Brassica Kitchen & Cafe

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings1
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P)critical
  Inspector note: Food prep sink observed without proper air gap.Install food prep sink with proper airgap or provide a plumbers report variance request and procedures to state how an alternative safe prep will be provided.
  code 590.005/5-203.14-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
  Inspector note: No procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events. Provide
  code 590.002/2-501.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Controlling Pests (Pf)
  Inspector note: Observed multiples rodents dropping downstairs in the basement area. Clean and sanitize to remove. PIC to provide current IPM report from a licensed exterminator.
  code 590.006/6-501.111-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
  Inspector note: Multiple squeeze bottles and food storage bins observed without lables. Label if removed from original pacakge.
  code 590.003/3-302.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Cutting Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Cutting board downstairs prep area observed heavily scored. Resurface or replace.
  code 590.004/4-501.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
  Inspector note: Interior and exterior of dough storage cabinet observed heavily soiled and interior exterior and gasket of multiples refrigeration units observed soiled exterior observed soiled. Clean and sanitize.
  code 590.004/4-601.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on March 22, 2024: 1 finding recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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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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