Brasa Roja Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACIITY NOT MAINTAINING PROPER TEMPERATURE, OBSERVED HOT HOLDING DISPLAY UNIT AT 120F. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR UNIT AND KEEP AT 140F OR HIGHER. HELD FOR INSPECTION TAG PLACED ON UNIT, WHEN REPAIRED TO FAX LETTER REQUESTING TAG REMOVAL. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE INSIDE ABOVE HOT HOLDING UNIT. 18 LBS. OF COOKED CHICKEN RANGING FROM 104-116F. INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION. INSTRUCTED HOT FOOD MUST BE AT 140F OR HIGHER. CHICKEN DISCARDED, V=$80. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED, 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN/SANITIZE; CHEST FREEZER AND UPPER PANEL OF ICE MACHINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOORS INSIDE FURNACE ROOM AND REAR KITCHEN AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN VENT COVERS AT DINING AREA AND INSIDE THE WASHROOM.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR OR REPLACE FAUCET AT 3PART SINK AND SEAL GREASE TRAP UNDER SAME SINK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST PROPERLY STORED CLEANING TOWELS.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 4, 2011: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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