Failure to Maintain Food Storage Temperature Logs
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to store food in accordance with professional standards by not maintaining documented refrigerator and freezer temperature logs for all five refrigeration/freezer units reviewed. Temperature logs for the snack refrigerators on multiple halls, as well as the walk-in cooler and walk-in freezer in the kitchen, showed numerous missing entries over several months. Specific dates were identified where no temperatures were recorded, indicating a lack of consistent monitoring of food storage conditions. During an interview, the Dietary Manager confirmed that kitchen staff were responsible for checking all refrigerators daily and acknowledged the presence of many missing temperature records. The issue was identified upon the Dietary Manager's hiring, and it was noted that the missing dates should have been filled in. This failure to document and monitor refrigerator and freezer temperatures was observed and verified through record review and staff interview.