Failure to Store and Label Food Items According to Sanitary Standards
Penalty
Summary
Surveyors observed that the facility failed to prepare and serve food under sanitary conditions, as evidenced by multiple food storage violations in the main kitchen. During inspection of the walk-in cooler, a white Styrofoam cooler containing several foil-wrapped items, identified as hot dogs from a previous facility picnic, was found without any date or label. In the free-standing freezer, several items—including a bag of cooked bacon, a brown bag in a zip lock bag, sealed French fries, unsealed hash browns, and ready-to-bake chocolate chip cookies—were found either unsealed, undated, or unlabeled. Dietary staff and the Certified Dietary Manager confirmed that all food items were required to be properly sealed, labeled, and dated, in accordance with facility policy. The facility's documented policy also required all food stored in the freezer or refrigerator to be covered, labeled, and dated, which was not followed in these instances.