Failure to Maintain Food Safety and Sanitation Standards
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure proper food safety and sanitation practices in several key areas. During a kitchen tour, the low temperature dish machine was found to be operating below the required wash and rinse temperatures, with recorded temperatures of 115°F and 118°F, respectively, which did not meet the facility's policy of 120°F to 140°F. Additionally, the dish machine temperature logs for March 2025 were incomplete after March 17, 2025. The Dietary Manager attributed these lapses to new dietary staff who were still undergoing training. Further deficiencies were observed in the lack of documentation for sanitizer solution bucket measurements, refrigerator and freezer temperature logs, and food temperature logs for dinner, breakfast, and lunch meals on multiple dates in March 2025. During a dining observation, a registered nurse was seen placing an ice scoop directly onto the ice inside the cooler after use, contrary to facility policy, which requires the scoop to be stored outside the ice chest. The Dietary Manager confirmed that these practices did not align with established procedures for maintaining food safety and sanitation.