Failure to Label, Date, and Monitor Food Storage and Temperatures
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure proper labeling and dating of food items in both the kitchen and nourishment refrigerators. During observations, surveyors found expired and undated food items, including a container of Parmesan cheese and a container of jam in the kitchen refrigerator, as well as a fruit cup past its use-by date and six undated fruit cups in the nourishment refrigerator on East Hall. These items were not removed in accordance with the facility's stated policy of discarding food after three days or by the use-by date. Additionally, the facility did not maintain accurate temperature logs for the nourishment refrigerator on East Hall. The temperature log was missing entries for several consecutive days, indicating a lack of consistent monitoring. Staff interviews confirmed that kitchen staff were responsible for labeling, dating, and monitoring food storage and temperatures, but these procedures were not consistently followed, resulting in the deficiencies observed.