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The Lower Depths
November 18, 2016 · Administrative hearing
🫥not rated
- official resultAdministrative hearing
- inspection typeEating & Drinking
- failed findings7
- critical findings1
📁 This is an administrative record, not a health inspection. It does not replace the restaurant's latest meaningful health result.
Failed findings
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Consumer AdvisoriescriticalInspector note: Allergen Advisory hand written on menu (PIC stated revisions will be performed during the weekend) Notice on printed menus and menu boards. Such food establishments shall include on all printed menus and menu boards a clear and conspicuous notice requesting a customer to inform the server before placing an order about the customer’s allergy to a major food allergen. The notice shall state: Before placing your order please inform your server if a person in your party has a food allergy. (a) Effective Date. The notice must be included on printed menus and on indoor and outdoor menu boards including drive-through menu boards no later than October 1 2010. (b) Menu Boards. 1. All notices on menu boards must be easily readable from the point of service at which food is ordered. On the menu board itself the font size of the notice must be equal to or greater than the font size of the smallest menu item listed on the menu board. 2. In lieu of placing the notice directly on the indoor or outdoor menu board itself the food establishment may post the notice adjacent to the menu board or at each point of service where food is ordered. Such notice must be securely posted in a manner so that it may be easily seen and read from a distance of five feet by a person standing at or approaching the point of service shall directly face the purchaser and shall not be obstructed from view.
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Cross Connection Back Siphonage BackflowInspector note: No backflow preventer on hose connection
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Food Contact Surfaces DesignInspector note: Using non NSF grade buckets to transport ice - Provide NSF approved ice buckets • Food handler not wearing hair restraint
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Non-Food Contact SurfacesInspector note: No splash guard between dump sink and customer ice • No splash guard between hand sink and clean equipment storage • Rust on grease trap under 3 bay sink
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Improper Maintenance of FloorsInspector note: Built up soils on floor under and around equipment • Built up soils on grease trap under 3 bay sink
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premises not properly maintained or cleanedOfficial wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/CeilingsInspector note: Built up soils on ceiling tiles & attached fixtures. • Built up soils on walls and attachments through out • Expanding foam not trimmed and sealed on walls & ceiling • Gap between bottom of door and floor to the exterior - Pest Proof
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Premises MaintainedInspector note: Personal items stored on shelving leader shelving etc.
Checks marked passed
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Adequate Handwashing/Where/When/HowcriticalInspector note: Observed food handler not washing hands prior to putting on clean gloves.
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Labeled Common NamecriticalInspector note: Multiple spray bottles not labeled with common name (Corrected on site by PIC)
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PIC KnowledgecriticalInspector note: Certified food protection manager not certified in allergen awareness. Food Allergen Awareness Training (a) By February 1 2011 such food establishments shall have on staff a certified food protection manager who has been issued a Massachusetts certificate of allergen awareness training by an allergen awareness training verification program recognized by the Department. The certificate will be valid for 5 years. (b) The certified food protection manager shall: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of MAJOR FOOD ALLERGENS by posting the Massachusetts food allergen awareness training certificate; and 2. Ensure that employees are properly trained in food allergy awareness as it relates to their assigned duties.
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PIC Performing DutiescriticalInspector note: Allergen poster not posted in employee work area . Food establishments that cook prepare or serve food intended for immediate consumption either on or off the premises shall comply with the following requirements. (1) Poster. No later than October 1 2010 such food establishments shall prominently display in the employee work area a poster approved by the Department no smaller than 8.5 by 11 inches relating to major food allergens. The poster shall include the following information: (a) Major food allergens; (b) Health risks of food allergies; (c) Procedure to follow when a customer states that he or she has a food allergy; and (d) Emergency procedure to follow if a customer has an allergic reaction to a food.
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Wiping Cloths Clean SanitizeInspector note: In use wiping cloths not stored in a sanitizing solution.
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Non-Food Contact Surfaces CleanInspector note: Built up soils on shelving above 3 bay sink
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Clean Equipment & Utensils StorageInspector note: Tongs stored on over door handles.
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Installed and MaintainedInspector note: No cold water at hand sink - PIC stated cold water value at this hand sink has been shut off due leaking Hot and cold water must be in operating conditions during all hours of operations
What changed since the previous inspection?
Compared with Fail on November 17, 2016: 7 findings recurred. 8 previous findings did not recur.
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