Phu Cuong Market

• resultFail
• critical violations2
• last inspectedSeptember 14, 2012
• address1051 Dorchester Av, Dorchester 02125

Is Phu Cuong Market clean?

Phu Cuong Market is currently Fail from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division, from an inspection on September 14, 2012. Inspectors wrote up 2 critical violations — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Phu Cuong Market?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 14, 2012, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Spoilage Unsafe Food • Heavily dented puffed cans in retail. Removed by PIC.critical
  Spoilage Unsafe Food • Heavily dented puffed cans in retail. Removed by PIC.
• ⚠️Tags & Records • Shell stock tags not in chronological order. Maintain for 90 days.
  Tags & Records • Shell stock tags not in chronological order. Maintain for 90 days.
• ⚠️Labeling of Ingredients • re-packaged bamboo shoots without proper lables. Providecritical
  Labeling of Ingredients • re-packaged bamboo shoots without proper lables. Provide
• ⚠️Cold Holding • Cut jack fruit cut on display at room temperature in front of store. Cut fruit must be keeped at 41F or below.critical
  Cold Holding • Cut jack fruit cut on display at room temperature in front of store. Cut fruit must be keeped at 41F or below.
• ⚠️Food Protection • Cut pieces directly in contact with melting ice.Store to drain. Soiled curtains over produce section remove.
  Food Protection • Cut pieces directly in contact with melting ice.Store to drain. Soiled curtains over produce section remove.
• ⚠️Handling of Food & Ice • Ice for fish is scooped with a home made utensil without a handle. Discontinue
  Handling of Food & Ice • Ice for fish is scooped with a home made utensil without a handle. Discontinue
• ⚠️Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Staff entering the area handling fish without washing hands. Train staff on when to wash hands.critical
  Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/How • Staff entering the area handling fish without washing hands. Train staff on when to wash hands.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards soiled deep grooves. Rusted cutting equipment in disrepair. Fish strainers and colanders not commercial grade cracked. Home made ice scoops with out proper handles Replace
  Food Contact Surfaces Design • Cutting boards soiled deep grooves. Rusted cutting equipment in disrepair. Fish strainers and colanders not commercial grade cracked. Home made ice scoops with out proper handles Replace
• ⚠️Dishwashng Facilities • No drain plugs in three bay sink.
  Dishwashng Facilities • No drain plugs in three bay sink.
• ⚠️Equipment Thermometers • The walk in unit with a thermometer.
  Equipment Thermometers • The walk in unit with a thermometer.
• ⚠️Wash Rinse Water Clean Proper Temperature. • No detergent for ware washing. Saff observed using sanitizer for both wash and sanitzer steps.
  Wash Rinse Water Clean Proper Temperature. • No detergent for ware washing. Saff observed using sanitizer for both wash and sanitzer steps.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Cutting boards scale knives interor of fish tank prep sink containers for produce and display shelves are soiled. Clean and sanitize.critical
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Cutting boards scale knives interor of fish tank prep sink containers for produce and display shelves are soiled. Clean and sanitize.
• ⚠️Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Containers in produce dept. and fish tongs soiled.
  Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Containers in produce dept. and fish tongs soiled.
• ⚠️Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Exterior of food prep sink ice machine three bay sink sneeze guards with food soils. Clean to remove.
  Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean • Exterior of food prep sink ice machine three bay sink sneeze guards with food soils. Clean to remove.
• ⚠️Re-use of Single Service Articles • Discard used styrofoam containers.
  Re-use of Single Service Articles • Discard used styrofoam containers.
• ⚠️Sewage and Waste Water • Cooler in front retail not properly plumbed draining into tray under unit not evaporating.
  Sewage and Waste Water • Cooler in front retail not properly plumbed draining into tray under unit not evaporating.
• ⚠️Improper Cleaning of Receptacles • Trash receptacles soiled and with out lids.
  Improper Cleaning of Receptacles • Trash receptacles soiled and with out lids.
• ⚠️Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Dumpster cover is broken. Replace.
  Outside Storage Improperly Maintained • Dumpster cover is broken. Replace.
• ⚠️Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Missing floor tiles. Repair
  Floors Designed Constructed Installed • Missing floor tiles. Repair
• ⚠️Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Replace stained and broken ceiling tiles in retail and fish dept..
  Walls/Ceilings Designed Constructed Installed • Replace stained and broken ceiling tiles in retail and fish dept..
• ⚠️Premises Maintained • Personal items stored in fish department.
  Premises Maintained • Personal items stored in fish department.
• ⚠️PIC Knowledge • Certified person unable to demonstrate knowledge as evident by sanitation issues. Additional training required from approved certified trainer with documentation of food safety topics reviewed.critical
  PIC Knowledge • Certified person unable to demonstrate knowledge as evident by sanitation issues. Additional training required from approved certified trainer with documentation of food safety topics reviewed.
• ⚠️PIC Performing Duties • Staff unable to demonstrate proper warewashing. Food and non-food contact surface not cleaned properly. Additonal training required for PIC. Unable to provide corrective action.critical
  PIC Performing Duties • Staff unable to demonstrate proper warewashing. Food and non-food contact surface not cleaned properly. Additonal training required for PIC. Unable to provide corrective action.

When was Phu Cuong Market last inspected?

Phu Cuong Market has 37 inspections on record going back to October 22, 2007. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Phu Cuong Market vs Dorchester

Dorchester runs 85% clean across 542 tracked restaurants — 445 clean, 31 mid, 47 cooked.

Against the 542 spots Cooked tracks in Dorchester, this one comes out cleaner than 2% of them.

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How Boston grades restaurants

Boston reports inspections as a pass or a fail, with no score and no letter. What separates a bad fail from a trivial one is the violation severity ladder: a single star is a minor issue, two stars is more serious, and three stars marks a critical foodborne-illness risk factor — temperature abuse, bad handwashing, cross-contamination. A restaurant can fail on paperwork alone, which is not the same as failing on food safety. Cooked splits Boston fails accordingly: a fail with a three-star violation reads cooked, a fail on minor items only reads mid.

Source: Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division via Analyze Boston. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated September 14, 2012. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.