Starbucks Coffee Co. No. 872

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking w/ Take Out
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Clean Cloths Hair Restraint
  Inspector note: Food handlers not wearing hair restraints
  code 13-2-304/402.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Anti-Choking
  Inspector note: While food is being served there shall be an employee on the premises trained in Anti-Choking
  code 590.009(E)* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

Checks marked passed

• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Cleancritical
  Inspector note: Observed an employee rinse ceramic cup for customer use without proper sanitization
  code 20-4-703.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Observed an employee rinse ceramic cup for customer use without proper cleaning.
  code 22-4-601/602.11** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Wiping Cloths Clean Sanitize
  Inspector note: In use wiping cloths not stored submerged in a sanitizing solution
  code 21-3-304.14* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Built up soils on counters and shelving - Barista area
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: Built up soils on floor in back hall
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: Portable fan dusty attached to the wall Gap on bottom of door to exit
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Premises Maintained
  Inspector note: Boxes etc. in hallway and back storage room - Organize and properly store
  code 42-6-501.113/.114* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on April 4, 2018: 2 findings recurred. 7 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

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.