Specialty's Cafe & Bakery

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND IMPROPER COLD TEMPERATURES OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MAINTAINED AT ROOM TEMPERATURE AT PREP STATION.APPROX 15LBS OF SLICED TOMATOES,AND LEAFY GREENS AT 49.2F,61.8F,AND 5-LBS OF SPINACH AT 62.1F. MUST MAINTAIN COLD FOODS AT 40.F OR BELOW. FOODS REMOVED AND DISCARDED BY MANAGER-CDI,APPROX 20LBS/COST APPROX $50.00.CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOORS NOT CLEAN AROUND 3-COMP SINK AND GREASE TRAP OF DEBRIS AND GREASE.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: DUSTY CEILING IN PREP AREA,UNDER HOOD OVER TOASTER OVENS AND IN CEILING BY WALK IN FREEZER.MUST CLEAN/MAINTAIN.ALSO SOME OF THE PIPE COVERING ON THE CEILING PIPE EXPOSED INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLER. MUST REPAIR COVERING.
  code 35
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: LIGHT NOT SHIELDED IN CEILING OF CATERING PREP.MUST INSTALL.
  code 36
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: UPON INSPECTION OBSERVED MANAGER NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINT IN FOOD PREP AREA. ALSO ANOTHER MANAGER PREPING COOKIE DOUGH WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT.MUST WEARING AT ALL TIMES IN FOOD AREAS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 22, 2016: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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