Jan 28, 2026
Routine
4-1A - food separated and protected
Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii) - packaged & unpackaged food separation, packaging, and segregation (p, c)
Observed in Cooler 1: Raw chicken stored next to ready-to-eat celery and raw shrimp, all stored above raw salmon.
Observed in Cooler 1: Raw chicken stored next to ready-to-eat celery and raw shrimp, all stored above raw salmon.
CA: (c) Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation.
- Food shall be protected from cross contamination by:
(i) Except as specified in paragraph (i)(IV) of this subsection, separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from:
(I) 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, P and
(II) Cooked ready-to-eat food; and P
(III) Fruits and vegetables before they are washed; P
(IV) Frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food.
(ii) Except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by:
(I) Using separate equipment for each type, P or
(II) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented, P and
(III) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas; P
(iii) Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils;
(v) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible soil before opening;
(vi) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened;
(vii) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the food service establishment separate from food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles; or
(viii) Separating fruits and vegetables, before they are washed from ready-to-eat food.
COS: PIC rearranged food items to proper storage order based on minimum internal cooking temperatures and separated raw animal foods from ready-to-eat foods.
4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
Regulation: 511-6-1.05(7)(b) - food contact surfaces and utensils - cleaning frequency (p, c)
Observed pink organic growth inside the ice machine during the time of inspection.
CA:(b) Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils.
- Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be cleaned:
(i) Before each use with a different type of raw animal food such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, or poultry. It does not apply if the food-contact surface or utensil is in contact with a succession of different types of raw meat and raw poultry each requiring a higher cooking temperature as specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1.04(5)(a) than the previous type such as preparing raw pork followed by cutting raw poultry on the same cutting board; P
(ii) Each time there is a change from working with raw foods to working with ready-to-eat foods; P
(iii) Between uses with raw fruits and vegetables and with Time/Temperature Control for safety food; P
Advised PIC to clean and sanitize the ice machine to prevent contamination.
16A - hot and cold water available; adequate pressure
Regulation: 511-6-1.06(1)(g),(h) - water supply, capacity; pressure (pf)
Upon arrival, observed hot water was turned off in the main kitchen handwashing sink.
CA:(g) Capacity.
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The water source and system shall be of sufficient capacity to meet the peak water demands of the food service establishment. Pf
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Hot water generation and distribution systems shall be sufficient to meet the peak hot water demands throughout the food service establishment. Pf (h) Pressure. Water under pressure shall be provided to all fixtures, equipment, and nonfood equipment that are required to use water except that water supplied as specified under subsection (1)(k)1 and 2 to a temporary food service operation or in response to a temporary interruption of a water supply need not be under pressure. Pf
COS: PIC turned hot water back on, and hot water was restored to the handwashing sink during the inspection.