Phoenix Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 OBSERVED NO ADEQUATE SUPPLIES ON SITE FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4-602.11(B-E) OBSERVED CUTTING BOARDS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 16
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-202.13 OBSERVED OPEN RODENT AND INSECT TRAPS THROUGHOUT THE FOOD PREP AREA. OBSERVED OPEN INSECT TRAP ABOVE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE. OBSERVED OPEN RODENT TRAPS IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FOOD PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE OPEN TRAPS AND ONLY ALLOW PEST CONTROL TO SET ALL RODENT AND INSECT TRAPS. • 6-501.111 OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF LIVE INSECT ACTIVITY IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. OBSERVED ABOUT 3 LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING INSIDE OF THE FRYER BY THE COOKING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE LIVE INSECT ACTIVITY AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-204.115 OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE TEMPERATURE GAUGES NOT PROPERLY WORKING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 48
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE FRYERS, REFRIGERATION HANDLES AND THE WOK STATION WITH ACCUMULATED FOOD AND GREASE DEBRIS. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL. OBSERVED RUSTY SHELVES INSIDE OF THE WALK IN COOLERS. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST OR REPLACE SHELVES.
  code 49
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-201.11 OBSERVED A HOLE IN THE CEILING OF THE CUSTOMER DINING AREA. OBSERVED FLOORS NEED TO BE RE-GROUTED IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA AND DISH WASHING AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE ALL SURFACES SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 9, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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