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NameBROOKDALE OF LEXINGTON
Address161 YOUNG DR
 
City/State/ZIP
LEXINGTON NC 27292
Premise Type16 - Institutional Food Service
CountyDavidson
Inspection Date 5/27/2026
Final Score @ Grade
94 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
16 1.50 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized Yes Yes No 4-601.11(A) - Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils: Equipment food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. Pf ***Multiple pans and pan lids under the hot hold table had food debris on them. A scoop in the utensil drawer and a spatula on the utensil holder above the vegetable prep sink had food debris on them. CDI, items were taken to the dish washer to be washed, rinsed and sanitized.
22 1.50 Proper cold holding temperatures No Yes Yes 3-501.16 - Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Hot and Cold Holding: Maintain TCS foods in cold holding at 41F or less. P ***The 1-door reach-in had multiple foods from the day/days prior that were between 49F to 57F, items are on the temperature observation sheet as well as the product disposition sheet. CDI, PIC voluntarily discarded food items. The 1-door reach-in had an ambient of 44F to 47F. PIC stated that the door to the 1-door reach-in was opened when they came in this morning. VR: a verification will be conducted on the 1-door reach-in within 72 hours, the ambient was 44F to 46F during the inspection. All TCS foods items were discarded.
23 0 Proper date marking & disposition Yes No No 3-501.17 - Ready-to-Eat, Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Date Marking: Date mark all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and held more than 24hrs. Pf ***In the walk-in cooler a pack of opened slaw mix and potatoes were not date marked. CDI, PIC stated that the potatoes were opened 5/25/26 and the slaw mix was opened 5/23/26 and they were properly date marked. 3-501.18 - Ready-to-Eat, Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Disposition: Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it is not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. P ***In the walk-in cooler, the best by date on four packs of boiled eggs were 5/9/26. CDI, PIC voluntarily discarded boiled eggs.
33 0.50 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control Yes No No 3-501.15 - Cooling Methods: 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 ***Chicken salad was cooling in the 1-door reach-in that had an ambient of 44F, stacked on top of each other. PIC stated chicken salad was prepared at 8:30am to 9:00am this morning. CDI, chicken salad was moved into the walk-in cooler. Chicken salad #1 was 60F at 10:21pm and at 10:57pm it was 54F. Chicken salad #2 was 58F at 10:21pm and at 10:57pm it was 54F. Chicken salad #3 was 57F at 10:21pm and at 10:57pm it was 51F. Chicken salad #1 and #3 were cooling at a rate of .16, chicken salad #2 was cooling at a rate of .11. They needed to be cooling at a rate of at least .12. Chicken salad #2 was moved into the walk-in freezer at 10:57pm. Chicken salad #2 was 40F at 11:50pm.
47 0.50 Equipment, food & non-food contact surfaces approved, cleanable, properly designed, constructed & used No Yes No 4-501.11 - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment: Equipment shall be maintained in good repair. ***Observed a container on the ground catching grease from the stove top because the grease catcher is broken.
49 1 Non-food contact surfaces clean No Yes No 4-601.11 - Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils: Non-food contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. ***Observed build up on the following equipment; the oven, the clean dish/bread rack, the light fixtures above the oven, the knife block and under prep/ hot hold tables.
54 0 Garbage & refuse properly disposed; facilities maintained No No No 5-501.115 - Maintain Refuse Areas and Enclosures: A storage area and enclosure for refuse, recyclable, or returnables shall be maintained free of unnecessary items, and clean. ***Observed lots of build up at the dumpster pad.
55 1 Physical facilities installed, maintained & clean No Yes No 6-501.12 - Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions: All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair and shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean and by methods that prevent contamination of food products. ***The wall has an accumulation of debris at the vegetable prep sink.
56 0 Meets ventilation & lighting requirements; designated areas used No No No 6-303.11 Intensity. The light intensity shall be: (C) At least 540 lux (50 foot candles) at a surface where a FOOD EMPLOYEE is working with FOOD or working with UTENSILS or EQUIPMENT such as knives, slicers, grinders, or saws where EMPLOYEE safety is a factor. ***The lighting at the vegetable prep sink/ prep table was 3.86 ftc.