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NamePIZZA IS LIFE
Address2818 CHAPEL HILL RD
 
City/State/ZIP
DURHAM NC 27707
Premise Type3 - Mobile Food
CountyDurham
Inspection Date 6/18/2026
Final Score @ Grade
99.50 A
General CommentsOperator buys food daily - daily purchase receipts were readily available Sanitation inspection completed at Homegrown Durm Commissary Food probe thermometer cleaned and sanitized, calibration verified in ice bath - 32F

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 2-201.11 (A), B), (C), and (E) Responsibility of Permit Holder, Person in Charge and Conditional Employee - (P). Maintain an employee health policy. The permit holder must require food employees and conditional employees to report to the PIC information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food as detailed in 2-201.11 ( A ), ( B ), ( C ) and ( E ). CDI - REHS provided operator with copy of optional 1B- form
5 0 Procedures for responding to vomiting & diarrheal events Yes No No 2-501.11 Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Event - (Pf). Maintain procedures for the cleaning of bodily fluids. A FOOD ESTABLISHMENT shall have written procedures for EMPLOYEES to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that involve the discharge of vomitus or fecal matter onto surfaces in the FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. The procedures shall address the specific actions EMPLOYEES must take to minimize the spread of contamination and the exposure of EMPLOYEES, consumers, FOOD, and surfaces to vomitus or fecal matter. CDI - REHS provided operator with written procedures.
36 0.50 Thermometers provided & accurate No No Yes 4-203.12 Temperature Measuring Devices, Ambient Air and Water - Accuracy. Operator does not have a food probe thermometer readily available. A TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE with a suitable small-diameter probe that is designed to measure the temperature of thin masses shall be provided and readily accessible to accurately measure the temperature in thin FOODS such as MEAT patties and FISH filets. Verification required within ten days (28June2026)
37 0 Food properly labeled: original container No No No 3-302.12 Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food - (C). Bin of flour in the commissary and two small working containers of spices on the food truck observed without labels. Except for containers holding FOOD that can be readily and unmistakably recognized , working containers holding FOOD or FOOD ingredients that are removed from their original packages shall be identified with the common name of the FOOD.
47 0 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No No No 4-501.11 Good Repair and Proper Adjustment - Equipment - (C). Gasket is torn on left door of sandwich cooler. Equipment must be kept in good repair and properly adjusted to ensure proper function and food protection. Repair or replace.
48 0 Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained & used; test strips Yes No No 4-302.14 Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices - (Pf). Operator is using quat sanitizing solution but only has test strips for chlorine solution. A test kit or other device that accurately measures the concentration in MG/L of SANITIZING solutions shall be provided. CDI - REHS provided length of quat test strip until more can be acquired.