Cafe Porto Bello

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓PIC Performing Dutiescritical
  Inspector note: CFPM is not monitoring pest control reports cleaning of floors choke save cleaning of food contact surfaces and general facility maintenance. Provide active managerial control as it is defined in the 2013 Food code under PIC duties.
  code M-2-103.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Basement ice machine with visible soils inside. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: Evidence of mice activity under table with deli slicer and soda fountain wait station with droppings. Provide updated IPM pest control report upon reinspection. Clean and sanitize all affected areas.
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Container Labels
  Inspector note: Containers of bulk dry food goods in basement not labeled. Provide proper label.
  code 02-3-602.11-.12/3-302.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Single Service Articles Stored Dispensed
  Inspector note: Case of plastic spoons stored directly on floor under deli slicer table. Store single use articles in protected areas away from potential sources of contamination. COS.
  code 25-4-904.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: Soda gun drain not properly plumbed. Provide properly plumbed into waste drain with backflow prevention.
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Pan with waste water under soda station remove. Floors under soda station with visible soils. Clean to remove.
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed
  Inspector note: Open ceiling above basement ice machine. Provide smooth durable non porous easily cleanable surface above ice machine.
  code 37-6-201.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Anti-Choking
  Inspector note: No choke save certificate on site. Provide.
  code 590.009(E)* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 29, 2019: 9 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.

Source: Analyze Boston.