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• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS IN 3 DOOR REFRIGERATOR IN FRONT PREP AREA AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES. THEY ARE AS FOLLOWS.. APPROXIMATELY 20 LBS OF CHOPPED TOMATOES RANGING BETWEEN 51.FF AND 56.4F, 4 LBS OF PIZZA SAUCE @54.5F, 2 LBS OF GARLIC AND OIL @ 51.0F, 4 LBS OF TUNA @56.1F. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP ALL COLD HELD ITEMS STORED IN UNIT @41F OR BELOW AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED 3 DOOR REFRIGERATION UNIT IN FRONT PREP @ IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE. NOTED TEMPERATURE OF 51.0F WITH TCS FOODS STORED INSIDE. EQUIPMENT TAGGED DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE OF UNIT AND REPAIR UNIT TO PROPER HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW.PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD HANDLER PREPPING FOOD WITHOUT EFFECTIVE HAIR RESTRAINT FOR BEARD. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 40
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN THE DRIED FOOD DEBRIS FROM INTERIOR SURFACES OF STAND UP FREEZER IN REAR PREP AREA AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SLOW DRAINING HANDSINK IN REAR PREP. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 12, 2018: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 7 previous findings did not recur.

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