Tropical Foods/El Platanero

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeRetail Food
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Cold Holdingcritical
  Inspector note: display case/cold cuts 50 degrees/packaged meats 50 degrees/dicarded by owner
  code 03-3-501.16(A)*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Separation Segregation Cross Contaminationcritical
  Inspector note: display cases/properly store all raw meats
  code 08-3-302.11/3-304.11*** · critical food-safety factorstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Protection
  Inspector note: properly store smoked shoulder pieces in proper reach in case
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Contact Surfaces Design
  Inspector note: meat room/remove sheet trays from grease trap
  code 14-4-202.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces
  Inspector note: aisle 1/defrost reach in freezer units/check bagelbreach in freezer to keep bagels frozen provide proper means to seal milk walk in to retail area clean condensers in milk walk in
  code 15-4-202.16* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Equipment Thermometers
  Inspector note: poultry/cold cut display case/provide accurate internal thermometer salt fish case/provide accurate internal thermometer aisle 6/clean all goya bean shelving milk walk in/provide accurate internal thermometer
  code 17-4-204.112/.115* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: clean all onion/potatoe shelving/remove cardboard
  code 23-4-602.13* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Installed and Maintained
  Inspector note: meat room/clean overflowing grease trap
  code 29-5-201/02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Hand Cleaner Drying Tissue Signage
  Inspector note: second floor womens restroom customer restroom/provide covered waste receptacle salad prep/provide soap in dispenser
  code 32-6-301.11-02.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Improper Maintenance of Floors
  Inspector note: clean floor under goya rice shelving clean floor area under yams in aisle 8 area basement walk in freezer/repair worn floor
  code 36-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Inadequate Lighting
  Inspector note: basement/replace all burnt out lights
  code 38-6-303.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 28, 2008: 11 previous findings did not recur.

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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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