The Mid-America Club

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE AND PREPARATION. OBSERVED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE ONSITE AND VACUUM PACKAGED FOOD IN THE PREP LINE COOLER, WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER WITHOUT A CERTIFIED HACCP PROGRAM. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL FOODS THAT ARE VACUUM PACKAGED ONSITE. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 72# OF FOOD WORTH $903. THE VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE WAS TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A. • FOOD NOT PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION DURING STORAGE INSIDE OF THE ICE MACHINE. OBSERVED A SLIMY SUBSTANCE AND DISCOLORATION ON THE INTERIOR CONTACT SURFACES OF THE ICE MACHINE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE THE MACHINE CLEANED AND SANITIZED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 16
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: PREVIOUS INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM 10/27/12 WAS NOT POSTED ON THE PREMISES. OBSERVED A SUMMARY REPORT FROM 5/11/10 POSTED AT THE BAR AREA. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN AN INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM TODAY'S INSPECTION AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
  code 28
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE STORAGE SHELVES ABOVE THE DESSERT PREP TABLES, INTERIOR OF ALL PREP COOLERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: THE FLOOR BEHIND THE BAR IS IN DISREPAIR AND IS NO LONGER SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. MUST REPAIR THE FLOOR BEHIND THE BAR. DETAIL CLEAN THE FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE PREP AREA ESPECIALLY UNDER AND AROUND EQUIPMENT AND AROUND THE WALLS, AND AROUND THE GREASE TRAP.
  code 34
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CRACKED LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE PREP AREAS AND DISHROOM. MUST REPLACE LIGHT SHIELDS WITH END CAPS WHERE NECESSARY.
  code 36
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A LEAK UNDER THE RIGHT COMPARTMENT OF THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST REPAIR.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 17, 2012: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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