Minor🌡️Temperature
PROPER HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURES - Comments: 3-501.16(A:1) OBSERVED INADEQUATE HOT HOLDING OF TCS FOODS DURING THE INSPECTION. OBSERVED ABOUT 5 LBS OF COOKED PORK SAUSAGE LINKS AT AN INADEQUATE HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 101F AND ABOUT 15 LBS OF COOKED RIBS AT INADEQUATE HOT HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 118F LOCATED IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT. FOOD HANDLER STATED THAT THE "FOOD WAS BEING REHEATED" WHEN INSPECTOR ASKED FOR A LOG CONTAINING THE TIME THE TCS FOOD WAS PLACED IN THE HOT HOLDING UNIT THE FOOD HANDLER STATED "HE DID NOT HAVE ANY LOG" WHEN THE INSPECTOR ASKED WHAT WAS THE FINAL TEMPERATURE THE TCS FOODS WERE BEING REHEATED TO, THE FOOD HANDLER STATED "AROUND 140F OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT" INSPECTOR THEN INSTRUCTED THAT IF THE FACILITY IS USING TIME AS A TEMPERATURE CONTROL OR REHEATING THEN A LOG WITH THE INITIAL TEMPERATURE, TIME FRAME OF REHEATING IN A HOT HOLDING UNIT, AND FINAL TEMPERATURE MUST BE ON SITE IN ORDER FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO VERIFY THE REHEATING PROCESS DURING THE INSPECTION. WHEN THE INSPECTOR INSTRUCTED THE FACILITY TO DISCARD SAID TCS FOODS BOTH THE FEMALE MANAGER AND THE MALE FOOD HANDLER REFUSED TO DISCARD TCS FOODS. INSPECTOR THEN INSTRUCTED FOR A SECOND TIME THAT ALL HOT HOLDING TCS FOODS MUST BE DISCARDED WHILE THE INSPECTOR IS ON SITE, THE MALE FOOD HANDLER STATED THAT "THE FACILITY IS GONNA CLOSE ANYWAY" NO TCS FOODS WERE DISCARD DURING THE TIME INSPECTOR WAS ON SITE DUE TO FACILITY REFUSING TO DISCARD TCS FOODS THAT ARE AN IMMINENT HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. AREA SUPERVISOR NOTIFIED. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
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