Olu's African Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeRetail Food
• failed findings15
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️When to Wash (P)critical
  Inspector note: No hand wash signage in the employee bathrooms. Provide signage inside of all employee bathrooms. No toliet paper roll in the 2nd bathroom. Provide toliet paper roll.
  code 590.002/2-301.14-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events (Pf)
  Inspector note: No vomit and diarrhea kit onsite. Provide vomit and diarrhea kit. Procedures will be emailed over to the owner. Please print out the procedures and keep the paper work with the diarrhea kit.
  code 590.002/2-501.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Manual Warewashing Sink Compartment Requirements (Pf)
  Inspector note: Observed a 2 bay sink. Provide 3 bay sink with drainboards. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and contact the plumbing inspector for approval.
  code 590.004/4-301.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers Availability (Pf)
  Inspector note: No commerical grade detergent sanitizer or sanitizer kit. Provide
  code 590.004/4-303.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Handwashing Sinks Installation (Pf)
  Inspector note: Temperature at the hand sink in the bathroom near the prep area is 65F. Ensure that hot water temperature at minimum 100F. Plumber was in the basement installing new hot water heater at the time of the inspection.
  code 590.005/5-202.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Handwashing Sinks-Numbers and Capacities (Pf)
  Inspector note: No hand sink installed in the prep room for hand washing. Provide a hand sink soap means to dry hands and hand wash signage at the hand sink. Contact a licensed plumber pull permit and ensure plumbing inspector signs off on the work done. This all needs to be done before this report can be passed.
  code 590.005/5-203.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Handwashing Cleanser Availability (Pf)
  Inspector note: No hand soap in bathrooms. Provide hand soap in all bathrooms.
  code 590.006/6-301.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Hand Drying Provision (Pf)
  Inspector note: No means to dry hands at the hand sinks in the bathrooms. Provide means to dry hands.
  code 590.006/6-301.12-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Drain boards (C)
  Inspector note: No means to dry equipment. Provide drying racks.
  code 590.004/4-301.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Service Sink (C)
  Inspector note: No mop sink. Provide and enclosed mop sink and storage for the mops and chemicals. Mops can not be stored on the ground.
  code 590.005/5-203.13-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Maintaining Refuse Areas and Enclosures (C)
  Inspector note: Observed old equipment not being used in the basement. Remove all unnessary equipment. There is a 30 yard dumpster in the back. PIC stated it was going to be removed today. Please remove all trash and equipment out back clean and sweep the area and provide dumpster. PIC stated he does have a contract with a trash company. Please provide contract.
  code 590.005/5-501.115-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Observed office ceiling tiles in the prep room. Provide smooth durable easy to clean ceiling tiles. Observed a few floor tiles that need to be repaired. Repair or replace broken floor tiles on the main floor. Observed baseboards in the prep room that need to be repaired. Repair Observed a second set of stairs in the basement that walks up into an unfinished room. PIC stated that they don't use them. Close off the ceiling to ensure that no rodents can get through. Observed holes in the basement foundation. Seal off holes to ensure no rodent can get through.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C)
  Inspector note: Provide door sweep to the exterior door leading out to the trash area. Ensure no daylight is coming through the bottom of the door.
  code 590.006/6-202.15-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Mechanical-Ventilation (C)
  Inspector note: The bathroom next to the prep room does not have a fan/ ventilation. Provide fan
  code 590.006/6-304.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Repairing-Premises Structures Attachments and Fixtures-Methods (C)
  Inspector note: Observed water on the floor in the boiler room located in the basement. Observed water stains on the foundation and a hole. Remove stagnant water repair foundation wall to eliminate water coming through and seal up any holes in the walls to ensure no water or rodents can get through.
  code 590.006/6-501.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

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