Food With Melinda

• official resultScore 17
• score17 pts
• inspection typePre-permit (Operational) / Initial Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🧊food not cooled down rightcritical
  Official wording: Food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal product temperature is reduced from 140º F to 70º F or less within 2 hours, and from 70º F to 41º F or less within 4 additional hours.
  code 02HCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🐭they've got roommates (mice)critical
  Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice present in facility's food and/or non-food areas.
  code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
• 🕳️basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
  Official wording: Facility not vermin proof. Harborage or conditions conducive to attracting vermin to the premises and/or allowing vermin to exist.
  code 08Astatus: Not Critical

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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.