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NameFRIDAS MEXICAN CANTINA
Address8800 PINEVILLE-MATTHEWS RD
 
City/State/ZIP
CHARLOTTE NC 28226
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMecklenburg
Inspection Date 1/8/2025
Final Score @ Grade
93 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
8 2 Hands clean & properly washed Yes Yes No 2-301.14 (F) Wash hands during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination, and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks. -P - Observed food employee touch garbage container then clean equipment but did not wash hands. CDI, employee washed hands.
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 chicken stored over raw pork chorizo. CDI, foods relocated for proper storage. For more information on food storage order please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation
16 3 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized Yes Yes No 4-501.114 Maintain sanitizer at correct concentrations when being used to sanitize. -P - Observed low temperature dish machine testing below 0 ppm chlorine. CDI, new chlorine sanitizer bottle provided and dish machine primed and now providing required sanitizer concentration. Repeat.
20 0 Proper cooling time & temperatures Yes No No 3-501.14(A) Quickly cool cooked foods within 2 hours from 135F to 70F; and within a total of 6 hours from 135F to 41F. -P. Observed cut Tomato tcooling in deep covered container at 44 degrees at initial cooling temperature and salsa cooling at 52 degrees F at 10:40 am. At 11:22 salsa remained at 52 degrees f and Tomatoe at 44 degrees F. Cooling calculation indicated method not effective to reach cooling parameters .CDI, foods transferred to shallow uncovered containers to rapidly cool. 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 Cooling Food Safely https://youtu.be/P6x8b1ZVOxU .
24 1.50 Time as a Public Health Control; procedures & records Yes Yes No 3-501.19(B) (1) Follow written procedures for foods held using Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC) for 4 hours. Food shall have an initial temperature of 41 F when removed from cold holding temperature control or 135 F or greater when removed from hot holding temperature control. -P - Observed egg wash held on TPHC but time not recorded with label and time indicated for 11 but egg wash brought out at 10:30 am per staff. Repeat and label provided .
28 0 Toxic substances properly identified stored & used Yes No No 7-207.11 (B) Store labeled, employee medications to prevent contamination of food, equipment, and other food service related items. -P- Observed hydrogen peroxide stored over prep sink. CDI, item relocated for proper storage.
33 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes No 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 cut Tomato tcooling in deep covered container at 44 degrees at initial cooling temperature and salsa cooling at 52 degrees F at 10:40 am. At 11:22 salsa remained at 52 degrees f and Tomatoe at 44 degrees F. Cooling calculation indicated method not effective to reach cooling parameters .CDI, foods transferred to shallow uncovered containers to rapidly cool. 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 .