SOFRITO HISPANIC CUISINE

High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee picking up garbage from the floor in the kitchen and later handling clean utensils without Hand washing first. Employee washed hands. Corrective Action Taken

High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Observed raw pork stored in thank you to go bags in the walk in cooler. Operator moved product to a plastic container. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Non commercially packaged raw chicken stored above a container of non commercially packaged raw pork in the walk in cooler. Operator stored properly. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked corn portions (44-54°F - Cold Holding) per operator product held overnight in the flip top unit next to the upright reach in freezer unit in the cook line. Product not maintaining 41F or below for longer than 4 hours. See Stop Sale. Operator discarded product. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicharrones (83°F - Cold Holding) per operator product removed from the walk in cooler and stored at room temperature for less than four hours in the cook line. Operator moved product to the walk in cooler. Cooked corn portions (44-54°F - Cold Holding) per operator product held overnight in the flip top unit next to the upright reach in freezer unit in the cook line. Product not maintaining 41F or below for longer than 4 hours. See Stop Sale. Operator discarded product. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Several buckets stored inside hand washing sink in the cook line. Operator removed them. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No Chlorine test strips available.

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink in the kitchen. Operator provided paper towels. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Personal cellphone and glasses stored on prep table in the cook line in the kitchen. Operator stored properly. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair and/or in disrepair. Several floor tiles in disrepair in the cook line-kitchen.

Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed one bucket of peeled bananas stored on the floor in the kitchen. Operator stored properly. Corrected On-Site