Hot Pot for Days

What the inspector found

• Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, or Tobacco Use: 2-401.11 - Core: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Addl Notes: Observed employee drink on prep table with meat slicer. Predefined Comment: To ensure food safety, prevent physical contamination and the transmission of disease; employee eating, drinking, beverage storage, and using tobacco must be done in an approved area. Corrective Action: Correct
• Adequate Handwashing Sinks, Properly Supplied and Accessible: 6-301.11 - Priority Foundation: Handwashing Cleanser, Availability. Addl Notes: Observed no soap at hand sink in kitchen area of facility. All sinks must be supplied with hot water, soap and method to dry hands. Soap dispenser was filled so hands may be washed at sink. Advised person in charge to check soap and papertowels at each shift
• Approved Thawing Methods Used: 3-501.12 - Core: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Slacking Addl Notes: Observed frozen seafood such as octopus being thawed in prep sink in stagnant water. Predefined Comment: All foods being thawed from frozen must be thawed in an approved manner. Foods must be thawed under refrigeration, under cold running water, or as part of the cooking process. Correcti
• In-Use Utensils; Properly Stored: 3-304.12 - Core: In-Use Utensils, Between-Use Storage Addl Notes: Observed equipment used as scoops with no handles stored in dry ingredients on wire sheving by walk in cooler. Utensils, if stored in product must be stored with handle out of ingredients. Observed large metal scoop stored on card board box side storing packaged ingredients. Scoops are to stored on
• Non-Food-Contact Surfaces Clean: 4-601.11(B) and (C) - Core: Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils Addl Notes: Observed old food and oil at stove top in kitchen. Observed old produce on wire shelving in walk in cooler. Surfaces are to be cleaned at regular intervals to prevent build up of old food and other debris. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine

As listed in the inspection report.