Taylor Regional Hospital

Entirety of the walk in cooler was out of temperature sitting around 50 Degrees Fahrenheit. CA: Time/temperature control for safety food being cold held shall be maintained at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or below for safety. COS: Cooler(household) from a break room was taken to the kitchen and allowed for temporary storage of some of the items that were not out for more than 4 hours including the liquid eggs and cheese. Everything else in the cooler was voluntarily discarded. Do not use sign placed on the cooler door and company for the cooler called to come service the unit.

Observed bag of sugar stored directly on the floor near the meat and vegetable sink area. CA: Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food at least 6 inches above the floor in an area free from dust and splash. COS: Bag moved to proper area in dry storage.

Multiple area in the kitchen still without running water including the 3-compartment sink, back kitchen handwash sink and the mop sink. Plumbing shall be maintained in good repair. Issue has been persistant for over a 3 years. Issue still has not been resolved since last inspection on 12/23/2025. This must be corrected upon any ownership change prior to repermitting.

Wall behind the dish washing machine is falling apart. Significant damage to the dry wall. Appears to be from water damage. CA: Physical facilities like the floors, walls, and ceilings must be maintained in good repair to be free of structural damage like holes and cracks. Wall needs to fixed immediately.

Multiple area in the kitchen still without running water including the 3-compartment sink, back kitchen handwash sink and the mop sink. Plumbing shall be maintained in good repair. Issue has been persistant for over a 3 years. Issue still has not been resolved since last inspection on 6/3/2025. This must be corrected upon any ownership change prior to repermitting.

Wall behind the dish washing machine is falling apart. Significant damage to the dry wall. Appears to be from water damage. CA: Physical facilities like the floors, walls, and ceilings must be maintained in good repair to be free of structural damage like holes and cracks. Correct ASAP, maximum amount of time given is 1 month.

Multiple area in the kitchen still without running water including the 3-compartment sink, back kitchen handwash sink and the mop sink. Plumbing shall be maintained in good repair. Issue has been persistant for over a 2 years. Issue still has not been resolved since last inspection on 12/11/2024. This must be corrected upon any ownership change prior to repermitting.

Multiple area in the kitchen still without running water including the 3-compartment sink, back kitchen handwash sink and the mop sink. Plumbing shall be maintained in good repair. Issue has been persistant for over a 2 years. This must be corrected upon any ownership change prior to repermitting.

Observed buildup of dirt or mold-like residue on the chute of the ice machine. Ice chutes are food contact surfaces and must be cleaned at a frequency appropriate enough to prevent food or debris buildup. CA: Clean Ice Machine Immediately.

Test strips for sanitizer solution are multiple years out of date. CA: Replace them with new ones.

Observed commercially packaged buttercream kept past the 21 say thawed expiration that is written on the container's manufacturer label. Container thawed and opened January 15th. Commercially packaged products shall not be kept past the discard date on a manufacturer's label. COS: Items discarded.

Multiple area without running water in ktichen including 3 compartment sink, back kitchen handwash sink and mop sink. Plumbing shall be maintained in good repair.

Observed swai in Walk in Freezer, upon further investigation swai was being presented as "fried catfish" on menu and not honeslty presented as "fried swai" or "fried fish". Food shall be presented in an honest manner.

Observed ice in handwash sink when I went to wash hands at the only handwash sink available. Handwash sinks are only for handwashing and not to be used for any other purpose.

Mechanical dishwasher observed only reaching a final rinse temp of 147.2 degrees verified by min/max thermometer. The final rinse temp hitting the dishes should be 160 degrees. CA: Get mechanic to come calibrate machine IMMEDIATELY and in the mean time get three buckets large enough to fit largest dish/piece of equipment in to use to clean and sanitize dishes.

Sanitizers buckets observed sitting on top of food prep area by food and an open container of sanitizer sitting next to clean dishes observed near the 3-comp sink. CA: store sanitizer buckets underneath food and food prep areas and store sanitizers and chemicals separate from clean dishes.

Food observed in WIC in ziplock bags without proper labeling -could not tell if it was fish or chicken sitting on top of fish. Was told by PIC that it was fish. Food needs to be properly labeled if removed from original container.

3 Comp dish sink, handwash sink in back of kitchen, and ware wash sink not working at all or in proper working condition. All plumbing must be in good condition and fixed against leaks and to operate at full capacity.

Previous Inspection Report was found in mangers office and not posted 15 feet away from entrance for public viewing- Inspection must be posted and accessible to public.

Residential Stove and household microwave both extremely dirty. Household items need to be replaced with commercial grade.

Lasagna in soup in warmer cabinet not properly reheated before being protionaed and served. Items cooled and then reheated mus reach 165 before they can be served.

PTC did not demonstrate knoledge and show active managerial control by the dishwasher being out of temp and sanitzer range and had no back up in palce to properly snaitize dishes. CA: Unit needs to be fixed 48-72 hours. No 3-comp sink means dishwasher unit is only backup.

Corncobs in freezer were uncovered and on the ground. Food must be stored covered and at least 6 inches off the floor. CA: Pick corn up off floor and properly seal bag.

Observed bulk ice machine with build up on interior chute of machine, bulk ice machine needs to be cleaned and sanitized more frequently to avoid accumulation. Also dish machine which is operating on high heat did not reach proper rinse temps of 180 -> final rinse was observed at 130.

No sanitizer detected in sanitizer buckets or the washing machine unit for dishes. Chemical sanitizers shall be used in the proper concentration set forth by the manufacturer to properly sanitize food and nonfood contact surfaces.

Plumbin nonfunctional or lacking some function on left and back side of kitchen. Plumbing needs to be fixed against leaks.

Residential stored in kitchen appears to be broken and non-functional handwash sink in back of kitchen nonfunctional as well as their 3 comp sink. Residential equipment needs to be removed and replaced with commercial grade, and all other equipment mentioned must be repaired asap and be in good condition to use.