Thai Lagoon Restaurant

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings2
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES OF TCS FOODS INSIDE OF THE 2 DOOR PREP COOLER. OBSERVED EGGS AT 58.3F, SPRING ROLLS AT 60.3F, TOFU AT 46.4F, AND CREAM CHEESE AT 51.3F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN ALL COLD TCS FOODS BELOW 41F. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2561009 ON 7/20/22 NOT CORRECTED: 41 - OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF THE PREP TABLES. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE WET WIPING CLOTHS IN SANITIZER WHEN NOT IN USE. 45 - OBSERVED SINGLE USE FORKS, SPOONS AND KNIVES IMPROPERLY STORED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO STORE WITH HANDLES UP TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BY HANDS. 49 - CLEAN THE ROLLING CARTS IN THE FOOD PREP AREA, WIRE STORAGE RACKS NEXT TO THE GRILL AND ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK, PREP TABLES, STAINLESS STEEL STORAGE SHELVES ABOVE THE PREP COOLER, AND INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYER. 55 - CLEAN THE GREASE AND DUST ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA. 56 - THE VENTILATION FAN IN THE WOMEN'S WASHROOM IS NOT OPERATIONAL. MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE THE VENTILATION FAN. 57 - OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A VALID FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW VALID PROOF OF TRAINING. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 20, 2022: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 9 previous findings did not recur.

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