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NameHEIFER'S HOMEPLACE VITTLES
Address9114 US 226 S
 
City/State/ZIP
MARION NC 28752
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyMcDowell
Inspection Date 6/11/2026
Final Score @ Grade
92.50 A
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) PIC shall be a certified food protection manager
6 0.50 Proper eating, tasting, drinking or tobacco use No No No 2-401.11; Core; A food employee may drink from a "closed" beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contaminaiton of: the employees hands, the container, exposed food, clean equipment and utensils. Observed two employee drinks with twist top lids store on top of cold hold unit.
9 2 No bare hand contact with RTE foods or pre- approved alternate procedure properly followed Yes No No 3-301.11 Preventing Contamination from Hands (P) (Pf) Food employees shall have no bare hand contact with foods that are ready-to-eat. Observed employee handle toast for customer order with bare hands. CDI- discarded and employee donned gloves.
15 0 Food separated & protected Yes No No 3-302.11 Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation (P) Observed raw animal products stored over ready-to-eat foods ( chicken stored over mac and cheese) in refrigerator. Foods shall be protected from contamination by storing raw animal products separate from or below ready-to-eat foods. CDI- pic corrected storage order.
22 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures No No Yes 3-501.16 (A)(2) and (B); Priority; Observed TCS food stored outside of temperature control (cooked potato) and top portion of cold hold unit is holding foods at 45 degrees. Cold hold potentially hazardous foods at 41 degrees or below. CDI- spoke with pic about storing foods in metal containers and keeping cooler closed as much as possible.
23 1.50 Proper date marking & disposition No Yes No 3-501.17 Ready-To-Eat Time / Temperature Control for Safety Food, Date Marking (Pf) Some TCS foods were not marked with a date( mac and cheese, corn dog, hot dog). Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous foods shall be marked with a date or date by which to be discarded. CDI- pic able to recall prep date.
25 0.50 Consumer advisory provided for raw/ undercooked foods No No Yes 3-603.11; Priority Foundation; . Consumer advisory on tables only includes a reminder. A consumer advisory shall contain both a disclosure and a reminder. Disclosure shall identify the food to be served raw or undercooked such as "eggs, burgers, and steak may be served raw or undercooked".
40 0 Personal cleanliness No No No 2-402.11; Core; FOOD EMPLOYEES shall wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed FOOD; clean EQUIPMENT,
48 0.50 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips No No No 4-302.14 Provide a test kit that accurately measures sanitizer concentrations. -Pf Test kit is damamged.