Tacos El Don

Observed in-use chlorine sanitizer bucket on cookline at 10 ppm. Sanitizer must be 50-100 ppm. COS by remaking to 50 ppm.

Observed a stack of dish tub lids stored as clean but visibly dirty. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. COS by rewashing.

Observed no adequate Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM) for facility. Miguel Sanchez is listed however, he is the owner and does not actively work at facility on a daily basis to oversee food prep. Food service establishments shall have in its employ a Certified Food Safety Manager (CFSM) as specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection to ensure food safety is being managed within the food service establishment during all hours of operation as specified within paragraph (d) of this subsection. Pf

Observed a large amount of food stored uncovered in walk-in cooler. Except as specified under paragraph 2. of this subsection and when cooling as specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(6)(e)2.(ii), storing the food in packages, covered containers, or wrappings, except for loosely covered or uncovered containers in which food is being cooled if protected from overhead contamination. COS by covering with lids.

Observed two pans of queso dip prepped 6/7 stored in walk-in cooler.

1. A food that requires datemarking shall be discarded if it:

(i) Exceeds 7 days, not including the time that the product is frozen; P

(ii) Is in a container or package that does not bear a date or day; P or

(iii) Is inappropriately marked with a date or day that exceeds 7 days.

COS by discarding.

Observed cooked salsa verde cooling in large, deep containers and stored completely covered.

1. Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(6)(d) by using one or more of the following methods depending on the type of food being cooled:

(i) Placing the food in shallow pans; Pf

(ii) Separating the food into smaller or thinner portions; Pf

(iii) Using rapid cooling equipment; Pf

(iv) Stirring the food in a container placed in an ice water bath; Pf

(v) Using containers that facilitate heat transfer; Pf

(vi) Adding ice as an ingredient; Pf or

(vii) Other effective methods. Pf

COS by transferring to ice bath.

Observed food handles stored inside the cheese dip container and a plastic cup stored inside the cooked rice. Except as specified under paragraph 2 of this subsection, in the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container. COS by removing handles and plastic cup from food containers.

Observed employee use scraper utensil to wipe off spatula used for handling raw meats, then proceed to use scraper to cut up ready to eat quesadilla. Employees must use separate equipment for handling raw meats and ready to eat foods. Food was served before Health Authority could stop it. Employee got new utensils.

Observed employee use tongs for handling raw meats to flip ready to eat tortillas on grill. Employees must use separate utensils for handling raw meats and ready to eat foods. Food was served before Health Authority stop it. Employee grabbed new set of tongs.

Observed bleach solution in unlabeled spray bottle. Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. Pf COS by adding label

Observed bleach solution in unlabeled spray bottle with concentration above 100 ppm. The required concentration for Cl- sanitizer must be 50-100 ppm. COS by making new solution.

Observed employee handling food without a beard net. Employees with beards longer than 0.5 inches must wear a beard guard while handling food.

Observed 0 ppm Cl- in sanitizer bucket used for food contact surfaces. The required concentration for Cl- sanitizer is 50-100 ppm. COS by making new sanitizer solution.

Observed carton of raw shell eggs stored on top of multiple bags of tortillas. Raw eggs/meats may not be stored above ready-to-eat foods. COS by moving eggs back to cooler.

Observed TCS several foods in prep top/reach-in coolers not date marked. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared and held in a food establishment for more than 24 hours shall be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded, when held at a temperature of 41°F or below for a maximum of 7 days. The day of preparation shall be counted as Day 1. COS by placing dates on food.

NOTE: if food is portioned from a larger batch that is held in walk-in, the date must follow the food.

Observed back door not tight-fitting. There are still openings at bottom of door. Outer openings of a food service establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by:

(i) Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings;

(ii) Closed, tight-fitting windows; and

(iii) Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors.

Observed most recent inspection report of 73/C not posted at facility. The score posted was an 82/B from 9/27/22. The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away. COS by displaying correct score.

Observed all time/temperature control for safety (TCS) foods in walk-in cooler, prep top units (in kitchen and dining room), and reach-in coolers being cold held at temperatures greater than 41°F. Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control, TCS food shall be maintained at 41°F or below when being cold held. COS by discarding all food not prepped today. Food that was prepped today was moved to a different unit.

Observed pre-portioned salsa cups being improperly cold held on an ineffective ice bath (behind register). Container holding salsa cups was sitting directly on top of ice as opposed to being submerged. Salsas were tempting 49-50°F

Observed no person in charge present at time of inspection. There must be a person in charge on the premises of the food service establishment at all times.

Observed no active managerial control at facility. There is no person in charge and employees are not practicing proper food safety. Five out of six coolers in facility are not maintaining temperature. Please see the responsibilities of the person in charge below:

511-6-1.03(2)(a)-(l)(n)(o) - Responsibility of PIC (Pf) (a) Food service establishment operations are not conducted in a private home or in a room used as living or sleeping quarters; Pf

(b) Authorized Personnel Access. Persons unnecessary to the food service establishment operation are not allowed in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas, except that brief visits and tours may be authorized by the person in charge if steps are taken to ensure that exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles are protected from contamination; Pf

(c) Authorized Persons Compliance. Employees and other persons such as delivery and maintenance persons and pesticide applicators entering the food preparation, food storage, and warewashing areas comply with this Chapter; Pf

(d) Employee Handwashing. Employees are effectively cleaning their hands, by routinely monitoring the employees’ handwashing; Pf

(e) Monitoring of Receiving. Employees are visibly observing and verifying delivered foods as they are received to determine that they are from approved sources and are placed into appropriate storage locations, as required by this Chapter, such that they are received and maintained at the required temperatures, protected from contamination, unadulterated, and accurately presented, by routinely monitoring the employees’ observations, maintaining receiving/corrective action records for deliveries during non-operating hours, and periodically evaluating foods upon their receipt as specified within DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(3)(m);Pf

(f) Proper Cooking Techniques. Employees are properly cooking cold/hot holding, and reheating for hot holding time/temperature control for safety food, being particularly careful in cooking, reheating, and holding those foods known to cause severe foodborne illness and death, such as eggs and comminuted meats, through daily oversight of the employees’ routine monitoring of the cooking, holding, and reheating for hot holding temperatures using appropriate temperature measuring devices properly scaled and calibrated. Pf

(g) Proper Cooling Methods. Employees are using proper methods to rapidly cool time/temperature control for safety food, that are not held hot or are not for consumption within four hours, through daily oversight of the employees’ routine monitoring of food temperatures during cooling; Pf

(h) Consumer Food Safety. Consumers who order raw or partially cooked ready-to-eat foods of animal origin are informed that the food is not cooked sufficiently to ensure its safety; Pf

(i) Proper Sanitizing. Employees are properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of solution temperature and exposure time for hot water sanitizing, and chemical concentration, pH, temperature, and exposure time for chemical sanitizing; Pf

(j) Clean Tableware. Consumers are notified that clean tableware is to be used when they return to self-service areas such as salad bars and buffets; Pf

(k) Bare Hand Contact. Unless the conditions specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(4)(a)4 are met, employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment; Pf

(l) Food Safety Training. Employees are properly trained in food safety, including food allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned duties; Pf

(n) Imminent Health Hazard. If an imminent health hazard exists because of an emergency such as a fire, flood, interruption of electrical or water service for two or more hours, sewage malfunction, misuse of poisonous or toxic materials, onset of an apparent foodborne illness outbreak, gross unsanitary occurrence or condition, or other circumstances that may endanger public health, then operations are immediately discontinued and the Health Authority is notified. P However, establishments may continue to operate under an emergency operation plan that has been approved by the Health Authority prior to the occurrence of such emergency events.Pf

(o) Procedures and Plans. Written procedures and plans, where specified by this Chapter and as developed by the food service establishment, are maintained and implemented as required.Pf

511-6-1.03(2)(a)-(l)(n)(o) - Responsibility of PIC (Pf) (a) Food service establishment operations are not conducted in a private home or in a room used as living or sleeping quarters; Pf

(b) Authorized Personnel Access. Persons unnecessary to the food service establishment operation are not allowed in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas, except that brief visits and tours may be authorized by the person in charge if steps are taken to ensure that exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles are protected from contamination; Pf

(c) Authorized Persons Compliance. Employees and other persons such as delivery and maintenance persons and pesticide applicators entering the food preparation, food storage, and warewashing areas comply with this Chapter; Pf

(d) Employee Handwashing. Employees are effectively cleaning their hands, by routinely monitoring the employees’ handwashing; Pf

(e) Monitoring of Receiving. Employees are visibly observing and verifying delivered foods as they are received to determine that they are from approved sources and are placed into appropriate storage locations, as required by this Chapter, such that they are received and maintained at the required temperatures, protected from contamination, unadulterated, and accurately presented, by routinely monitoring the employees’ observations, maintaining receiving/corrective action records for deliveries during non-operating hours, and periodically evaluating foods upon their receipt as specified within DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(3)(m);Pf

(f) Proper Cooking Techniques. Employees are properly cooking cold/hot holding, and reheating for hot holding time/temperature control for safety food, being particularly careful in cooking, reheating, and holding those foods known to cause severe foodborne illness and death, such as eggs and comminuted meats, through daily oversight of the employees’ routine monitoring of the cooking, holding, and reheating for hot holding temperatures using appropriate temperature measuring devices properly scaled and calibrated. Pf

(g) Proper Cooling Methods. Employees are using proper methods to rapidly cool time/temperature control for safety food, that are not held hot or are not for consumption within four hours, through daily oversight of the employees’ routine monitoring of food temperatures during cooling; Pf

(h) Consumer Food Safety. Consumers who order raw or partially cooked ready-to-eat foods of animal origin are informed that the food is not cooked sufficiently to ensure its safety; Pf

(i) Proper Sanitizing. Employees are properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of solution temperature and exposure time for hot water sanitizing, and chemical concentration, pH, temperature, and exposure time for chemical sanitizing; Pf

(j) Clean Tableware. Consumers are notified that clean tableware is to be used when they return to self-service areas such as salad bars and buffets; Pf

(k) Bare Hand Contact. Unless the conditions specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(4)(a)4 are met, employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment; Pf

(l) Food Safety Training. Employees are properly trained in food safety, including food allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned duties; Pf

(n) Imminent Health Hazard. If an imminent health hazard exists because of an emergency such as a fire, flood, interruption of electrical or water service for two or more hours, sewage malfunction, misuse of poisonous or toxic materials, onset of an apparent foodborne illness outbreak, gross unsanitary occurrence or condition, or other circumstances that may endanger public health, then operations are immediately discontinued and the Health Authority is notified. P However, establishments may continue to operate under an emergency operation plan that has been approved by the Health Authority prior to the occurrence of such emergency events.Pf

(o) Procedures and Plans. Written procedures and plans, where specified by this Chapter and as developed by the food service establishment, are maintained and implemented as required.Pf

Observed several foods in reach-in coolers not date marked. Time/temperature control for safety food prepared and held in a food establishment for more than 24 hours shall be clearly marked to indicate the date or day by which the food shall be consumed on the premises, sold, or discarded, when held at a temperature of 41°F (5°C) or below for a maximum of 7 days. The day of preparation shall be counted as Day 1. COS by discarding.

Observed improper cooling methods for ALL items cooling. Items being improperly cooled include:

1. Observed 1/2 chickens prepared this afternoon cooling in individually wrapped plastic and stored in a cooler where the ambient temperature was 51.8 degrees.
2. Observed pre-portioned shrimp prepared this afternoon cooling in plastic wrap
3. Observed various cooked foods prepared today cooling in large, deep pans and stored covered
4. Observed large container of salsa verde cooling on ice with ice wand. All ice was melted and employees were not stirring.

COS by (1) unwrapping items cooling in plastic, (2) uncovering pans, stirring food, and placing in freezer, and (3) adding more ice to ice bath.

Observed no thermometer in reach-in cooler behind register. In a mechanically refrigerated or hot food storage unit, the sensor of a temperature measuring device shall be located to measure the air temperature in the warmest part of a mechanically refrigerated unit and in the coolest part of a hot food storage unit.

Observed back door not tight-fitting. There are openings around the entire perimeter of the door. There is an opening around the lock also; the lock is not properly sized. Outer openings of a food service establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by:

(i) Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings;

(ii) Closed, tight-fitting windows; and

(iii) Solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors.

Observed gaskets of reach-in freezer and grill cooler in disrepair. Gaskets must be replaced.

Observed missing tiles near stove and walk-in cooler. Except as specified under subsection (2)(d) of this Rule and except for antislip floor coverings or applications that may be used for safety reasons, floors, floor coverings, walls, wall coverings, and ceilings shall be designed, constructed, and installed so they are smooth and easily cleanable. Tiles must be repaired.