Los Corrales Taqueria

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD NOT BEING PROTECTED DURING STROAGE; EGGS STORED OVER CELERY (READY-TO-EAT FOOD) INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, FLY TRAPS/GLUE BOARDS SET UP ON TOP OF FOOD PREP TABLE AND ON FOOD STORAGE SHELF, FOUND DARK BLACK SUBSTANCE INSIDE ICE MACHINE. ICE USED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE TRAPS, CLEAN AND SANITIZE INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE, AND REMOVE EGGS TO AT THE BOTTOM OF SHELF. MANAGER CORRECTED EGGS, AND FLY TRAPS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER SCOOPS BEING USED AND KEPT INSIDE BULK CONTAINERS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER SCOOPS WITH HANDLE. FOUND GROCERY BAGS USED AS FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS INSIDE FREEZER IN BASEMENT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE CONTAINERS. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND TORTILLAS CHIPS WITH A WAX PAPER COVER, RECOMMENDED A BETTER BARRIER FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AT COOK LINE, FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE FREEZER IN BASEMENT, AND INSIDE REACH-IN COOLER IN FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE ON FLOOR UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREP AREA, FLOOR BETWEEN BASEMENT STAIRS, UNDER REACH-IN COOLERS, AND UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUSTY FAN AND STAINED CEILING TILES AT FORNT DINING AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 17, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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