TACO BELL 26461

High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Female employee unlocked doors in dining room, returned to kitchen and put on gloves to portion chips without washing hands.

High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Female employee touched telephone and placed to ear with gloved hands then continued to place items in fryer without washing hands.

Intermediate - No cleaning agent available for bodily fluid clean up plan. Cleaning agent in written procedures must be available. Establishment has written procedures available using bleach as the cleaning agent. No bleach at establishment.

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No towels at hand wash sink near front counter. Manager filled. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Clean, single-use gloves not handled in a sanitary manner. Discarded gloves on prep table near fryers.

Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. White boards on make table have deep grooves with discoloring.

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on cutting board at make table. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Yellow pans with old food inside on clean dish shelf. Manager removed pans. Corrective Action Taken

Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Box cutters on top of pizza sauce in dry storage area.

Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. No written procedure available. Inspector provided operator with written procedure. Corrective Action Taken

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on make lines. Water nozzle of tea machine on kitchen prep table. Water nozzle of hot water dispenser on kitchen prep table. Repeat Violation

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans stored on shelf above kitchen prep table. Repeat Violation

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket of reach-in freezer next to kitchen fryers.

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. Fries in steam table with no time mark. Employee stated timer fell in water. Manager provided timer. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute near drive thru window soiled with mold like substance.

Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Ladder and trash can in front of sink near drive thru. Moved during this inspection. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Manager posted on wall in office. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Dunkin' Donuts coffee on top shelf in walk in cooler over sauce bottles. Moved during this inspection. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee personal food bin on shelf over sauce bottles in walk in cooler. Moved during this inspection. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male employee filling chip bags in kitchen. Hair net put on. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic pans on clean dish shelf. Manager removed pans and rewashed. Corrected On-Site

High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Female employee with gloved hands wiped down cutting board with sanitizer towel then continued to touch tortilla without washing hands and changing gloves.

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of reach in freezer has food debris on bottom. Soda nozzles have build up in dining area and at drive thru.

Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.

Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Door of reach in cooler on cookline taped with green tape.

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Tray of food labeled "tre" on shelf over sausage crumbles in walk in freezer.

Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. Large chunk of ice near fans in walk in freezer.

Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available. Most current report from 9/7/2022. Last inspection was 2/2/2023.

Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.

Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses.

Basic - Food stored on floor. In walk-in freezer case of black beans and egg mix on floor.

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. At the drive thru area, soda machine soiled, also freezer gaskets soiled. Repeat Violation

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 4-hour limit. Hot holding items (breakfast) with a time marked of 5 hours, Manager fixed. Corrected On-Site

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior part of soda machine and icee machine.

Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. June 1, 2021

High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. At the mop sink, splitter added, no back flow preventer installed on the hose side.

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. At the drive thru area, soda machine nozzle and ice chute soiled

Basic - Dead roaches on premises. One dead roach on floor at the front counter area, manager cleaned Corrected On-Site

Basic - Food stored on floor. In walk-in freezer, flatbread boxes on floor.

Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. In walk-in freezer, ice build up under unit. Repeat Violation

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets soiled, employee cleaned during inspection. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation