Panera Bread

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

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Failed findings

• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Official wording: Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure
  Inspector note: NO HOT WATER PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES. PRESENTLY HOT WATER TANK NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE HOT WATER.PRESENT WATER TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT IS 59.1F TO 68F. PREMISES IN FULL OPERATION: PREPARING FOOD AND SERVING TO CUSTOMERS. A TECHNICIAN/PLUMBER WAS CALLED TO SERVICE HOT WATER TANK. CRITICAL VIOLATION:7-38-030. AT 10:55 AM PLUMBER REPORTED ON PREMISES,FIXED THE PROBLEM AND HOT WATER WAS RESTORED THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES, HOT WATER TEMP OF 120F AND ABOVE.
  code 9Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD(ICE) NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE.OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WATER RESERVOIR AND INTERIOR PANELS WITH BLACK SUBSTANCE.INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE UNIT. SERIOUS VIOLATION: 7-38-005(A) ICE MACHINE PRESENTLY CLEANED AND SANITIZED.
  code 16
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND ACCUMULATION OF DUST UNDER THE EQUIPMENT, ALONG WALL AND CORNERS THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DUST BUILD-UP ON VENT COVERS ABOVE PREP COOLER OF SOUP/PANINI STATION.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 28, 2012: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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