Deficient Food Storage and Handling Practices
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed multiple deficiencies in the facility's food storage and handling practices during a tour of the kitchen and pantries with the Dietary Manager. Eight dented cans of various food items were found on shelves intended for resident use, despite the Dietary Manager stating that such cans should be discarded due to the risk of metal shavings. An opened bottle of lemon flavor sweet tea was found unrefrigerated after opening, contrary to proper storage requirements. Additionally, an opened bag of rice was left unsealed and exposed to air. Two bags of corn chips and several seasoning/spice bottles, a bottle of steak sauce, and three grated cheese containers were all found with use-by dates that had already passed, indicating expired food items were not discarded as required. These findings were in direct violation of the facility's policy to store, prepare, distribute, and serve food under sanitary conditions.