Italian Fiesta Pizzeria

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING HANDSINKS LOCATED THROUGHOUT REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA WITHOUT HAND CLEANSER DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN WHILE OPEN AND OPERATING FOR PROPER HANDWASHING AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-030 (C). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 20 LBS RAW SAUSAGE STORED INSIDE COLD HOLD UNIT OF COOLING UNIT STORED IN PIZZA PREP RANGING BETWEEN 51-57F. INSTRUCTED TO HOLD ALL COLD TCS FOODS @41F OR BELOW AND MAINTAIN. PIC DISCARDED VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED SAID ITEM DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED COLD HOLD UNIT STORED IN PIZZA PREP CONTAINING TCS FOOD (RAW SAUSAGE) AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. NOTED UNIT TEMPERATURE @50F AT THIS TIME. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE, REPAIR TO TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW AND MAINTAIN. UNIT TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 2 LIVE ADULT COCKROACHES CRAWLING IN CORNER OF DRY STORAGE ROOM ALONG SIDE SHELVING RACK DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 35 SMALL BLACK LIVE FLIES FLYING THROUGOUT MAIN PIZZA PREP, DISHWASHING AREA, REAR PREP AND DRY STORAGE ROOM ON PIZZA BOXES, INSIDE PREP TABLE SPACE CONTAINING EMPLOYEE EQUIPMENT, ON BASINS OF HANDSINKS AND IN MANAGERS OFFICE. RECOMMENDED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE, MUST ELIMINATE PEST ACTIVITY ON PREMISE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-020 (A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED UPRIGHT COOLER IN REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA WITH EXCESSIVE SPLATTER ON EXTERIOR SURFACES. NOTED STORED EQUIPMENT STORED INSIDE DRY STORAGE IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN IN ORDER TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 27, 2025: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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