Merkato Variety Store

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeRetail Food
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
  Inspector note: Provide test strips for sanitizer being used in three bay sink.
  code 590.004/4-302.14-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
  Inspector note: Provide labels for packed product on retail shelves.
  code 590.003/3-302.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
  Inspector note: Be sure food that is in storage is covered. Food in walk in not covered.
  code 590.003/3-305.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Clean walls in walk in. Visibly soiled.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 29, 2019: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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