Su Taqueria El Gallo Bravo

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING TCS FOODS AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES IN WALK IN COOLER: 15LBS OF SOUP AT 51.1F, 20LBS OF RICE AT 50.8, 5LBS OF BEEF AT 50.3F, AND 10 LBS OF CHICKEN AT 52.0F. MANAGER VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AND ALL ITEMS AT TIME OF INSPECTION. ITEMS NEAREST DOOR OF WALK IN COOLER WERE NOT MAINTAINED BELOW 41F. APPROX. 50 LBS WITH A $350 VALUE DISCARDED. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL TCS COLD FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES.
  code 22
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE LARGE STORAGE BINS OF RICE AND BEANS TO NOT BE PROPERLY LABELED WITH COMMON FOOD NAME OF CONTENTS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO LABEL ALL BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS WITH NAME OF FOOD ITEMS.
  code 37
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HANDLES OF SCOOPS IN DRY STORGAE BINS AND PREPARATION COOLER TO BE IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN STORAGE BINS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE ALL SCOOPS TO ENSURE HANDLES ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH FOOD ITEMS IN BINS.
  code 43
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SPATULAS, WHISKS, AND SCOOPS STORED WITH FOOD CONTACT SURFACES EXPOSED IN CUPS NEAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO INVERT ALL UTENSILS WHEN STORING TO HAVE HANDLES EXPOSED TO ELIMINATE POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF FOOD CONTACT SURFACES.
  code 44
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GASKETS OF TWO DOOR PREPARATION COOLER ON WEST SIDE OF FACILITY TO BE HEAVILY TORN AND DAMAGED ON BOTH DOORS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR OR REPLACE BOTH GASKETS AND MAINTAIN IN GOOD REPAIR. • OBSERVED THE PLASTIC LINING ON THE TOP OF THE ICE MACHINE TO BE HEAVILY TORN AND DIRTY. OBSERVED ALUMINUM FOIL USED AS LINING ON OVEN AND SHELVING IN THE BACK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC LINING AND ALUMINUM FOIL TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE GASKETS OF REACH IN COOLER ON EAST SIDE OF PREPARATION AREA TO BE HEAVILY SOILED AND FILLED WITH FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DETAIL CLEAN AND MAINTAIN GASKETS FREE OF EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS BUILD UP.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 25, 2023: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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