Cositas Ricas

• official resultA
• gradeGrade A
• score13 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🍽️food left out / unprotectedcritical
  Official wording: Food, supplies, or equipment not protected from potential source of contamination during storage, preparation, transportation, display, service or from customer’s refillable, reusable container. Condiments not in single-service containers or dispensed directly by the vendor.
  code 06CCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🍴utensils stored sketchycritical
  Official wording: Sanitized equipment or utensil, including in-use food dispensing utensil, improperly used or stored.
  code 06ECriticalstatus: Critical
• 🧫equipment / surface issue
  Official wording: Thawing procedure improper.
  code 09Bstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on March 31, 2023: Score changed by 0 points. 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH). Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: NYC Open Data.