Pizza Nova Inc

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY COOKED TCS FOODS (RIBS, VARIOUS PASTA NOODLES, SAUSAGES, LASAGNA PORTIONS, MOZZERELLA CHEESE WITHOUT DISCARD DATE LABELS AND STORED ON PREMISE INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER AND 2 DOOR COOLERS THROUGHOUT PREP.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISCARD DATES FOR 7 DAYS MAXIMUM ON ALL COOKED ITEMS HELD ON SITE FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. MUST MAINTAIN. #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. SAID FOOD ITEMS WERE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED DURING THE TIME OF INSPECTION.
  code 23
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 SMALL AND LARGE BLACK LIVE FLIES FLYING THROUGHOUT PIZZA PREP, REAR STORAGE ON WALLS AND BOXES, AND THROUGHOUT BEVERAGE DISPENSERS LOCATED AT FRONT SERVICE COUNTER. NOTED APPROXIMATELY 5 LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING IN THE PIZZA PREP AREA AROUND DOUGH MIXING EQUIPMENT AND DRAIN. INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. MUST ELIMINATE PEST ACTIVITY ON THE PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. #7-38-020 (A). CITATION ISSUED.
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ALL HEAVY EQUIPMENT IN THE PREP AREA WITH GRILL/FRYERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD BUILDUP.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 22, 2023: 3 findings appeared for the first time.

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