Firehouse Subs

Observed soda nozzle in dining room heavily soiled with black build up. CA: Food contact surfaces shall be clean to sight and touch.

Observed soda nozzle in dining room heavily soiled with black build up. CA: Food contact surfaces shall be clean to sight and touch.

Observed items prepped 30 minutes prior to inspection placed in RIC cooling in tightly lidded containers. CA: TCS foods being cooled shall be loosely covered or uncovered to allow rapid cooling to take place. Proper equipment shall be used for cooling food (ice bath, freezer, WIC). COS: Hero sauce and tuna salad were placed in reach in freezer to rapidly cool.

Observed employee drinks in cans, reusable tumblers and plastic cup with no lid or straw stored in the kitchen on lower shelf with food. CA: Employee personal drinks stored in the kitchen shall be in a clean, single-use cup with lid and straw that is handled to prevent contamination. COS: Drinks were moved to the dining area.

Observed soda nozzle in dining room heavily soiled with black build up. CA: Food contact surfaces shall be clean to sight and touch. COS: Nozzle was immediately pulled to be cleaned and sanitized. Discussed increasing the frequency of routine cleaning and PIC verifying that employees are cleaning.

Observed employees wearing watches and bracelets while handling food. CA: Except for a plain ring such as a wedding band food employees may not wear jewelry including medical information jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food. COS: Employees removed watches and bracelet.

Observed prep top reach-in cooler holding at 45F, reach-in cooler with whole deli meats holding at 50F. CA: Equipment shall be kept in good repair and properly adjusted. COS: TCS foods will not be held in these units until PIC can verify they are properly holding temp at 41F or below.

Observed drink machine not clean to sight and touch. CA: Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. COS: PIC had drink machine cleaned.

Observed no sanitizer present in sanitizer buckets on the prep line used for sanitizing food contact surfaces (0ppm on inspector test strip). CA: PIC had employee refill sanitizer that is connected to the mechanical dispenser.

Observed toxic item (Comet with bleach spray bottle) stored above single use items in the dry storage area. CA: PIC relocated spray bottle.

Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit (mac and Cheese, shredded mozzerella, pepper jack cheese, potato soup, etc.) discarded.

Cooked Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food (grilled onion) was not cooled from 135F to 70F within 2 hours. discarded

Person in charge not performing duties; employees not properly trained in food safety, including food allergy awareness, as it relates to their assigned duties./ training on food safety for all staff to ensure risk factors are known

Certified Food Safety Manager does not demonstrate profienciecy in active mangerial control measures / CA: Persons in charge, managers or CFSM must be properly trained or retrained

Observed single service containers stored touching sanitizer bucket/ ssa discarded bucket was moved

Observed tomatoes being washed and cut in the three compartment sink/ tomatoes that were cut were discarded, educated on where to wash produce

Observed spleenda packets stored under drain line at fountain drink machine/ items were relocated no evidence of contamination noted

Observed food employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food./watch was removed

Observed potentially hazardous food (ham, pastrami, tuna salad, sliced tomatoes) stored in prep top cooler at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. CA: Food had been held for less than four hours and was put in another functioning cooler to cool.