Dec 17, 2025
Routine
2-2B - proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
Regulation: 511-6-1.03(5)(k)1&2 - eating, drinking, or using tobacco (c)
Observed food employee food being eaten in a food preparation area. 511-6-1.03(5)(k)1&2 - Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco (C) (k) Hygienic Practices. 2. 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. COS: The PIC had the employee food moved to an area designated for employees to eat away from food preparation areas.
12C - wiping cloths: properly used and stored
Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(m) - wiping cloths, use limitation (c)
Observed sanitizer bucket on the floor, and not stored off the ground. 511-6-1.04(4)(m) - Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation (C) (m) Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation.
- Cloths in-use for wiping food spills from tableware and carry-out containers that occur as food is being served shall be: (i) Maintained dry; and (ii) Used for no other purpose.
- Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be: (i) Held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a concentration specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.05(6)(n); and (ii) Laundered daily.
- Cloths in-use for wiping surfaces in contact with raw animal foods shall be kept separate from cloths used for other purposes.
- Dry wiping cloths and the chemical sanitizing solutions in which wet wiping cloths are held between uses shall be free of food debris and visible soil.
- Containers of chemical sanitizing solutions in which wet wiping cloths are held between uses shall be stored off the floor and used in a manner that prevents contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles.
- Single-use disposable sanitizer wipes shall be used in accordance with EPA-approved manufacturer’s label use instructions. COS: The PIC immediately had the sanitizer buckets moved off the ground.