Savannah High School Culinary Arts Lab

Observed two students without proper hair restraints while preparing food in the main kitchen.

CA/COS: PIC directed students to properly restrain their hair while preparing food.

RCA: Food employees shall wear effective hair restraints, such as hats, hair coverings, or nets, designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.

Observed high heat dishwasher to not have any testing methods.

RCA: In hot water mechanical warewashing operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the utensil surface temperature.

Observed slime-like build up on baffle on ice machine in kitchen. Observed debris on can opener blade.

RCA: PIC shall melt ice, wash, rinse and sanitize equipment before refilling. Facility shall increase cleaning frequency to prevent the build up on ice machine. Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch.

Observed that high heat dishwasher did not have any method available to evaluate high temperatures.

RCA: PIC shall obtain methods to verify that temperatures are high enough to sanitize properly. In hot water mechanical warewashing operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the utensil surface temperature.