Failure to Ensure Proper Food Service Hygiene and Equipment Cleaning
Penalty
Summary
A dietary staff member was observed in the kitchen without a facial hair covering while taking temperatures of lunch meal items at the steam table. The staff member acknowledged not wearing the covering because he was about to go on break, but also stated he should have had his beard and mustache covered while in the kitchen. The Dietary Manager confirmed that all dietary staff had recently been trained on the requirement to cover facial hair at all times in the kitchen, and that the staff member should have completed food temperature checks before going on break. The Administrator also confirmed that the staff member should have been wearing a facial hair covering while in the kitchen. Additionally, the convection oven doors in the kitchen were observed to be covered with a brown substance, and the deep fryer contained food particles in the oil and along the sides. The convection oven had last been cleaned over a week prior, and the deep fryer had not been cleaned since several days before the observation, despite being used the previous day. The Dietary Manager stated that both the oven and fryer should be cleaned after each use, and acknowledged that the equipment had not been cleaned as required. The Administrator confirmed that a daily cleaning schedule should have been in place for both pieces of equipment.