Maricopa County, AZ
*PRIORITY VIOLATION is a major violation that directly contributes to increasing the risk of foodborne illness or injury.
NA means not available. See detailed inspection reports for additional information.
Grade
Priority Violation *
Cutting Edge Participant

Violation Description

Violation Comments

Correct By
04
Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
Core-2-401.11, C: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco Observed employee in kitchen drinking out of cup with no lid or straw. Had employee place lid and straw on cup. Reviewed proper drinking vessels for employees with PIC.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
13
Food separated & protected
PRIORITY VIOLATION-3-302.11 (A1-2), P: Packaged and Unpackaged Food-Separation, Packaging, and Segregation; Protection From Cross Contamination Observed raw ground beef being stored in the same container as raw beef steaks in the walk-in cooler. Had employee move ground beef to separate container below beef steaks. Reviewed proper segregation and storage of raw food products with PIC and employee.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
14
Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
PRIORITY VIOLATION-4-501.114, P: Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization- Temperature, pH, Concentration and Hardness Observed the sanitation basin in the three compartment sink behind the bar to have no measurable amount of sanitizer. Employee was actively washing glassware at time of inspection. PIC stated sanitizer used was quat. Had employee add quat to basin in order to achieve proper concentration. Reviewed proper quat concentration levels between 200PPM-400PPM with PIC and employee.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
21
Proper date marking & disposition
PRIORITY VIOLATION-3-501.18, P: Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food - Disposition Observed a container of tomato puree in walk-in cooler to have date mark of 5/16. PIC voluntarily discarded item. Reviewed the requirement of discarding TCS food items after 7 days. Priority Foundation-3-501.17, Pf: Ready-To-Eat Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food - Date Marking Observed container of cooked chorizo meat in walk-in cooler to have no date mark. Employee stated item was cooked Saturday. Had employee put proper date mark for Saturday on container of chorizo. Reviewed proper date marking within 24 hours of cooing/preparing of TCS food items with PIC and employee.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
33
Approved thawing methods used
Core-3-501.13, C: Thawing Observed raw salmon portions in un-opened reduced oxygen packaging being thawed. Had employee cut open packages before continuing the thawing process. Reviewed proper thawing methods regarding ROP'd fish with PIC and employee.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
Inspection Comments

This establishment received a D Grade and had 3 Priority, 1 Priority Foundation and 2 Core violations on this inspection. No County legal action will result from this inspection.


Definitions
Priority violation is a major violation that directly contributes to increasing the risk of foodborne illness or injury.
e.g. - Food employees do not properly wash hands when required
Priority foundation violation is a minor violation that does not directly contribute to an increased risk of foodborne illness but failure to correct this violation may lead to the occurrence of a priority violation.
e.g.- Hand washing soap and paper towels not available at hand wash sink (may lead directly to food employees not properly washing hands when required)
Core violation is a minor violation that relates to general maintenance and sanitation.
e.g. -No sign reminding employees to wash hands
Verification Visits are inspections of establishments enrolled in the MCESD Cutting Edge Program, which requires an enhanced food safety program and ongoing demonstration of active managerial control. Verification Visit inspections found in compliance with Cutting Edge program requirements receive an “A” grade.
The matrix below has been used to grade food inspections under the voluntary grading system starting on October 14, 2011.