The Varsity of Emerson

Observed employee use sanitizer rag while wearing gloves, then handle hamburger with the same gloves. CA: Single-use gloves shall be used for only one task and discarded when soiled. COS: Employee removed gloves and washed hands. Burgers were discarded.

Observed potentially hazardous TCS foods holding above 41F (prep line: sliced cheese 52F, coleslaw 43F, sliced tomato 43F. Reach-in cooler: fried chicken nuggets 64F. Walk-in cooler: sliced swiss 46F, butter 43F, coleslaw dressing 43F, raw burger patty 44F, hot dogs 42F). CA: Cold held TCS foods shall maintain an internal temperature of at least 41F or below. COS: PIC discarded chicken. All other foods were out of temp for less than 4 hours and were rapidly cooled.

Observed potentially hazardous TCS food (cooked hamburger patties) improperly hot holding below 135F (See temp log). CA: PIC re-heated burgers to above 165F.

Observed high temp dishwasher not meeting 180F final rinse temperature as required by the manufacturer (digital temperature gauge read 119F for the final rinse and inspector temperature strip did not have a color change, indicating minimum temperature was not met). CA: Discussed with PIC. Dish machine must be serviced and re-checked by health department prior to use. The three compartment sink for manual ware washing must be used in the meantime. Facility must also acquire a thermometer or temperature strips to verify dish machine is sanitizing.

Observed food contact surfaces not clean to sight and touch; tea nozzle and bulk ice machine has visible black and pink build up on the interior. CA: Discussed with PIC. Nozzles will be cleaned and ice machine will be drained and deep cleaned. Moving forward, increase frequency of routine cleaning.

Observed wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizer bucket in between uses; cloth was stored on food prep counter, used to wipe down food equipment, then stored back on the prep counter. CA: Discussed with PIC. PIC moved the wet cloths.

Observed drive through window left open between guests and for extended period of time; air curtain at the drive thru was turned off and several lives flies were observed in the kitchen. CA: Discussed with PIC. Doors were closed.