Friendly Gus Food Stores #18

Raw sausage stored above ready to eat food (cheese, biscuits, half and half)in the walk in cooler. CA: Food shall be protected from cross contamination by separating raw animal foods during storage from ready to eat food. COS: Moved during inspection.

Chicken on the prep counter temped at 60 deg f. Sausage in the walk in cooler cold holding temped at 58 deg f and 57 deg f. Cheese in the walk in cooler cold holding temped at 50 deg f. CA: All tcs food cold holding shall be maintained at 41 deg f or below. COS: Discarded during inspection.

Chicken in meat sink temped at 55 deg f; CA: All tcs food cold holding shall be maintained at 41 deg f or below; COS: Discarded during inspection. Chicken taken out of walk in cooler and left in sink for too long.

Mozzarella sticks in hot holding in hot bar were at 118 deg f; CA: All tcs food shall be hot held at 135 deg f or above; COS: Reheated.

Multiple items under TPHC in hot bar not marked with time. This included pot logs, wings, corn dogs, and chicken; CA: The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hrs past when food is removed from temperature control; COS: Marked during inspection, food had just been cooked.

No drain plug in dumpster; CA: Drains in receptacles and waste handling units for refuse, recyclables, and returnables shall have drain plugs in place.

Multiple foods in the hot holding cabinet that were under Time as a Public Health Control had a discard time listed that had already passed. Multiple foods to be discarded at 830 am according to documentation. CA: If time without temperature control is used for the public health control, the food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hrs past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control; COS: Times updated. The foods on the hot bar had just been cooked, but times hadn't been updated.

Garbage can door open. All outside receptacles shall be maintained closed.

Garbage area needs to be cleaned. Refuse enclosures and receptacles shall be maintained clean and in good repair.

Not all employees have signed employee health policy. Food and conditional employees shall be informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report their symptoms and illnesses as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food; CA: Will have all employees sign form. Facility has until Friday.

Top of ice machine (food contact) has build up and needs to be cleaned. All food contact surfaces of equipment shall be clean to sight and touch; CA: Ice will be melted and ice machine to be deep cleaned. Facility has till Friday.

Grits and breading in a working container not labeled. All working containers with food taken out of their original container shall be labeled.

Grits and breading in a working container not labeled. All working containers with food taken out of their original container shall be labeled.

Grits and breading in a working container not labeled. All working containers with food taken out of their original container shall be labeled.

Food thawing in still water. Food shall be thawed submerged under running water, through cooking process or under refrigeration; COS: Food was done thawing, and put back into cooler.

Multiple wet cloths throughout facility. In use cloths shall be held in between uses in sanitizing bucket.

Garbage cans have all doors opened. All outside receptacles shall be maintained closed.

Garbage area needs to be cleaned. Enclosures and receptacles shall be maintained clean and in good repair.

Dispensing utensil stored in food with handle touching the food. All dispensing utensils shall be stored with handle above the food.

Single service items stored on floor in dry storage area. All single service articles shall be stored 6" off ground.

Nonfood contact (side of hot holding case and doors on the walk in freezer and cooler) have build up and need to be cleaned. All nonfood contact surfaces shall be cleaned often enough to prevent buildup.

The cook time for food in the hot bar was not written for many foods, nor was the discard time. The food shall be marked to indicate the time that is 4 hrs past the point when the food is removed from temp control. COS: The cook who cooked all the foods was here, and was able to write all the times. She had just finished cooking.

Employees have not signed employee health policy. Food and conditional employees shall be informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report their symptoms and illnesses as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. CA: Will have all employees sign form.

Food permit no displayed. The permit shall always be posted for public display.

Cups on the floor in the dry storage room. Single-service and single-use articles shall be stored 6" above the floor.

Hole in wall in dry storage room. All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair.

Employees haven't been trained in a verifiable manner on their responsibility to report. Food employees and conditional employees shall be informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibilty to report about their health as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food.

CA: Gave PIC blank employee health policy, will have employees sign.

Observed chicken wings and chicken filets being stored on the walk in freezer floor. All food shall be stored 6" off floor to prevent contamination.

Permit not displayed (hung up in office). The permit shall be displayed in public view at all times.

Observed drink on prep table and jacket on facility shelving unit. All personal items shall be stored in a designated area in a locker or other storage unit.