Tea By The Sea

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment Chemical Sanitization-Temperature pH Concentration and Hardness (P)critical
  Inspector note: No evidence of proper warewashing . Three bay sink not set up properly filled with soiled equipment. Employee could not explain the proper warewashing steps. Sanitizing strips missing. Provide proper warewashing all the time (wash rinse sanitize).
  code 590.004/4-501.114-P*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Sanitizing Solutions Testing Devices (Pf)
  Inspector note: No sanitizing test strips on site. Provide.
  code 590.004/4-302.14-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Wiping Cloths Use Limitation (C)
  Inspector note: Wiping cloths placed wet on counters. Store properly in containers with sanitizer solution.
  code 590.003/3-304.14-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Food Storage-Preventing Contamination from the Premises (C)
  Inspector note: Observed several boxes with food products stored in front of toilet doors away from food prep/storage area and placed on the floor. Remove store properly enclosed (employees can watch it) and properly elevated (6 inches or above).
  code 590.003/3-305.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Sponges Use Limitation (C)
  Inspector note: Observed sponges at three bay sink area. Discontinue use for warewashing.
  code 590.004/4-101.16-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️flagged at inspection
  Inspector note: Health Permit not renewed for 2024. Renew.
  code L1status: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 6, 2023: 6 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.