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Magdala Restaurant
August 13, 2024 · Administrative hearing
🫥not rated
- official resultAdministrative hearing
- inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
- failed findings14
- critical findings2
📁 This is an administrative record, not a health inspection. It does not replace the restaurant's latest meaningful health result.
Failed findings
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Hot Water and Chemical-Methods (P)criticalInspector note: Observed staff cleaning pot and not sanitizing. Ensure staff is trained to wash rinse and sanitize properly. Recommended getting a cart to store soiled dishes pots.
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Backflow Prevention Device When Required (P)criticalInspector note: Prep sink is direct to waist. Contact a licensed plumber to fix prep sink. Provide an invoice from a licensed plumber on letter head.
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Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Date Marking (Pf)Inspector note: No datemarking on food observed inside refrigeration unit. Provide date marking on foods that is prepared and stored in a refrigeration unit for 24 hours.
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Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf)Inspector note: Hand sink in the bathroom at the front of the store 68F. Adjust temperature at minimum to 100F.
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Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)Inspector note: No hand soap at the handsink located at the front counter. Provide soap
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Hand Drying Provision (Pf)Inspector note: No towels at the hand sink located at the front counter.Provide towels or means to dry hands.
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Controlling Pests (Pf)Inspector note: Observed flies downstairs located inside a freezer unit that is being used to store potatoes. Clean and remove potatoes. Contact a licensed exterminator and provide a detailed IPM report.
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Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)Inspector note: Observed food bins located in the basement not labeled. Provide proper labels to food bins.
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Temperature Measuring Devices-Functionality (C)Inspector note: Observed no thermometers inside refrigeration units. Provide thermometers.
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Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)Inspector note: Observed trash and unnessary items being stored outside in the trash area. Clean to remove all trash boxes and unnessary items. 8/13/24- Trash still outside with a good amount of flies in and around the trash area.
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Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)Inspector note: Kitchen floor needs to be smooth durable and cleanable near the warewash. Seal kitchen floor.
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Walls and Ceilings Attachments (C)Inspector note: Sign out front is still the old business name. Remove and replace with new business name.
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Handwashing Signage (C)Inspector note: No hand wash signage located in the bathroom off of the kitchen. Provide hand wash signage inside the bathroom.
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Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)Inspector note: Repair faucet at the hand sink near the front counter.
Checks marked passed
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Cooling Heating and Holding Capacities-Equipment (Pf)Inspector note: Observed a refrigeration unit not working in the kitchen. No food items are inside. Repair or replace refrigeration unit to ensure that all food are refrigerated at 41F or below.
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Nonfood Contact Surfaces (C)Inspector note: Hood vent is visibly soiled. Clean to remove grease build up. Hood stickers expires August.
What changed since the previous inspection?
Compared with Fail on August 6, 2024: 14 findings recurred. 2 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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