Failure to Serve Palatable Hot Food Items
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to serve food items that were palatable, as required by its policy on food temperatures. During observation of the supper meal service, it was noted that there was a significant delay between the preparation of the food cart and the actual serving of the trays to residents. A test tray revealed that while cold items such as milk and salsa salad were served at appropriate cold temperatures, hot food items including taco beef and rice were served at temperatures of 109.3°F and 113.2°F, respectively, and were described as cold and not palatable. The Dietary Manager confirmed that these hot food items were indeed cold and not palatable at the time of service.