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Holly Crab
November 28, 2025 · Fail
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- official resultFail
- resultFail
- inspection typeEating & Drinking
- failed findings15
- critical findings2
Failed findings
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Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)criticalInspector note: Observed raw shell egg stored directly on top of lemons; per employee the lemons are used for sauces or wedged to use in drinks. Store raw shell eggs below RTE foods.
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(A)(1) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)criticalInspector note: Chicken wings cooked at 12pm per kitchen employee was at 89F-100F held in fryer basket above fryolater. Staff voluntarily discarded chicken wings after observation. Hold TCS foods at or above 135F and at 41F or below.
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Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)Inspector note: No V/D kit or procedures were produced during the inspection after the health inspector requested them; provide.
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Assignment (Pf)Inspector note: During the inspection there was no designated person in charge and nobody on site that was knowlegable about food safety illness policy and sanitzation. Provide a person in charge when the certified food protection manager is not on site that is knowlegable about food safety illness policy and sanitization.
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Shell stock Maintaining Identification (Pf)Inspector note: No shellstock tags observed with last date sold of last shellfish from batch and shellstock tag of current batch is not stored with shellfish but in container with old shellstock tags; write last date of last shellfish sold on shellstock tags per sanitary code instructions and keep shellstock tags with shellfish.
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Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)Inspector note: In the kitchen there is a unit of 4-chef drawers that per the staff is broken; repair or replace.
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Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)Inspector note: Location does not have a measuring device for the bottle of sanitizer provided only chlorine test strips; after health inspector instructed staff to empty sanitizer bay of the soap mixture and refill the bay with water and the sanitizer tablets the solution tested at 200ppm quats with the health inspector's QT-40 test strips.
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Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (Pf)Inspector note: Sanitizer in three bay sink at 0ppm with quats and chlorine test strips. Employee stated they had added tablets of the sanitizer product as well as dishsoap into the sanitizer bay of the three compartment sink. Sanitizer should be at required ppm stated by manafacturer's instructions.
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Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)Inspector note: The only handsink on the first floor was blocked by a bus bucket during inspection; handsinks must remain available and unobstructed at all times.
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Restriction-Presence and Use (Pf)Inspector note: Observed a can of consumer grade insecticide in basement; only chemicals approved for use in food service settings are allowed and not consumer grade chemicals.
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Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)Inspector note: Employee in kitchen not observed wearing hair restraint while handling and preparing foods; provide effective hair restraints.
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In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C)Inspector note: Rice paddle observed stored in 90F water; store in use utensils on a clean sanitized surface in 135F or above water or in cool running water.
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Thawing (C)Inspector note: In kitchen observed in use frozen crab legs and frozen shrimp stored at ambient per emplyee. Instructed employees on proper thawing procedures that they should be kept in a frozen state allowed to thaw in a refrigerator or under cool running water. Observed frozen chicken thawing in standing water inside a bus bucket that was inside the mop sink; thaw foods under cool running water or in a refrigerator and cease using the mop sink to thaw foods to prevent contamination.
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Drain boards (C)Inspector note: There are no drain boards or a way to store soiled and sanitized wares; provide a way to store soiled and sanitized wares.
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(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)Inspector note: Pink slime observed inside of ice machine; clean and sanitze.
What changed since the previous inspection?
Compared with Pass on July 2, 2024: 15 findings appeared for the first time.
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