Deficient Food Storage and Sanitation Practices Identified
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that food was stored, prepared, distributed, and served in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. During a tour of the Food Service Department, surveyors observed a foul smell caused by food debris in the dishwasher area and noted that the walls in this area had streaks of black dirt. In the walk-in cooler, several food items, including a 10-pound turkey, beef bologna, and two 10-pound ground beef packages, were labeled only with the received date and not with use-by or discard dates as required by facility policy. Additionally, a top round of meat was found with only a received date and no indication of when it was removed from the freezer to defrost, contrary to policy requirements for labeling and dating refrigerated foods.