The Barking Crab

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeEating & Drinking
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ⚠️(A) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces Nonfood-Contact Surfaces and Utensils (Pf)
  Inspector note: Clean inside ice machine of visible soils.
  code 590.004/4-601.11-PF** · serious findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Effectiveness-Hair Restraints (C)
  Inspector note: Food employees without hair restraints. Provide.
  code 590.002/2-402.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils Between-Use Storage (C)
  Inspector note: Knife stored in sanitizing solution. Discontinue.
  code 590.003/3-304.12-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Molluscan Shellfish Original Container (C)
  Inspector note: Shellfish observed stored in water in walkin cooler. Store shellfish properly.
  code 590.003(B)/3-203.11-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail
• ⚠️Outer Openings Protected (C)
  Inspector note: Several holes in shingles near ground level that are rotting on exterior walls wall in sidewalk near foundation. Provide pest treatments and seal all holes with pest proof materials.
  code 590.006/6-202.15-C* · lower-severity findingstatus: Fail

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 4, 2022: 5 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.

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