K04: Proper eating, tasting, drinking, tobacco useEmployee's opened beverage observed stored on food preparation table in kitchen.
[CA] No employee shall eat or drink in the food prep, food contact storage, or food storage areas, use designated area.
K35: Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacityNumerous domestic equipment in use - air fryer, microwave, food processor.
[CA] When units fail, make plans to replace with commercial equipment. New and/or replacement food equipment shall be certified or classified for sanitation by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited certification program (e.g. NSF, UL EPH, UL Sanitation, CSA Sanitation, or ETL Sanitation).
K09: Proper cooling methodsNumerous bags of cooked pork cooling inside a bowl inside the two-door upright refrigerator in the kitchen kept tightly tied up. Employee stated that pork was prepared about an hour prior. Pork measured at 93F.
[CA] Potentially Hazardous Foods (PHFs) shall be cooled rapidly from 135°F to 70°F or below within 2 hours and from 70°F to 41°F or below within an additional 4 hours.
- Cool foods using approved containers which facilitate heat transfer, such as metal.
- When cooling PHF's, food may be left uncovered or loosely covered to allow rapid cooling.
- Properly store cooling foods in such a way to allow proper air flow.
[COS] Bags of pork were untied to allow for proper air flow to expedite cooling process.
K45: Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, cleanFacility has replaced flooring with tiles which do not have continuous coved base.
[CA] The juncture of the floor and wall shall be coved with a 3/8-inch minimum radius coving and shall extend up the wall at least 4 inches. Make plans to replace flooring and/or provide suitable alternative.
K07: Proper hot and cold holding temperaturesCriticalPot of soup with pork bones maintained on the cookline measured at 126F. Employee stated that soup was prepared less than 2 hours prior.
Container of bean sprouts and herbs with minimal ice measured at 50F.
[CA] PHFs shall be held at 41°F or below or at 135°F or above.
[COS] Pot of soup was reheated to 165F prior to hot holding. Instructed owner to add more ice to bean sprouts to immediately cool.
K36: Equipment, utensils, linens: Proper storage and useTo-go containers used as scoops inside bulk ingredient barrels.
[CA] Use approved utensils such as scoops or spoons with handles to ensure hands do not come in direct contact with food.
Observed soup spoon maintained inside fried onions at the steam table with handle in direct contact with food ingredient.
[CA] Store scoop handle in such a way that the handle does not come in direct contact with food to prevent contamination.