Tbs African Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: All food establishments that prepare, sell, or store hot food shall have adequate hot food storage facilities. OBSERVED A STEAM TABLE USING (DIETHYLENE GLYCOL) BURNERS OR PICNIC BURNERS WHICH CONTAINED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS NOTED IN VIOLATION #3 AT MEASURED TEMPERATURE OF 101.6 DEGREES F. TEMPERATURES VARIED WITH PLACEMENT OF BURNERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT HEAT SOURCE TO MAINTAIN PROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURES. TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. CITATION #63802-12
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: All hot food shall be stored at a temperature of 140F or higher. FOUND 2 TYPES OF COOKED RICE, COLLARD GREENS MIXED WITH CHOPPED VEGETABLES, CHOPPED AND COOKED PLANTAINS AND COOKED YAMS IN SAUCE AT TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM 103.6 - 120.9 DEGREES F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO DIPOSE AND DENATURE. MANAGER COMPLIED. TOTAL WEIGHT LBS, VALUE $ ALL WEIGHTS AND VALUES ARE APPROXIMATIONS. CITATION #63802-12.
  code 3Priority
• 🚿water/temperature at the sink offcritical
  Official wording: Water Source: Safe, Hot & Cold Under City Pressure
  Inspector note: All food establishments shall be provided with an adequate supply of hot and cold water under pressure properly connected to the city water supply. NO HOT WATER AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT PREMISES. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER THROUGHOUT PREMISES AS PER CITY CODE. CITATION #63803 - 13
  code 9Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: All food not stored in the original container shall be stored in properly labeled containers. MUST PROPERLY LABELED ALL FOODS IN REFRIGERATION UNITS. PROVIDE NAME AND DATE.
  code 30
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: The walls and ceilings shall be in good repair and easily cleaned. PROVIDE SEAL UNDER MISALIGNED REAR SCREEN DOOR (NOT OPEN AT TIME OF INSPECTION.)
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 23, 2010: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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