Lao Sze Chuan Restaurant

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: FOUND LOW TEMP. DISH MACHINE IN PREP AREA IN USE AND NOT SANITIZING (0PPM OF CHLORINE.) ALSO, OBSERVED DISH WASHER WASHING DISHES IN ONLY ONE COMPARTMENT (NO DETERGENT OR WATER IN SINK) USING A SOAPY SPONGE, RINSING UTENSILS (FAILING TO SANITIZE UTENSILS) AND THEN PLACING THEM ON THE DRAIN SHELF ABOVE SINK. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY SET UP 3-COMP. SINK AND SANITIZE ALL UTENSILS ON DRAIN RACK AND IN DISH MACHINE. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030 REPAIRMAN ARRIVED AND FIXED DISH MACHINE, UNIT WAS NOT TAGGED-NOW PROPERLY SANITIZING AT 100 PPM. INSTRUCTED TO MONITOR AND MAINTAIN DAILY.
  code 8Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST REPLACE ALL CUTTING BOARDS IN THE PREP AREA WITH DEEP DARK GROOVES.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE FOLLOWING: INTERIOR/EXTERIOR OF ALL COOLERS AND COOKING EQUIPMENTS-REMOVE EXCESS FOOD, DIRT, GREASE AND GRIME. INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE, ALL PREP TABLES AND STORAGE RACKS IN PREP AND REACH IN COOLERS. EXTERIOR OF BULK INGREDIENT CONTAINERS, MEAT SLICER AND CAN OPENER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS IN ALL CORNERS, UNDER/AROUND ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT-REMOVE GREASE, FOOD AND DIRT BUILD UP UNDER/AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT. CLEAN FLOORS UNDER STAIRS. • MUST REGROUT FLOORS IN FRONT OF 3-COMP SINK IN PREP AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALLS AROUND COOKING EQUIPMENT, AROUND 3-COMP SINK AND AROUND ALL PREP TABLES.
  code 35
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: MUST STORE ALL WASH CLOTHS IN SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 15, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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