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Name

NOBORU

Address

20465 CHARTWELL CENTER DR

City/State/ZIP

CORNELIUS

28031

Premise Type

1 - Restaurant

County

Mecklenburg

Inspection Date

6/13/2023

Final Score @ Grade

98.50

General Comments

Note: Facility hours of operation are Tuesday-Sunday, 5 to 9:30pm. Employees typically arrive around 3:30pm to begin prep process. PIC Martin stated that facility is currently offering sushi Thursday-Sunday, all sushi comes in frozen and from an approved source (EHS confirmed with invoice and parasite destruction). Most products are raw (seafood, beef, chicken), processed and brought to hibachi tables to cook per order. Facility did not have any TCS foods in small prep cooler, sushi coolers, standing reach in. PIC stated process is to empty these coolers at end of night to ensure all TCS foods are in walk in coolers. Facility had limited amount of product in walk in coolers, have avoided overstocking on product during first few months of business.

Violations

CDI=Corrected During Inspection

R=Repeat Violation

VR=Verification Required

Violation Item	Demerits	Violation Description	CDI	R	VR	Comments
6	0.50	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 employee water bottle stored on prep countertop, directly next to where employee was chopping vegetables. CDI- drink moved, EHS discussed proper drink storage.
10	0	Handwashing sinks supplied & accessible	Yes	No	No	6-301.14 Post a handwash sign at each handsink. Observed no handwash sign at 2x handsinks during inspection. CDI- EHS provided handwashing signs.
15	0	Food separated & protected	Yes	No	No	3-302.11 (A)(2) Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display. -P. Observed raw beef stored over raw seafood in walk in cooler. CDI- storage order corrected during inspection, seafood moved up a shelf. For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation 3-302.11(A)(1) Separate raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods and washed/unwashed fruits and vegetables. -P Observed cut raw beef stored above large containers of ginger sauce in walk in cooler. CDI- beef moved. For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation
24	0	Time as a Public Health Control; procedures & records	Yes	No	No	3-501.19 (A) (1) Written procedures for Time as a Public Health Control shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the establishment, and made available for the Health Department upon request. Written TPHC procedures must specify methods of compliance with 3-501.19 (B) or (C). -Pf. Observed facility using TPHC with no written procedures. CDI- EHS provided MCHD template for TPHC. Filled out during inspection. TPHC procedure template may be found at: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation
28	1	Toxic substances properly identified stored & used	Yes	No	No	7-102.11 Label working containers of toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers.-Pf Observed a few chemical bottles with labels that are fading, no longer legible. CDI- labels remade during inspection.
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 several plastic Pepsi cups stacked near drink dispensers that were still wet- allow to air dry.