Merit Kabab

• official resultScore 15
• score15 pts
• inspection typeCycle Inspection / Initial Inspection
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🍲hot food sitting too coolcritical
  Official wording: Hot TCS food item not held at or above 140 °F.
  code 02BCriticalstatus: 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
• 🗑️garbage situation out of pocket
  Official wording: Pesticide not properly labeled or used by unlicensed individual. Pesticide, other toxic chemical improperly used/stored. Unprotected, unlocked bait station used.
  code 08Cstatus: Not Critical

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with C on November 15, 2024: Score changed by -16 points. 1 finding appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 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.