Douzo Japanese Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings8
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)critical
  Inspector note: Raw chicken above fish in cookline reach in cooler. Corrected on site.
  code 590.003/3-302.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
  Inspector note: Allergen awareness certificate expired. Provide current.
  code 590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Reduced Oxygen Packaging Criteria (Pf)
  Inspector note: Establishment is ROP packaging raw lamb with other marinate. Product voluntarily discarded. Discontinue ROP packaging of foods without a HACCP plan and variance. Remove all ROP equipment unless approved by ISD Health.
  code 590.003/3-502.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Warewashing Machines Temperature Measuring Devices (Pf)
  Inspector note: Temperature gauges on high temperature dish machine are not labeled and they are inoperable when unit is run for a cycle. Repair.
  code 590.004/4-204.115-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
  Inspector note: No irreversible indicator for high temp dish machine. Provide.
  code 590.004/4-302.13-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Conformance with Approved Procedures (Pf)
  Inspector note: Rice logs have not been completed since February 2026. Retrain staff. Test rice daily.
  code 590.008/8-103.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
  Inspector note: Several food employees wetting wiping cloths in handsink and wiping food contact surface (cutting boards) Store wiping cloths in approved sanitizer between uses.
  code 590.003/3-304.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Anti-Choking
  Inspector note: 590.011 Choke save certificate expired. Provide current.
  code 590.009(E)* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 26, 2025: 8 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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