Sun Wah Bar-B-Q

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• 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 HAND WASH 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. ON 12-5 13 NO LIVE ROACHES ON PREMISES, HOWEVER DEAD ROACHES THROUGHOUT THE PREMISES,ON COOKING EQUIPMENTS,DISHES,SHELVES,STORAGE ETC. ALSO OBSERVED LAYER OF WHITE UNKNOWN POWER ON SURFACE OF FOOD AND NON-FOO SHELVES. RE-INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL SURFACE MENTIONED.
  code 14Priority
• 🧫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, RACKS, SHELVES 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

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on December 2, 2013: 4 findings recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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