Golden Apple Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• 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: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. FOUND MEXICAN COOKED RICE AT 64.9F, GREEK COOKED RICE AT 60.5F AND COOKED NOODLES AT 46.8F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD PRODUCTS APPROXIMATELY 40LBS OF FOOD VALUE OF $20. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAINT/REPLACE. REPLACE BROKEN RUBBER GASKET AT THE DOOR OF FRONT PREP COOLER.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND PIPES UNDERNEATH EQUIPMENT. MUST REMOVE DEBRIS BUILD-UP. DETAIL CLEAN FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS BUIL-UP.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS NEED DETAIL CLEANING. INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT, IN DISHWASHING AREA AND IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA ALONG WALLBASE AND CORNERS. MUST CLEAN FLOOR DRAINS THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST MAINTAIN FLOOR DRY AT ALL TIMES IN DISHWASHING AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN WALL IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA REMOVE DIRT BUILD-UP.
  code 35
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE A VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETER INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER.
  code 40
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: WIPING CLOTHES STORE ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES WHEN NOT IN USE IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 18, 2014: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 6 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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