Sun Wah Bar-B-Q

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings8
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ⚠️Previous Serious Violation Corrected, 7-42-090critical
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS SERIOUS VIOLATION #18 FROM REPORT #1236119, DATED ON 11/25/13, NOT CORRECTED, UPGRADED TO CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-42-090. OBSERVED OVER 50 LIVE ROACHES (ADULT AND SMALLER) AT FRONT PREP AREA INSIDE CABINET UNDER COOKING EQUIPMENT AT SOUTH WALL, 8 LIVE ROACHES INSIDE ICE MACHINE, 5 LIVE ROACHES BETWEEN DISHWASH HANDWASH BOWL WATER PIPES AND CEILING TILE, 10 LIVE ROACHES ON WOK STATION CRACK/CREVICES AT REAR PREP. ALSO AT THIS TIME FOUND OVER 20 RAT DROPPINGS ON FLOOR BY REAR EXIT DOOR/BEHIND EMPLOYEES LOCKERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL ROACHES AND RAT DROPPINGS MUST BE REMOVED/ELIMINATED. WASH AND SANITIZE ALL SURFACES.
  code 14Priority
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: VIOLATION UPGRADED TO CRITICAL VIOLATION #14.
  code 18
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED RUSTED RACKS AND RAILS INSIDE WALK IN COOLER AND FAR REAR PREP AREA. MUST REFINISH OR REPLACE SAID RACKS/RAILS. NO SPLASHGUARDS BETWEEN EXPOSED HAND SINKS AND PREP SINKS. MUST INSTALL WASHABLE SPLASHGUARDS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LITTER AND DEAD INSECTS INSIDE WOODEN EMPLOYEES LOCKERS ALSO OBSERVED ACCUMULATED DIRT BUILD UP INSIDE MOP SINK. FOOD BUILD UP ON EXTERIOR OF BULK CONTAINERS, FOOD ENCRUSTED ON INTERIOR/EXTERIOR SURFACES OF ALL COOKING AND COOLING EQUIPMENT, INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. RACKS, SHELVES AND COUNERTOPS NOT CLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL EQUIPMENT, LOCKERS AND MOP SINK.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD/DIRT BUILD UP AND STANDING WATER ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT REAR PREP/DISHWASH AREA ALSO OBSERVED MISSING/CRACKED FLOOR TILES AND BROKEN BASEBOARDS IN REAR PREP AREAS. ACCUMULATED DEBRIS IN FLOOR DRAINS AND TROUGH GRATES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL DAMAGED/MISSING FLOOR TILES MUST BE REPAIRED, FLOORS MUST BE CLEAN AND DRY THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRT BUILD UP ON EMPLOYEES WASHROOM DOORS, FOOD ENCRUSTED ON WALLS THROUGHOUT REAR PREP/DISHWASH AREA, WALLS INSIDE EMPLOYEES WASHROOMS, OBSERVED HOLES IN WALLS AND AROUND PIPES AT REAR PREP AND BEHIND EMPLOYEES LOCKERS. MUST DETAIL CLEAN/SANITIZE ALL WALLS, CLEAN WASHROOM DOORS AND MUST SEAL ALL HOLES/CRACKS AND CREVICES THROUGHOUT.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NEW SECOND FLOOR DINING AREA ADDED WITH ONLY EXPOSED HAND SINK AND MOP SINK. MUST INSTALL SEPARATE PREP SINK FOR WATER SERVICE.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REAR AREAS ARE CLUTTERED AND UNORGANIZED. MUST REMOVE ALL UNNECESSARY ITEMS (WOOD, CHAIRS, UNUSED EQUIPMENT ETC) AND NEATLY STORE ALL ELSE TO FACILITATE CLEANING AND TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on November 25, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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