Pho Hoa Restaurant/Drink Lab

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Preventing Contamination from Hands (P)critical
  Inspector note: Witnessed a staff member working with RTE foods without gloves. PIC will need to review with staff to use gloves and wash hands.
  code 590.003(C)/3-301.11-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Using a Handwashing Sink-Operation and Maintenance (Pf)
  Inspector note: One of the hand sinks on the cooking line was blocked. PIC will need to review with staff not to bloack any hand sinks.
  code 590.005/5-205.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Controlling Pests (Pf)
  Inspector note: Evidence of fruit fly by the back door of the kitchen arounf the onions. Provide covers to vegetables on shelf to help with this issue and keep a fan on to keep the air moving around.
  code 590.006/6-501.111-PF** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Storage Containers Identified with Common Name of Food (C)
  Inspector note: Label all bulk food containers small and large as discussed.
  code 590.003/3-302.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
  Inspector note: Provide covers for food in storage in walk in.
  code 590.003/3-305.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (C)
  Inspector note: Large pot on the floor by the back door with out a cover cooling. PIC moved to a table and will discontinue to store anything on the floor. Anything can fall into the pot. PIC will need to move sauce into small pots to cool.
  code 590.003/3-307.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Nonfood-Contact Surfaces (C)
  Inspector note: Clean in place cooking equipment. Clean small and large bulk food containers. Clean all the shelves (top) in kitchen area.
  code 590.004/4-202.16-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Floors Walls and Ceilings-Cleanability (C)
  Inspector note: Clean floor and walls under cooking equipment and walls behind cooking equipment.
  code 590.006/6-201.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on August 30, 2023: 8 previous findings did not recur.

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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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