Potbelly Sandwich Works

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

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POOR HYGEINIC PRACTICES OF EMPLOYEE HANDLING CASH/CREDIT CARDS AND SCCOOPING ICE CREAM WITHOUT WASHING HANDS IN BETWEEN. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-010 (A) (B)
  code 6Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT # 1498113 DATED 10/23/14 VIOLATION $36 CRACKED/BROKEN SOLID LIGHT SHIELD ABOVE THE REACH IN FREEZER. MUST REPLACE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
  code 29
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: ALL PREPACKAGED COOKIES BROWNIES AND DESSERT ITEMS NEED TO BE LABELED WITH NAME AND ADDRESS OF STORE AND NAME OF PRODUCT AND INGREDIENT LIST. PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LID TO REACH IN SALAD COLD HOLD UNIT IN DISREPAIR. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED INTERIOR OF ICE CREAM FREEZER UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF ICE CREAM FREEZER.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOORS VERY UNCLEAN UNDER SODA DISPENSING AREA, UNDER AND BEHIND ALL COOLERS AND EQUIPMENT. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOORS IN SANITARY CONDITION.
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SEVERAL REACH IN REFRIGERATORS WITHOUT THERMOMETERS. ALL REFRIGERAORS MUST HAVE EASY TO READ THERMOMETERS. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 23, 2014: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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