Hobgoblin

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings7
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Reduced Oxygen Packaging Criteria (P)critical
  Inspector note: Reduced oxygen packaged steaks in freezer. Discontinue sealing raw beef in R.O.P. bags. Submit HACCP plan or use permeable bags
  code 590.003/3-502.12-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P)critical
  Inspector note: Kitchen dish machine not registering sanitizer. Service as needed to ensure minimum 50ppm dilution.
  code 590.004/4-501.114-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Conveying Sewage (P)critical
  Inspector note: No contract or receptacle for disposing of used cooking oil. Provide contract and receptacle for oil disposal.
  code 590.005/5-402.13-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
  Inspector note: Soda guns do not have holders that drain away from ice bins. Provide holders for soda gns to prevent contamination of bevergae ice.
  code 590.004/4-601.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
  Inspector note: No towels at upstairs bar hand sinks. Provide towels
  code 590.006/6-301.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Common Name-Working Containers (Pf)
  Inspector note: Spray bottles of sanitizer without labels. Label all chemical bottles to prevent contamination
  code 590.007/7-102.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Removing Dead or Trapped Birds Insects Rodents and other Pest (C)
  Inspector note: Glue traps in furnace room with dead roaches. Discard dead pests to prevent accumulation
  code 590.006/6-501.112-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

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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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