ROUTINE INSPECTION
8 reported violations
- K34: Warewash facilities: installed/maintained; test strips
Chlorine test strips observed to be expired. [CA] Testing equipment and materials shall be provided to adequately measure the applicable sanitization method used during manual or mechanical warewashing.
- K45: Floor, walls, ceilings: built,maintained, clean
Floor of the walk-in freezer observed to be covered in excessive amounts of ice. Floor is excessively sticky. Several holes/gaps observed in the ceiling panels in the back kitchen area. Sealant between the prep sink and the wall is loose/peeling. [CA] Floors, walls, and ceilings shall be maintained clean and in good repair to prevent the attraction or harborage of vermin.
- K04: Proper eating, tasting, drinking, tobacco use
Employee observed eating in the kitchen. [CA] No employee shall eat in the food prep, food contact storage, or food storage areas, use designated area. Employees shall drink from containers fitted with tight fitting lids and straws to prevent contamination.
- K30: Food storage: food storage containers identified
Open bag of sesame seeds stored directly on the floor in the dry storage area. Box of chile oil stored on the floor. [CA] Food shall be stored at least 6 inches above the floor to prevent contamination. Maintain bags of food closed to prevent contamination.
- K08: Time as a public health control; procedures & recordsCritical
Dough balls (boiled rice flour) maintained in a container at the front service counter are subjected to time as a public health control (4 hour rule), per staff. Timer for dough balls observed to be turned off. Per staff, dough balls had been boiled two hours prior. Facility lacks written SOP's for time as a public health control. [CA] When time only, rather than time and temperature is used as a public health control, PHFs shall be time marked to indicate when item is removed from temperature control, discarded if not consumed or served within 4 hours, and written procedures shall be readily available for review. [COS] Timer turned on and set for two hours.
- K23: No rodents, insects, birds, or animals
Several dead cockroaches observed on the floor in various locations in the back kitchen area. Pest control service report from EcoGuard provided for review. [CA] Clean and sanitize area of dead cockroaches or old droppings.
- K14: Food contact surfaces clean, sanitized
Chlorine sanitizer measured 10 ppm in the mechanical dishwasher while not in active use. [CA] Maintain chlorine in mechanical warewash machine at 50 PPM.
- K35: Equipment, utensils: Approved, in good repair, adequate capacity
Gasket observed to be peeling on the right-side door of the prep cooler at the front service area. [CA] Equipment shall be maintained in good repair.