Unsanitary Food Storage Due to Rusted Refrigerator Shelves
Penalty
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Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to maintain safe and sanitary food storage practices in the kitchen, specifically in the walk-in refrigerator where four shelves were found to be cracked and rusted. Ready-to-cook foods were stored on or directly under these rusted shelves. Multiple staff members, including the dietary supervisor and the administrator, acknowledged that the racks in the refrigerator were rusty and needed replacement. The facility's policy and procedures for food storage, reviewed earlier in the year, required food items to be stored, thawed, and prepared in accordance with good sanitary practice, which was not followed in this instance.