Phin Coffee House

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings2
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Preventing Contamination from Hands (P)critical
  Inspector note: An employee was handling ready to eat items with bare hands. Train employees to have no contact with ready to eat foods. (The employee was instructed to wash his hands and put on gloves and the item was discarded)
  code 590.003(C)/3-301.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
  Inspector note: At the onset of the inspection there was no sanitizer in the low temp dishwasher and there was no reading. Check the dishwasher and be sure that the correct sanitizer levels are reached. (the manager replaced the sanitizer and it was testing properly by the end of the inspection)
  code 590.004/4-601.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 19, 2021: 2 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.

Source: Analyze Boston.