Harvard Gardens

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P)critical
  Inspector note: No culinary sink with air gap on site. Install or apply for a variance to use the three compartment sink. Emailed procedures and variance application that should be submited with plumbers report.
  code 590.005/5-203.14-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Other Liquid Wastes and Rainwater (C)
  Inspector note: Condenstate drain leading into handsink. Properly plumb into indirect waste.
  code 590.005/5-403.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Surface Characteristics-Indoor Areas (C)
  Inspector note: Install cleanable ceiling above clean equipment storage in basement.
  code 590.006/6-101.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Separation-Storage (P)critical
  Inspector note: Chemicals stored directly next to basement ice machine. Relocate away from the area.
  code 590.007/7-201.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils-Frequency (C)
  Inspector note: Clean ice machine.
  code 590.004/4-602.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Food soils on floor under equipment. Clean to remove. Spatters and soils on walls in kitchen. Clean to remove.
  code 590.004/4-602.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓(A) (B) and (D) Equipment Utensils Linens and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles Storing (C)
  Inspector note: Clean equipment not stored properly in basement. Store inverted.
  code 590.004/4-903.11-C1* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning System Vents (C)
  Inspector note: Clean HVAC vent above cookline of visible soils.
  code 590.006/6-202.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Maintaining Premises Unnecessary Items and Litter (C)
  Inspector note: Old slicer mixer file cabinet other out of use equipment in basement. Remove equipment not in use.
  code 590.006/6-501.114-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 20, 2024: 3 findings recurred. 6 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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