La Central Bakery

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings8
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: FRONT HANDWASH SINK IN PREP AREA BLOCKED WITH A BUCKET IN FRONT AND CANE IN BASIN OF SINK. INSTD TO HAVE HANDWASH SINK CLEAR AND ACCESSIBLE AT ALL TIMES. MIDDLE HANDWASH SINK IN PREP AREA NOT OPERABLE, WATER TURNED OFF UNDERNEATH. INSTD TO HAVE OPERABLE AT ALL TIMES. HANDWASH SINKS ACCESSIBLE AND FULLY ACCESSIBLE BY END OF INSPECTION CITATION ISSUED 7-38-030(C). PRIORITY FOUNDATION • NO HAND DRYING PROVISION AT FRONT HANDWASH SINK. INSTD TO PROVIDE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-030(C). VIOLATION CONSOLIDATED WITH ABOVE.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: MISSING EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTD TO PROVIDE A VERIFIABLE EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGED HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
  code 3Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: FRONT DOOR NOT PROTECTED/RODENT PROOF, APPROX 1/4 INCH GAP AT BOTTOM OF DOOR. INSTD TO REPAIR AND HAVE TIGHT FITTING
  code 38
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: MALE EMPLOYEE WITHOUT HAIR RESTRAINT. INSTD TO WEAR AT ALL TIMES
  code 40
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: PROOFER DOOR RUBBER GASKETS IN POOR REPAIR, TORN. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: MISSING TANK COVER ON TOP OF TOILET. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. TOILET SEAT NOT SECURE. INSTD TO SECURE AND MAINTAIN. 3-COMPARTMENT SINK FAUCET AND WRAPPED WITH TAPE AND FOIL. INSTD TO REPAIR FAUCET AND MAINTAIN
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FLOOR IN CORNERS, ALONG WALLBASE AND AROUND LEGS OF EQUIPMENT NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE DEBRIS. INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. BOTH SIDES OF BATHROOM DOOR AND LIGHTSWITCH IN TOILET ROOM NOT CLEAN, DEBRIS INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: ONE EMPLOYEE MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTD TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN VERIFICATION ON SITE
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 10, 2019: 8 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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