Mel-Bay Grocery

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• 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 REAR PREP AREA HANDWASHING SINK MISSING SIGNAGE NOTIFYING EMPLOYEES TO WASH HANDS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE HANDWASHING SIGNAGE AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 10Priority
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HANDHELD CAN OPENER IN POOR REPAIR WITH NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF UTENSILS HEAVILY SOILED WITH DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE HANDHELD CAN OPENER AND MAINTAIN ALL UTENSILS IN GOOD REPAIR AND CALIBRATION.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF LARGE DELI COOLER IN REAR PREP AREA TO BE SOILED WITH DRIED FOOD DEBRIS AND DUST. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES OF COLD-HOLDING EQUIPMENT AT ADEQUATE FREQUENCY TO PREVENT BUILD UP OF SOIL AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DRYING MOP STORED UPRIGHT AGAINST CORNER OF WALL NEAR UTILITY SINK. INSTRUCTED TO STORE MOP HEADS IN SUCH A WAY THAT DOES NOT CONTAMINATE WALLS, FLOORS, OR OTHER PHYSICAL FACILITIES WHILE DRYING AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 8, 2020: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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