Joseph's Pizza & Sub Shop

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Meat slicer with food soils behind blade. Wash/rinse/sanitize/air dry slicer properly every four hours when in use.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: Rear door observed to be open without screen at the time of inspection. Provide screen or maintain closed.
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: Gasket on third door of reach in freezer in disrepair. Repair. Commercial mixer with peeling paint. Clean and resurface. Rear counter with visibly worn and scored formica counter surface. Resurface/repair to maintain smooth durable and cleanable. Reach in refrigerated unit and reach in freezer units in kitchen missing equipment covers. Repair/replace.
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Inside bottom of triple door reach in freezer unit with food soils and crumbs. Clean to remove. Inside coffin freezer with heavy frost buildup. Clean to remove. Condensation drip pan under refrigerated reach in unit in kitchen filled with standing water. Clean empty with proper frequency.
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: Handsink in bathroom with no paper towels. Provide. Front handsink at service counter without paper towels. Provide.
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Toilet Enclosed Clean
  Inspector note: Restroom with raw plywood wall. Seal to maintain smooth durable and cleanable. Hole in plaster wall behind toilet. Repair. Missing and broken tiles on floor around toilet. Replace/repair.
  code 32-6-501.11-.12/6-202.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• 🧹premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Hood sticker expired. Provide current properly hole punched hood sticker from licensed hood maintenance company. Ceiling tile above reach in freezer unit missing. Replace. Ceiling tiles above cookline and food preparation areas consturcted of accoustic absorbent tiles. Replace with smooth durable non porous and cleanable tiles.
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Inadequate Lighting
  Inspector note: Several light bulbs in hood light fixtures missing. Replace.
  code 38-6-303.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on June 16, 2015: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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