Pho Hoa Restaurant/Drink Lab

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Clean All floors in Kitchen area underneath equipment to remove debris and grease spills
  code 590.004/4-101.19-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️(B) and (C) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (C)
  Inspector note: Cookline Fryolators underneath and on the sides heavily soiled- Clean to remove soils Rice Cooker is encrusted soils and grease -Clean to remove
  code 590.004/4-601.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️System Maintained in Good Repair (C)
  Inspector note: Leak under the handsink at the cookline -Repair
  code 590.005/5-205.15-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓When to Wash (P)critical
  Inspector note: Handwash Sink at Cookline had leak! Not able to properly wash hands when asked employee she pointed to other handsinks on the other end of kitchen to wash hands.
  code 590.002/2-301.14-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation Packaging and Segregation (P)critical
  Inspector note: Delivery of Raw Chicken and Raw Beef were stacked on top of each other on wash rinse and sanitize sections of 3 bay sink.- Discontinue stacking raw meat of different species on top of one another. Raw Beef was on top of Raw pork held out of temperature in walkin cooler
  code 590.003/3-302.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓(A)(2) and (B) Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food Hot and Cold Holding (P)critical
  Inspector note: Peanut sauce held out of temperature for undisclosed amount of time vegetables in cooler at cookline 48F - Cold food need to be held at 41F below
  code 590.003/3-501.16-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Discarding or Reconditioning Unsafe Adulterated or Contaminated Food (P)critical
  Inspector note: Voluntarily discarded and denatured container of raw beef (60F)and raw pork (56F) was out of temperature for an undetermined amout of time in the walk in refrigerator. 16 quarts of peanut sauce was voluntarily disposed and denatured was held in standing refrigerator unit at 56F.
  code 590.003/3-701.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Assignment (Pf)
  Inspector note: No Posted Certified Food Protection manager certification- Posted Allergen expired 3/6/2019
  code 590.002(A)/2-101.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓(A) (B) and (C)(1) (4)-(16) Demonstration (Pf)
  Inspector note: No CFPM on Site and No PIC on site Employees had no knowledge or guidance in operating establishment- PIC must be available at all hours of operation.
  code 590.002(B)/2-102.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Temperature Measuring Devices Manual and Mechanical Warewashing (Pf)
  Inspector note: High temp dishwasher is not properly operating No Irreversible thermometer to test I provided my irreversible thermometer ran it a few time and final rinse was 143F- Provide Irrersible thermometer and repair mechanical high temp dish washer
  code 590.004/4-302.13-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Controlling Pests (Pf)
  Inspector note: Immature flies are located throughout kitchen- Provide a Extermination report from approved extermination company.
  code 590.006/6-501.111-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
  Inspector note: Ice Machines are soiled.One is located in kitchen and the other ice machineis in the drink dispensing area the door is broken and heavily soiled.- Clean to remove soils and repair broken ice machine.
  code 590.003/3-307.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Standards of Identity (C)
  Inspector note: Bin are labeled with inccorect product in there. Rice had sugar in the bin Sugar had rice salt had rice in bin.- Please label all bins with correct content
  code 590.003/3-601.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Closed by the city on May 18, 2021: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 10 previous findings did not recur.

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