TACO JOINT

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION. FOUND 20 LB OF COOKED BEANS STORED IN WALK-IN COOLER AT INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 56.3F. BEANS STORED IN WALKING COOLER IN A LARGE PLASTIC CONTAINER WITH A TIGHT FITTING COVER A DAY BEFORE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE AT 40F OR LOWER. FOOD ITEM DISCARDED VALUED AT $20.

SANITIZING RINSE FOR EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS: CLEAN, PROPER TEMPERATURE, CONCENTRATION, EXPOSURE TIME - Comments: LOW TEMP DISH MACHINE NOT DISPENSING ANY CHEMICAL SANITIZER AT FINAL RINSE, MACHINE WAS BEING USED DURING INSPECTION, NO TEST STRIPS AVAILABLE. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE SANITIZER CONCENTRATION FOR ALL DISH MACHINES. MACHINE IS TAGGED NOT ALLOWED TO USE, MUST CONTACT THE OFFICE OF CDPH WHEN REPAIRED FOR TAG REMAOVAL.

FLOORS: CONSTRUCTED PER CODE, CLEANED, GOOD REPAIR, COVING INSTALLED, DUST-LESS CLEANING METHODS USED - Comments: FOOD DEBRIS FOUND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN FLOOR AND MAINTAIN.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: LOOSE FAUCET KNOB AT BUSSING/ CHIPS STATION, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.

FACILITIES TO MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE - Comments: FACILITY NOT MAINTAINING PROPER COOLING TEMPERATURE. FOUND PREP COOLER INTERNAL TEMPRATURE AT 51.6F AT MAIN FRONT KITCHEN. INSTRUCTED TO KEEP AT 40.0 OR LOWER. COOLER IS TAGGED, NOT ALLOWED TO USE, MUST REQUEST TAG REMOVAL INSPECTION WHEN REPAIRED.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION, FOUND SEVERAL FOOD ITEMS STORED TEMPERATURE DANGER ZONE. 8 LBS OF RAW CHICKEN AT 51.7F, 5 LBS OF RAW FISH AT 52.6F AND 4 LBS OF RAW BEEF AT 53.5F, INSTRUCTED MGR TO STORE SUCH FOOD ITEMS AT 40F OR LOWER. FOOD ITEMS DISCARDED VALUED AT $60.

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT EQUIPMENT UTENSILS CLEAN, FREE OF ABRASIVE DETERGENTS - Comments: COOLING UNIT IN WALK-IN COOLER WITH DIRT BUILD-UP ON EDGES, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.

REFRIGERATION AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND CONSPICUOUS - Comments: MISSING THERMOMETER AT PREP COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.

POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD MEETS TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENT DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION DISPLAY AND SERVICE - Comments: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD ITEMS STORED AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE. 5 LBS OF COOKED SHREDED CHICKEN AT 57.4F, 3 LB OF COOKED BEEF AT 48.7F AND COOKED BEANS AT 48.5F. ALL ITEMS WERE STORED IN WALK-IN COOLER FOR A DAY OR MORE. INSTRUCTED TO COOL DOWN HOT FOODS PREOPERLY AND MAINTAIN AT 40F OR LOWER. LISTED ITEMS DISCARDED VALUED AT $40.

FOOD IN ORIGINAL CONTAINER, PROPERLY LABELED: CUSTOMER ADVISORY POSTED AS NEEDED - Comments: BULK FOOD CONTAINERS NOT LABELED, INSTRUCTED TO LABEL

FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES PROPERLY DESIGNED, CONSTRUCTED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: WOODEN BOARD USED AS A SPLASH GUARD NEXT TO SPRAYER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A NON-ABSORBANT MATERIAL THATS EASY TO CLEAN.

LIGHTING: REQUIRED MINIMUM FOOT-CANDLES OF LIGHT PROVIDED, FIXTURES SHIELDED - Comments: INADEQUATE LIGHING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL.

VENTILATION: ROOMS AND EQUIPMENT VENTED AS REQUIRED: PLUMBING: INSTALLED AND MAINTAINED - Comments: LEAKY PIPE UNDER 3-COMP SINK, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.