Failure to Maintain Sanitary Food Storage and Handling Practices
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to maintain a clean and sanitary kitchen environment and did not store food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety. During an observation of the kitchen, multiple opened, unsealed, and undated boxes of food items, including breakfast sausage patties, hamburger patties, cinnamon rolls, raw cookie dough, and pretzel breadsticks, were found in the walk-in refrigerator and freezer. Additionally, three expired cartons of prune juice were found in dry storage. The facility's own policies require that frozen foods be tightly wrapped, labeled, and dated, and that refrigerated foods be wrapped or covered and stored in sanitary containers. The Dietary Manager confirmed that these items were not properly sealed, dated, or disposed of as required.