Benny's Chophouse

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: NO CHLORINE SANITIZER WAS DETECTED AT THE FINAL RINSE FOR THE LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE LOCATED BEHIND THE BAR. UNIT TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE MACHINE SO THAT THE FINAL RINSE CONCENTRATION OF CHLORINE REACHES 100PPM. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING PREPARATION. OBSERVED CURING SALT STORED ON THE DRY STORAGE SHELF AND CURED PORK BELLY STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT AN APPROVED HACCP PROGRAM IS NEEDED TO CURE MEAT IN THE RESTAURANT. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 25# OF PORK BELLY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPLACE THE TEMPORARY LIDS FOR THE GREASE TRAP CONTAINERS BELOW THE 2 COMPARTMENT AND 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS IN THE PREP AREA.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINES.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE THERMOMETERS INSIDE OF ALL PREP COOLERS.
  code 40

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Compared with Pass on December 6, 2011: 5 findings appeared for the first time.

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