23 1.50 Proper date marking & disposition Yes No No 3-501.17 Ready-To-Eat Time / Temperature Control for Safety Food, Date Marking (Pf) Several cooked foods were not date marked or had old dates that did not match the food in the cooler. Dates added or replaced during the inspection.
37 1 Food properly labeled: original container No No No 3-302.12 Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C). Label container holding salt and spices.
38 1 Insects & rodents not present; no unauthorized animals No No No 6-202.15 (D)(1) Outer Openings, Protected (C). A lot of flies were observed inside the MFU during the inspection. Maintain screen door closed. Place a screen at the window and skylight left open for ventilation to prevent insects from entering.
39 1 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage & display Yes No No 3-307.11 Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C). Do not use to go bags to store food. Bags must be food grade. 3-305.11 Food Storage - Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C) Keep all foods covered. Food container covered during the inspection.
41 0.50 Wiping cloths: properly used & stored No No No 3-304.14 (B) Wiping Cloths, Use Limitations (C). Wiping cloths were stored on prep tables out of sanitizer in between use. Cloths in use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at the correct concentration.
47 0 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No No No 4-205.10 Food Equipment, Certification and Classification (C) All equipment except toasters mixers and microwaves must be NSF or ANSI approved. Remove one non commercial blender.
48 0.50 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips Yes No No 4-302.14 Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices (Pf) There were no chlorine test strips on the MFU. Obtain test strips for chlorine sanitizer. A few strips left with the PIC.
49 1 Non-food contact surfaces clean No Yes No 4-602.13 Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C) Better cleaning of non food contact portions of equipment throughout.