Caro Mio Italian Ristorante

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNAGE AT HAND SINK AT BAR AREA AND MEN & WOMENS BATHROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ESTABLISHMENT ONLY HAS SOME OF THE SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA KIT. MUST PROVIDE ALL NECESSARY SUPPLIES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO SPLASH GUARD ON HAND SINK NEXT TO 3-COMPARTMENT SINK (DRYING RACK). INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DISH WASHING RACK AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN POOR REPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HOT RUNNING WATER AT 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN KITCHEN PREP AREA AND AT BAR AREA. HOT RUNNING WATER WAS AT A TEMPERATURE OF 104.0F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO HAVE HOT RUNNING WATER AT A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 110.0F TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE DISHES. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VISIBLE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON ICE MACHINE, MOP SINK FAUCET AND ESPRESSO MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 51

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Compared with No Entry on November 20, 2019: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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