Improper Storage of Leftover Food in Walk-In Cooler
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to store food in accordance with its own policy and professional food safety standards. During a kitchen tour, surveyors observed a clear plastic container in the walk-in cooler containing five leftover potato triangles (hashbrowns) that were labeled with a prepared date but lacked a discard date. The prepared date indicated that the food item was beyond the facility's policy of using or discarding prepared or leftover foods within three days. The Dietary Manager confirmed during the observation that the potato triangles were past their use-by date and should have been discarded.