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NameHONG MEI BUFFET
Address124 NORMAN STATION BLVD
 
City/State/ZIP
MOORESVILLE NC 28117
Premise Type1 - Restaurant
CountyIredell
Inspection Date 1/28/2019
Final Score @ Grade
93 A
General Comments

Violations

 
CDI=Corrected During Inspection  R=Repeat Violation  VR=Verification Required 
Violation Item Demerits Violation Description CDIRVRComments
6 2 Hands clean and properly washed Yes No No 2-301.14 Wash hands before donning gloves and between gloves uses.-P Observed cook line employees not washing their hands before donning clean gloves. CDI (corrected during inspection) Employees washed their hands and put on clean gloves. Employees are touching/cooking raw meats and just changing their gloves without a proper hand wash in between.
12 0 Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction No No No 3-402.11 Parasite Destruction - P Facility has an undated letter form GD Seafood in Winston Salem for the Sushi fish to show it was frozen for parasite destruction. Recommend getting a new dated letter.
18 1.50 Proper cooling time and temperatures Yes No No 3-501.15 Quickly cool cooked foods within 2 hours from 135F to 70F; and within a total of 6 hours from 135F to 45F. P Observed a half pan of cooked breading crab legs cooling in the 3 door refrigerator from 100F to 96F in 30 minutes. CDI by moving crab legs to the walk-in cooler where they cooled from 96F to 76F in 30 more minutes. Don't cool in stand up coolers or prep coolers, use the walk-in coolers.
19 1.50 Proper hot holding temperatures Yes No No 3-501.16 Maintain TCS foods in hot holding at 135F or above. -P Observed the bottom oven turned off and foods at 60F inside the oven. Egg rolls, cheese sticks, crab rangoons and chicken were discarded. Facility does not have a hot hold cabinet and only hot holds on the 3 hot buffets.
37 1 Contamination prevented during food preparation, storage and display No No Yes 3-306.11 Food Display-Preventing Contamination by Consumers - P Observed items on the buffet such as croutons, wasabi, ginger and peanuts not under a sneeze guard. Items are in open bowls and not protected. VR (verification required) to ensure items are protected.
47 0.50 Non-food-contact surfaces clean No No No 4-602.13 Nonfood Contact Surfaces - C Observed build up on some shelving, sides of cooking equipment and bottom of coolers. More detailed cleaning needed.
53 0 Physical facilities installed, maintained and clean No No No 6-201.11 Floors, Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability - C Observed bare wood walls under the hibachi/ sushi area. All bare wood needs to be sealed of covered so it is a washable surface.
54 0.50 Meets ventilation and lighting requirements; designated areas used No Yes No 6-303.11 Intensity-Lighting - C Observed lights not working in the walk-in freezer and areas in the dry storage area outside this freezer need more light.
31 0 Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control No 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 a bus tub 3/4 full of cooked chicken cooling in the walk-in cooler (WIC) at 48F. CDI by splitting the container in half. Don't cool full bus tubs of food as the food may not cool properly and quickly enough.