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Observed raw shrimp stored above vegetables and sauces in the walk in cooler. PIC corrected on site by relocating raw shrimp to the raw food storage area to prevent potential cross contamination.

511-6-1.04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii) - Packaged & Unpackaged Food Separation, Packaging, and Segregation (P, C) (c) Packaged and Unpackaged Food - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation.

1. 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.

Observed clean dishes air drying in the meat preparation sink. Once dishes are properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized they must properly air dry on the drain boards or the shelf above the 3-compartment sink. Dishes were removed to be rewashed (COS).

Observed five pans of fully cooked chicken wings cooling in the walk in cooler with tight fitted lids on each container not allowing heat to leave the containers. Food items should be loosely covered, or uncovered if protected from overhead contamination during the cooling period to facilitate heat transfer from the surface of the food.

511-6-1.04(6)(e) - Cooling Methods (Pf, C) (e) Cooling Methods.

1. Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(6)(d) by using one or more of the following methods depending on the type of food being cooled:

(i) Placing the food in shallow pans; Pf

(ii) Separating the food into smaller or thinner portions; Pf

(iii) Using rapid cooling equipment; Pf

(iv) Stirring the food in a container placed in an ice water bath; Pf

(v) Using containers that facilitate heat transfer; Pf

(vi) Adding ice as an ingredient; Pf or

(vii) Other effective methods. Pf

2. When placed in cooling or cold holding equipment, food containers in which food is being cooled shall be:

(i) Arranged in the equipment to provide maximum heat transfer through the container walls; and

(ii) Loosely covered, or uncovered if protected from overhead contamination during the cooling period to facilitate heat transfer from the surface of the food.

Observed the handwashing sink in the kitchen in need of sealing to the wall properly.

511-6-1.05(4)(b) - Fixed Equipment, Spacing or Sealing (C) (b) Fixed Equipment, Spacing or Sealing.

1. Equipment that is fixed because it is not easily movable shall be installed so that it is:

(i) Spaced to allow access for cleaning along the sides, behind, and above the equipment;

(ii) Spaced from adjoining equipment, walls, and ceilings a distance of not more than one thirty-second inch or 1 millimeter; or

(iii) Sealed to adjoining equipment or walls, if the equipment is exposed to spillage or seepage.

2. Table-mounted equipment that is not easily movable shall be installed to allow cleaning of the equipment and areas underneath and around the equipment by being:

(i) Sealed to the table; or

(ii) Elevated on legs that provide at least a 4 inch (10 centimeter) clearance between the table and the equipment.

Observed the interior surface of the shelf above the wing sauce bowls in need of a deep cleaning due to an accumulation of old food build up. The shelf must be cleaned.

511-6-1.05(7)(a)2,3 - Equipment, Food/Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils, food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment & nonfood-contact surfaces free of accumulations (C) 2. The food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans shall be kept free of encrusted grease deposits and other soil accumulations.

3. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.

Observed the vents/blowers in the walk in cooler in need of cleaning due to a dust accumulation.

Observed the wall and the vent on the preparation line in need of cleaning due to an accumulation of dust build up.

Observed phones laying on the prep top surface in the preparation area. All employees items should be kept in a designated area to reduce contamination of food and food contact surfaces.

511-6-1.07(4)(b) - Designated Areas for Employee Activity, located to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, & single service articles (C) (b) Designated Areas for Employee Activity.

1. Areas designated for employees to eat, drink, use tobacco products and electronic devices shall be located so that food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles are protected from contamination.

2. Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be located in a designated room or area where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles cannot occur.

Observed improper vertical and horizontal separation of several food items in the walk in cooler and the reach in coolers in the main kitchen. Facility is in need of another cold holding unit for space. If a unit is purchased then it must be a commercial unit. Please submit specs to Food Manager, Don Lucas at Donald.Lucas@dph.ga.gov if the PIC decides to move forward with additional cold holding units.

In the walk in cooler cooked chicken was stored by raw chicken, raw chicken was stored beside lemonade and sweet tea, cooked white rice by beef burgers, raw chicken boxes by containers of mayonnaise, beef burgers above raw shelled eggs, raw chicken beside raw shelled eggs.

In the reach in cooler raw shrimp by raw chicken, Swai fish by raw chicken and sauces by raw chicken.

PIC to rearranged the food items the best way possible with limited space. A poster board of cooking temperatures was reviewed with the PIC (COS).

Observed a container of white rice and chicken wings cooling on a shelf in the kitchen without overhead protection. Food items should be loosely covered, or uncovered if protected from overhead contamination during the cooling period to facilitate heat transfer from the surface of the food.

Observed improper vertical separation of raw seafood (perch, swai, tilapia) and ready-to-eat foods (coleslaw). Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods (raw chicken) and fully cooked chicken. Observed improper horizontal separation of raw seafood (perch, swai, tilapia) and fries. Advised PIC to rearrange the reach in cooler according to cooking temperatures. A poster board of cooking temperatures was reviewed with the PIC (COS).

Observed in-use utensils in nonpotentially hazardous food (flour, cornstarch, sugar) not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Advised PIC to store all handles upward and not in the containers in the product (COS).

Shelves in the reach in drink cooler rusted. Owner advised that cooler will be changed to a new coke cooler