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No bare hand contact with RTE foods or approved alternate method properly followed
PRIORITY VIOLATION-3-301.11, P: Preventing Contamination from Hands; Bare Hand Contact with Ready to Eat Foods. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4573/AMC-Toolbox---Handwashing. ..............On cook line, employee handling ready to eat cut lettuce with bare hands. Instructed employee to discard plates of cut lettuce, wash hands, and don gloves to work with ready to eat foods. See embargo form for cut lettuce. Discussed the importance of proper glove usage with ready to eat foods.
(B) Except when washing fruits and vegetables as specified under §3-302.15 or as specified in ¶¶ (D) and (E) of this section, FOOD EMPLOYEES may not contact exposed, READY-TO-EAT FOOD with their bare hands and shall use suitable UTENSILS such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing EQUIPMENT.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
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Proper cold holding temperatures
PRIORITY VIOLATION-3-501.16(A)(2) and (B), P: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4576/AMC-Toolbox---Cold-Holding. ..............On cook line, on top and bottom portion of pantry prep table cooler, TCS foods (cut lettuce, soft cheeses, protein salads), and on bottom portion of pizza prep table cooler, TCS foods (raw hamburger, cooked fish, deli meats) with internal temperatures of 48*F-51*F. Per employees, TCS foods were in prep table coolers <4 hours. In pantry cooler, ice bags were added to food containers, and in pizza cooler, TCS foods were moved to walk in cooler, to all rapidly cool back down to the proper cold holding temperatures.
Maintain TCS (time/ temperature control for food safety) foods at a cold holding temperature of 41*F or less at all times.
Corrected At Time Of Inspection
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Proper cooling methods used; adequate equipment for temperature control
Priority Foundation-4-301.11, Pf: Cooling, Heating, and Holding Capacities-Equipment. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4617/AMC-Toolbox---Cooling. ...........On cook line, pantry cooler with an ambient temperature of 46*F and 47.7*F, and pizza prep cooler with an ambient temperature of 47*F, all taken with inspector calibrated min/max irreversible thermometer. For TCS foods stored in cooler, provide ice baths and monitor temperatures.
Maintain logs of temperatures of TCS foods in prep table cooler, taken after busy lunch hours, to ensure coolers are holding proper temperature. Provide log sheets within 10 days of re-inspection.
Correct Prior To Reinspection