ASMERA CAFE

2-401.11 (A) Employees shall eat, drink, or use any form of tobacco only in designated areas where the contamination of exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and other items needing protection can not result. observed employee average stored on the food preparation table CDI remove removed.

3-501.14(A) Quickly cool cooked foods within 2 hours from 135F to 70F; and within a total of 6 hours from 135F to 41F. -P. Observed to covered plastic containers of fully cooked hamburgers at 43 to 44°. Facility not permitted to cool hot foods all other foods tested and reach in cooler 41° or less and the burgers were cooked yesterday. PIC has no explanation other than failure to cool properly CDI discarded. For more information please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Cooling Food Safely https://youtu.be/P6x8b1ZVOxU .

3-501.17 (A) or (B) Date mark/label all TCS foods that are ready-to-eat once opened or prepared and are to be held for more than 24 hours. -Pf. Establish a date marking system consistent with 3-501.17 (A) or (B). Additional date marking system options are found in 3-501.17 (D). For more information, please visit: www.mecknc.gov/foodsafety or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0iLZb7v0UM and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs . 3-501.18 Discard the food requiring date labels once time/temperature window has expired, if it has not been labeled, or if the label is incorrect. -P The PIC should train and assign staff to monitor date marking to prevent the use of food products that are no longer in compliance with 3-501.17 (A), (B), or (C) observed container of boiled eggs with date mark past 10 days. CDI- discarded. For more information, please visit: https://health.mecknc.gov/envhealth/food-and-facilities-sanitation or view our training videos at the following weblinks: What are TCS Foods https://youtu.be/bRvqAETDjQU and Date Marking Food Safely https://youtu.be/BOPsSNUajYs .

7-102.11 Label working containers of toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers.-Pf observed unlabeled spray bottle of blue solution. CDI. PIC stated it was dawn, dish, dishwashing detergent, and label labeled as such

4-301.11 Provide equipment in number and capacity so that cooling, heating, and holding temperatures are achieved. -Pf observed facility batch, cooking and cooling hamburgers, as well as tomatoes and onions. Cooling violation today product discarded. Facility not permitted to cool hot TCS foods per the permit conditions.

4-302.12 Provide an accessible thermometer for use. Provide a thin probe thermometer for accurate measure of thin foods.-Pf . observed PIC unable to produce a thin diameter thermometer. VR 10 days.

3-305.11 Store food in a clean, dry location, not exposed to contamination. Keep at least 6 inches above the floor. observed plastic container of raw onions and box of avocados stored on the floor CDI remove removed from floor.

4-302.14 Provide a test kit that accurately measures sanitizer concentrations. -Pf observed facility is using QAC based sanitizer with chlorine test strips VR for QAC test strips