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NameNEIGHBORS COUNTRY STORE
Address2511 LOBELIA RD
 
City/State/ZIP
VASS NC 28394
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMoore
Inspection Date 2/20/2026
Final Score @ Grade
94 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
3 0 Management, food & conditional employee; knowledge, responsibilities & reporting Yes No No 2-103.11(O) Ensure food employees are informed of their responsibility to report required symptoms, illnesses and exposure.-PF CDI- Employee was unaware of employee health policy. Regulatory authority reviewed and supplied a copy to establishment.
5 0 Procedures for responding to vomiting & diarrheal events Yes No No 2-501.11 Employee could not locate cleanup instructions. A food establishment shall have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events. -Pf CDI- Regulatory authority supplied example.
8 2 Hands clean & properly washed Yes No No 2-301.14 Employee observed changing between food preparation, washing dishes, sweeping, and returning to food handling without handwashing. Wash hands before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single service and single use articles. -P CDI- Regulatory authority reviewed proper when-to-wash procedures with employee who washed hands after supplying paper towels to hand sink.
10 1 Handwashing sinks supplied & accessible Yes No No 6-301.12 Hand drying provision was not being maintained at kitchen hand sink due to dispenser disrepair. Regulatory authority informed staff that paper towels or other hand drying provision must be provided even if dispenser is not properly functioning. Provide paper towels or approved alternative for hand drying at each handsink. -Pf CDI- Employee provided paper towels during inspection.
21 1.50 Proper hot holding temperatures Yes Yes No 3-501.16(A)(1) Multiple items in hot-holding display were not being maintained at proper temperatures. Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P CDI- Establishment voluntarily discarded out-of-compliance items and were instructed to fill all empty spaces, even with lids, to retain heat in unit.
40 0.50 Personal cleanliness No No No 2-402.11 Food employee observed without hair restraint. Use head coverings, beard guards and clothing to restrain body hair from contacting exposed food, equipment, and utensils.
41 0 Wiping cloths: properly used & stored No No No 3-304.14(D) Multiple dry wiping cloths observed on equipment throughout. Maintain dry wiping cloths free of visible debris and soil. Maintain sanitizer containers for in-use cloths free of visible debris and soil.
43 0.50 In-use utensils: properly stored No No No 3-304.12 (B) Handles observed submerged in non-TCS foods in dry storage area. In-use utensils for food that is not TCS must be stored with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed.
44 0.50 Utensils, equipment & linens: properly stored, dried & handled No No No 4-901.11(A) Plastic containers observed stacked while wet. Air dry equipment and utensils after cleaning and sanitizing.
47 0 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No No No 4-501.11 Multiple torn gaskets observed on equipment. Replace damaged gaskets. Maintain equipment in good repair.
48 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips Yes No No 4-302.14 All test kits observed expired. Provide a test kit that accurately measures sanitizer concentrations. -Pf CDI- Regulatory authority reviewed with staff who will ask owner to order replacement test strips.