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Masala Grill

December 11, 2023 · Score 63
🫥not rated
  • official resultScore 63
  • score63 pts
  • inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
  • failed findings10
  • critical findings7

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Failed findings

  • hot food not kept hot enoughcritical
    Official wording: Time/Temperature Control for Safety (TCS) food not cooked to required minimum internal temperature. • Poultry, poultry parts, ground and comminuted poultry, all stuffing containing poultry, meats, fish or ratites to or above 165 °F for 15 seconds with no interruption of the cooking process • Ground meat, and food containing ground and comminuted meat, to or above 158 °F for 15 seconds with no interruption of the cooking process, except per individual customer request • Pork, any food containing pork to or above 150 °F for 15 seconds • Mechanically tenderized or injected meats to or above 155 °F. • Whole meat roasts and beef steak to or above required temperature and time except per individual customer request • Raw animal foods cooked in microwave to or above165 °F, covered, rotated or stirred • All other foods to or above 140 °F for 15 seconds; shell eggs to or above 145 °F for 15 seconds except per individual customer request.
    code 02ACriticalstatus: Critical
  • food not cooled down rightcritical
    Official wording: After cooking or removal from hot holding, TCS food not cooled by an approved method whereby the internal temperature is reduced from 140 °F to 70 °F or less within 2 hours, and from 70 °F to 41 °F or less within 4 additional hours.
    code 02HCriticalstatus: Critical
  • they've got roommates (mice)critical
    Official wording: Evidence of mice or live mice in establishment's food or non-food areas.
    code 04LCriticalstatus: Critical
  • roaches are dining toocritical
    Official wording: Live roaches in facility's food or non-food area.
    code 04MCriticalstatus: Critical
  • flies in the housecritical
    Official wording: Filth flies or food/refuse/sewage associated with (FRSA) flies or other nuisance pests in establishment’s food and/or non-food areas. FRSA flies include house flies, blow flies, bottle flies, flesh flies, drain flies, Phorid flies and fruit flies.
    code 04NCriticalstatus: Critical
  • 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
  • surfaces not properly sanitizedcritical
    Official wording: Food contact surface not properly washed, rinsed and sanitized after each use and following any activity when contamination may have occurred.
    code 06DCriticalstatus: Critical
  • basically rolling out the welcome mat for pests
    Official wording: Establishment is not free of harborage or conditions conducive to rodents, insects or other pests.
    code 08Astatus: Not Critical
  • plumbing acting up
    Official wording: Anti-siphonage or back-flow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly. Condensation or liquid waste improperly disposed of.
    code 10Bstatus: Not Critical
  • Food Protection Certificate not available for inspection
    code 18-11status: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with A on March 22, 2023: Score changed by +52 points. 9 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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