El Tarasco

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BARE HAND CONTACT WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS BY A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE. OBSERVED THE EMPLOYEE TAKE READY-TO-EAT FOOD (TORTILLAS) OFF OF THE GRILL WITH THEIR BARE HANDS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT BARE HAND CONTACT IS NOT ALLOWED WITH READY-TO-EAT FOODS. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010A.
  code 6Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PLASTIC SERVING BASKETS USED AS A SCOOP FOR LETTUCE AND STORED IN THE FOOD. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE A PROPER SCOOP WITH A HANDLE TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BY HANDS.
  code 31
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE 2 DOOR FREEZER NEXT TO THE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL BROKEN FLOOR TILES UNDERNEATH THE GRILL. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE ALL BROKEN FLOOR TILES.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK BEHIND THE BASEMENT BAR TO BE SLOW DRAINING. MUST REPAIR THE SINK SO THAT IT DRAINS PROPERLY.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 22, 2016: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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