Cumin Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND 16 QUARTS OF ONION SAUCE VALUED AT $40 IN BASEMENT WALK IN COOLER AT 54.6F. ADVISED THAT COLD FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40F OR BELOW. MANAGER DENATURED AND DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 3Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND DIRT BUILDUP AND A YELLOW, SLIMY SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR-UPPER PANEL OF ICE MACHINE AND IN LOWER ICE HOLDING COMPARTMENT OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, SANITIZE, AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A). TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION.
  code 16
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND THE TANDOORI STATION CUTTING BOARD AND THE FRYING STATION CUTTING BOARD WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES IN THEM. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN. FOUND ALL REFRIGERATION GASKETS WITH TEARS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: FOUND DUST BUILDUP ON ALL THE BATHROOM VENTS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. FOUND THE WALLS IN THE BASEMENT WITH EXPOSED CONCRETE. INSTRUCTED TO SEAL SO AS ALL WALLS ARE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. FOUND CEILING VENTS IN KITCHEN WITH DIRT BUILDUP AROUND THEM. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 11, 2013: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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