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Olu's African Market

October 9, 2025 · Fail

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official resultFail
resultFail
inspection typeRetail Food
failed findings10
critical findings0

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Failed findings

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-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
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 new 30 yard dumpster in the back. PIC stated they removed the old dumpster and will remove when finished. 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 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. They put a set of door to seal off the ceiling but still need to finsh the side wall to ensure no rodents 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

Checks marked passed

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: Pass
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: Pass
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: Pass
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: Pass
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: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 30, 2025: 10 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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