Liberty County High School

Observed stainless steel hotel pans stacked in clean storage rack with food residue on them. The found pans were moved to dirty side of dish machine.

Facility needs to ensure that pans and utensils are properly cleaned and sanitized.

Observed water leaking around dish machine, possibly from water softener.

Observed commercially packaged celery sticks on serving line with a brown, slimy appearance. Observed these packages to have "best if used by" date of 10/19/2025. Observed bag of baby spinach in walk-in cooler that had a wilted, slimy appearance. Observed a bag of shredded lettuce in walk-in cooler with a brown appearance. Corrected on site by discarding.

Observed salads on serving line at 10:35AM. These had a time label with 11:00 AM. Temperature was observed at 53°F. These labels should be filled in with the time that they are placed on the serving line. Employee stated that these were left on the line from yesterday. If these items were placed on the line yesterday, they should have been discarded by 3PM yesterday per the procedure on the label.

If these are all consumed and more salads are placed on the serving line, the time should be updated on the label.

Corrected on site by discarding.

Observed multiple pans of mashed potatoes held in warmer cabinets below 135F. Corrected on site by reheating to 165 or above.

Person in charge could not find the procedures or adequately explain how thy disinfect for vomit and diarrhea events in the kitchen. I provided the PIC with the CDC procedures because they have bleach at the facility.

511-6-1.03(6) - Clean-up of Vomiting and Diarrheal Events(Pf) (6) Responding To Contamination Events. A food establishment shall have procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that involve the discharge of vomitus or fecal matter onto surfaces in the food service establishment. The procedures shall address the specific actions employees must take to minimize the spread of contamination and the exposure of employees, consumers, food, and surfaces to vomitus or fecal matter. Pf

Observed cut apples stored in the walk-in cooler past the use by date. The use by date was 12/4/2024. COS by employee discarding of the cut apples.

511-6-1.04(8)(b) - Expired Foods (P) (b) Expired Foods. Prepackaged sandwiches, eggs, infant formula, shucked oysters, milk, and time/temperature control safety foods that are labeled as “keep refrigerated” and that are for sale or service to the consumer or used as an ingredient in other foods shall be immediately discarded and shall not be sold, served, or used after the manufacturer’s expiration date or the sell-by date. P

Observed BBQ chicken sandwiches in warmer with no date on them. Per conversation with PIC the sandwiches were left over from the day prior. CA: Any ready to eat TCS food that will be held longer 24 hours must be date marked.

Observed spray bottle labeled "spur tex" sitting directly against pan of baked beans. COS: PIC moved spray bottle to the other end of the cart.

Observed two spray bottles containing purple liquid that appears to be degreaser. Observed "3M General Purpose Cleaner Ready to Use" spray bottle containing a yellow liquid that appeared to be EcoLab Kool Kleen No Thaw Freezer Cleaner. Spray bottles should be labelled with the name of the chemical that is in them. Corrected on site by labelling.