Failure to Maintain Sanitary Food Storage and Handling Practices
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that staff failed to maintain sanitary food storage and handling practices in the kitchen and dry storage areas. Specifically, three large cheese pizzas and thirteen containers of chocolate chip cookies were found in storage without labels or dates. A large cardboard box of green beans was left open to air in the kitchen freezer, and several food items, including a package of tortillas, two packages of hamburger buns, and one package of hotdog buns, were stored past their expiration dates. During an interview, the Dietary Manager confirmed these findings and acknowledged that all food items should be labeled, dated, stored appropriately, and not expired. These deficiencies were identified as affecting all 117 residents listed on the facility's census at the time of the survey.