Big Apple Finer Foods Inc

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EMPLOYEE RE-PACKING PRODUCE. NO PAPER TOWELS PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINK BY THE TWO COMPARTMENT SINK IN PRODUCE DEPARTMENT,BROKEN PAPER TOWEL DISPENSER,MUST REPLACE SAID DISPENSER. PAPER TOWEL MUST BE MUST BE KEPT AT SAID SINK AT ALL TIMES FOR PROPER HANDWASHING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED. • OBSERVED EMPLOYEE RE-PACKING PRODUCE. NO SOAP PROVIDED AT HANDWASHING SINK IN PRODUCE RE-PACKING AREA BY TWO COMPARTMENT SINK. AFTER MY REQUEST EMPLOYEE PROVIDED SOAP. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION:7-38-030(C).CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE VIOLATION.
  code 10Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: WOOD RE-PACKING TABLE IN PRODUCE AREA BY TWO COMPARTMENT SINK NOT EASILY CLEANABLE,ROUGH SURFACE. MUST PROVIDE A SMOOTH CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: LEAKING PIPE UNDER HANDWASHING SINK IN PRODUCE RE-PACKING AREA,REPAIR CAUSE.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REPAIRED WALL WITH WOOD INSIDE THE MEN'S WASHROOM, NOT EASILY CLEANABLE. SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT MATERIAL.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 5-1-2020,REPORT 2369989 #53) 5-501.17 NO LID PROVIDED AT RECEPTACLES IN WOMEN'S WASHROOM, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. #57- 2-102.13 NO FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE PROVIDED ON SITE,INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION: 7-42-090,CITATION ISSUED
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 20, 2020: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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