Failure to Date and Properly Store Opened Dry Food Items
Penalty
Summary
During a kitchen tour, surveyors observed multiple opened dry food items, including cake mix, cornbread mix, waffle mix, buttermilk biscuits, pudding and pie filling, graham cracker crumbs, strawberry and lime gelatin mixes, and batter mix, that were not labeled with the date they were opened. The Dietary Manager confirmed that the facility only dates items upon receipt and does not date them when opened. Additionally, none of the opened dry food items were stored in airtight containers; instead, they were left in their original bags with clips to keep them closed. These practices were not in accordance with the facility's policy, which requires opened products to be labeled, dated with the use by date, and tightly covered, and for dry goods to be stored in plastic containers with tight-fitting lids.