The Draft Room at Berwick

Observed employee items (car keys, water bottles) stored next to condiments and single-use items by the servers station.

RCA: PIC shall have staff move personal items to a designated area, preventing any contamination. Employees shall consume food only in approved designated areas separate from food preparation and serving areas, equipment or utensil areas and food storage areas. However, drinking from a single service beverage cup with a secure lid and straw that is handled to prevent contamination of the employee’s hands, the container, exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, unwrapped single-service and single-use articles will be allowed.

Observed multiple staff members actively preparing food with jewelry on.

RCA: PIC shall ask staff members to remove jewelry. 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.

Observed an in-use knife at the front prep-top cooler to be stored between the lid and side of the prep cooler.

RCA: PIC shall remove utensil, wash, rinse and sanitize and place in an area as to prevent contamination. On a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment only if the in-use utensil and the food-contact surface of the food preparation table.

Observed multiple soiled linens to be on prep-top area near grill, on top of dry-storage food items, and on clean food contact surfaces.

RCA: PIC shall remove soiled linens and place in a designated area as to avoid any contamination. Soiled linens shall be kept in clean, nonabsorbent receptacles or clean, washable laundry bags and stored and transported to prevent contamination of food, clean equipment, clean utensils, and single-service and single-use articles.

Observed cups in bar area and metal containers in equipment storage to be stacked while wet.

RCA: PIC shall re-wash, rinse and sanitize items. After cleaning and sanitizing, equipment and utensils shall be air-dried or used after adequate draining before contact with food.

Observed raw shell eggs stored above RTE TCS in the reach-in cooler next to the prep area. Observed cooked chicken stored directly next to raw chicken in pull out drawer cooler under the grill.

CA: Employee rearranged items in the coolers.

Food shall be protected from cross contamination by separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, and Cooked ready-to-eat food.

Observed several food items stored on the floor of the walk-in cooler and-walk-in freezer, including boxes of raw chicken, boxes of raw potatoes, containers of frozen french fries, and containers of cocktail sauce.

RCA: Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food in a clean, dry location where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination; and at least 6 inches (15 cm) above the floor.

Observed cut lemons next to handwashing sink near kitchen entrance, exposed to splash.

RCA: Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food in a clean, dry location where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination.

Observed TCS food in the reach in cooler cold holding above 41F. CA: PIC rapidly cooled food as it was prepped within 4 hrs.