Dec 9, 2025
Routine
2-1B - hands clean and properly washed
Regulation: 511-6-1.03(5)(c) - when to wash (p)
Observed an employee drop a bottle of oil on the floor, pick it up and continue cooking on the grill without washing their hands.
CA:1. Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles P and:
(i) After touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean, exposed arms; P
(ii) After using the toilet room; P
(iii) After caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals; P
(iv) After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco products or electronic devices that simulate tobacco smoking, eating or drinking, except for drinking from a closed beverage container and the container is handled to prevent contamination of the hands;P
(v) After handling soiled equipment or utensils; P
(vi) During food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing tasks; P
(vii) When switching between working with raw food and working with ready-to-eat food; P
(viii) Before donning gloves to initiate a task that involves working with food; P and
(ix) After engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands. P
- All employees shall wash hands before leaving the restroom. All food employees leaving the restroom shall wash their hands again upon re-entering the food preparation area. P
Advised PIC that employees must wash hands immediately after any contamination event to prevent cross-contamination.
2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
Regulation: 511-6-1.03(2)(o) - person-in-charge duties (pf)
PIC cannot demonstrate in a verifiable manner that food employees are/ were informed of their responsibility to report symptoms and/or illness.
CA:Food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report in accordance with the Chapter, to the person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food; Pf and
COS: PIC had multiple blank employee reporting agreement forms and had all employees sign them.
12A - contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(z) - miscellaneous sources of contamination (c)
Observed employee drop a squeeze bottle on the floor and place it back on the prep surface without washing it.
CA:(z) Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination. Food shall be protected from contamination that may result from a factor or source not specified under paragraphs (a) through (y) of this subsection.
COS:PIC removed and properly washed and sanitized the bottle.
12C - wiping cloths: properly used and stored
Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(m) - wiping cloths, use limitation (c)
Observed sanitizer buckets below 200-400 ppmm quat.
CA:(m) Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation.
- Cloths in-use for wiping food spills from tableware and carry-out containers that occur as food is being served shall be:
(i) Maintained dry; and
(ii) Used for no other purpose.
- Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be:
(i) Held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a concentration specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.05(6)(n); and
(ii) Laundered daily.
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Cloths in-use for wiping surfaces in contact with raw animal foods shall be kept separate from cloths used for other purposes.
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Dry wiping cloths and the chemical sanitizing solutions in which wet wiping cloths are held between uses shall be free of food debris and visible soil.
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Containers of chemical sanitizing solutions in which wet wiping cloths are held between uses shall be stored off the floor and used in a manner that prevents contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles.
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Single-use disposable sanitizer wipes shall be used in accordance with EPA-approved manufacturer’s label use instructions.
COS: PIC changed out sanitizer bucket to one with a concentration of 200 ppm quat
15B - warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(3)(h),(i),(j) - temperature measuring device, manual warewashing; sanitizing solutions, testing device (pf)
Observed incorrect test strip being used to test sanitizer.
CA:(h) Temperature Measuring Devices, Manual and Mechanical Warewashing.
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In manual warewashing operations, a temperature measuring device shall be provided and readily accessible for frequently measuring the washing and sanitizing temperatures. Pf
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In hot water mechanical warewashing operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the utensil surface temperature. Pf
(i) Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices. A test kit or other device that accurately measures the concentration in mg/L of sanitizing solutions shall be provided. Pf
j) Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers.
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Cleaning agents that are used to clean equipment and utensils as specified under section (7) of this Rule, shall be provided and available for use during all hours of operation. Pf
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Except for those that are generated on-site at the time of use, chemical sanitizers that are used to sanitize equipment and utensils, as specified under Section (8) of this Rule, shall be provided and available for use during all hours of operation. Pf
Advised PIC to purchase appropriate Quat test strips within 10 calendar days.