Honky Tonk Barbeque

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• 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: 4-501.112(A:1&2) OBSERVED THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING AT 180F; AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE FACILITY WAS NOT SANITIZING ANY EQUIPMENT OR UTENSILS IN THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE AND WAS WASHING, RINSING, AND SANITIZING AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR SO THAT THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE IS PROPERLY SANITIZED AT 180F AT ALL TIMES. THE MANAGER SWITCHED THE DISH MACHINE TO LOW TEMPERATURE, AND BY THE END OF THE INSPECTION, THE DISH MACHINE WAS PROPERLY SANITIZED AT 100 CHLORINE. PRIORITY VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED 7-38-025.
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.111 OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF PEST ACTIVITY ON SITE. OBSERVED ABOUT 20 LIVE SMALL FLIES BY THE HAND WASHING SINK IN THE BAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE LIVE INSECT ACTIVITY, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS, AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-204.115 OBSERVED THE HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE GAUGES IN POOR REPAIR AND NOT MEASURING THE HOT WATER TEMPERATURES FOR THE WASH AND RINSE CYCLES. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 48
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 OBSERVED DIRT DEBRIS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FLOOR IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN UNDER THE 3-COMPARTMENT SINK AND HIGH-TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE, UNDER AND AROUND ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT AND REFRIGERATION UNITS.
  code 55

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Compared with Pass on October 11, 2023: 4 findings appeared for the first time.

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