El Barco Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. SANITIZING STRENGTH OF SANITIZER (CHLORINE) AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION WAS AT 00 PPM. INSTRUCTED TO USE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK TO WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE DISHES AND TO NOT USE DISH MACHINE UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS PROPERLY SANITIZING AT A MINIMUM OF 50 PPM. MACHINE NOT IN USE AT THIS TIME. DISH MACHINE IS TAGGED UNTIL NOTIFIED BY CDPH FOR RE-INSPECTION. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR MAINTENANCE TO FIX ISSUE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. NO CITATION ISSUED. -
  code 16
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER OBSERVED PREPARED AND READY TO EAT TCS FOODS SUCH AS COOKED BEEF, RICE, BEANS, GREEN AND RED SALSA NOT PROPERLY DATE LABELED WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE NO LONGER THAN 7 DAYS. FOUND NO DATES AT ALL. FOODS DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 20 LBS VALUE OF 120 DOLLARS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  code 23
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LEAKING FAUCET BASE AT THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR DISH AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 53

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 23, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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