Margarita's Pizzeria

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREP COOLER ON NORTH WALL AT IMPROPER TEMPURATURES, 50.1F. INFORMED MANAGER THAT ALL COLD HOLDING UNITS MUST BE 40F OR BELOW. UNIT TAGGED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPURATURES. 5 LBS OF RAW SAUSAGE AT 50.0F, VALUED AT $25 AND 3 LBS OF SLICED MUSHROOMS AT 51.2F, VALUED AT $15. MANAGER VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED AND DENATURED FOOD. INFORMED MANAGER THAT ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS COLD FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 40F OR BELOW. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST FROM THE GREASE TRAP AT 3 COMPARTRMENT SINK, RUST ON DRAIN BOARD ABOVE 3 COMP SINK, CLEAN/REMOVE RUST ON STORAGE RACKS IN WALK-IN COOLER. ALSO REPAIR/REPLACE CUTTING BOARDS, AND REPAIR DOOR GASKET ON REACH IN COOLER IN PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN INTERIOR OF WALK-IN COOLER AND FREEZER IN PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL WALLS IN PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN. ALSO CLEAN ALL CEILING VENTS OF DIRT AND DEBRIS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LEAK UNDER 3 COMP SINK IN THE PREP AREA, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 3, 2014: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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