Merengue Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P)critical
  Inspector note: Discarded food items envolved with accident the following: Dough-1lb shredded cheese-1/2 and Flour-5lbs.
  code 590.003/3-701.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
  Inspector note: No irreverible thermometer or temperature strip provide.
  code 590.004/4-302.13-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
  Inspector note: No labels on bulk food containers provide.
  code 590.003/3-302.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Cabinet door cracked repair. Storage table near cooking equipment discolored repair.
  code 590.004/4-202.16-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
  Inspector note: Sides of cooking equipment soiled with grease clean to remove visible soil.
  code 590.004/4-601.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Clean floor behind and around cooking equipment and below prep tables to remove visible soil.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Intensity-Lighting (C)
  Inspector note: light bulb on exhausthood system are not operating repair.
  code 590.006/6-303.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 20, 2019: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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