Stella's Diner

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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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: POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS BEING STORED INSIDE 2-DOOR PREP COOLER AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED RAW BEEF HAMBURGERS AT INTERNAL TEMPERATURES OF 47.8F. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY AND VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND DENATURATED FOOD ITEMS. APPROXIMATELY 11LBS VALUE OF $22 CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🚰handwashing sink issuescritical
  Official wording: Sanitizing Rinse For Equipment And Utensils: Clean, Proper Temperature, Concentration, Exposure Time
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LOW TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINE IN REAR DISHWASHING AREAS NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING. 0PPM CHLORINE OBSERVED AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WHILE DISHES BEING WASHED. MUST MAINTAIN SANITIZING RINSE AT 100PPM. AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND PROPERLY DISPENSES CHLORINE TO 100PPM. MANAGER IMMEDIATELY CALLED GOLDEN SHIELD COMPANY TO REPAIR DISHMACHINE. DISHMACHINE HAS BEEN REPAIRED DURING INSPECTION WITH A FINAL RINSE OF 100PPM. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-030.
  code 8Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM 01/10/14 REPORT#1092771.(32)FOUND RUSTED FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLERS IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE. (35)FOUND CHIPPED AND PEELING PAINT ON WALL ON WEST SIDE OF BASEMENT. MUST SCRAPE AND REPAINT. (40) MUST REPLACE BROKEN THERMOMETER AT WALK-IN MEAT COOLER IN BASEMENT FOOD STORAGE AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 29
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR FOOD STORAGE AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE VISIBLE AND WORKING THERMOMETERS IN ALL REFRIGERATION UNITS.
  code 40
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPPING CLOTHES STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHES IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 10, 2014: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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