Mar 20, 2026
Routine
4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(8)(b) - hot water and chemical-methods(p)
Observed no sanitizing solution to be used in the facility. Instead dish soap was being used to clean utensils and equipment not followed up with a sanitizer. CA: PIC shall properly use the wash, rinse and sanitize method in the 3-compartment sink and sanitize all equipment after service. RCA: After being cleaned, equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be sanitized in: Chemical manual or mechanical operations, including the application of sanitizing chemicals by immersion, manual swabbing, brushing, or pressure spraying methods, using a solution as specified under subsection (6)(n) of this Rule. Contact times shall be consistent with those on EPA-registered label use instructions by providing:
(i) Except as specified under paragraph 3(ii) of this subsection, an contact time of at least 10 seconds for a chlorine solution specified under subsection (6)(n)1 of this Rule; P
(ii) A contact time of at least seven seconds for a chlorine solution of 50 ppm that has pH of 10 or less and a temperature of at least 100ºF (38ºC) or a pH of 8 or less and a temperature of at least 75ºF (24ºC); P
(iii) A contact time of at least 30 seconds for other chemical sanitizing solutions; P or
(iv) A contact time used in relationship with a combination of temperature, concentration, and pH that, when evaluated for efficacy, yields sanitization.
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 no test strips within the facility. CA: PIC will get test strips that align with sanitizer solution being used.