Taqueria San Jose #1

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: 4-602.11(B-E) OBSERVED THE INTERIOR OF THE ICE MACHINE WITH AN ACCUMULATED BROWNISH SUBSTANCE. OBSERVED A STAINED CUTTING BOARD. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL.
  code 16
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: 3-501.16(A:2,&B) OBSERVED TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (BEEF, PORK) AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES LOCATED IN THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER AND ONE DOOR PREP COOLER; 5 LBS OF PORK AT 88F, 7 LBS OF BEEF AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 51F-58F, CHORIZO PORK AT 51F AND DICED TOMATOES AT 50F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DISCARD AND DENATURE SAID FOODS AND TO ALWAYS MAINTAIN ALL COLD HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED SAID FOODS DURING THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 22
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: 3-302.12 OBSERVED DRY STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL.
  code 37
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: 2-402.11 OBSERVED THE MANAGER WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 40
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED MINOR FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE OF THE REFRIGERATION UNITS, INSIDE OF THE FRYER AND OVEN AND ON THE FLAT TOP GRILL. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN ALL.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: 5-204.12 UNABLE TO LOCATE THE BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON THE ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED TO LOCATE.
  code 51
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: 5-501.17 OBSERVED NO COVERED RECEPTACLE INSIDE OF THE WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD AND DIRT DEBRIS UNDER AND AROUND ALL EQUIPMENT AND ON SHELVES IN THE FRONT FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 19, 2019: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 9 previous findings did not recur.

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