Balamao Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings2
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ⚠️(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
  Inspector note: Multiple products stored at cookline including sprouts and chopped garlic at 64F. Per the PIC the product was on the coounter for less than 1 hour. Removed and placed in lift top refrigration at 38F
  code 590.003/3-501.16-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P)critical
  Inspector note: Observed employee handling vegetable products with bare hands- reviewed and washed
  code 590.003(C)/3-301.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 14, 2022: 2 findings appeared for the first time.

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About this record

This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

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