Failure to Label Food and Maintain Dishwashing Logs
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure proper labeling and dating of food items stored in the walk-in cooler, as required by its own Food Receiving and Storage policy. During an observation, several food containers, including cooked carrots, barbeque sauce, and multiple containers of chicken noodle soup, were found covered but not labeled or dated. The Dietary Manager confirmed that these items should have been labeled and dated according to facility policy, but were not. Additionally, the facility did not maintain accurate records of dishwasher temperature and sanitizer concentration checks, as outlined in its Dishwashing Machine Use policy. The dishwashing water temperature and sanitizer log had not been documented from after lunch on one date until breakfast nine days later, with no records for the intervening meals. The Dietary Manager and Administrator both acknowledged that the required documentation was missing for this period, despite policy requiring checks and documentation before each meal service.