Mr Salsa

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒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 TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED A CONTAINER OF CHICKEN SITTING OUT NEAR THE COOK'S LINE THAT WAS AT 74.1F AT TIME OF INSPECTION AND A SMALL CONTAINER OF BEEF IN THE REACH-IN COOLER AT 51.7F. FOUND THE CONTAINER OF CHICKEN RESTING ON TOP OF A CONTAINER OF WATER PREVIOUSLY FILLED WITH ICE BUT MELTED DUE TO EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO KITCHEN HEAT. MANAGEMENT VOLUTARILY DISCARDED 18# OF FOOD WORTH $45. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005B.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: FOUND FOOD DEBRIS/CRUMBS AND A AVOCADO CORE INSIDE OF THE SINGLE SERVICE SPORK BOX STORED UNDER THE FRONT COUNTER. MANAGEMENT VOLUNARILY DISCARDED BOX OF SINGLE SERVICE UTENSILS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE UTENTILS AT ALL TIMES.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE RUSTED FOOD STORAGE RACKS INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER IN THE FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 32
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: NO METAL STEMMED THERMOMETER ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A METAL STEMMED THERMOMETER ON PREMISES AT ALL TIMES.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 13, 2013: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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