Failure to Properly Store and Label Food Items
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to store food in accordance with professional standards and its own policies, as observed during inspections of the kitchen and pantry. In the kitchen, a chest freezer contained a bucket of vanilla ice cream and two pints of ice cream inside a brown paper bag, all without labels or dates, which was acknowledged by the Dietary Manager. Additionally, in the kitchen pantry, a package of elbow macaroni was found with no label or date. Facility policies require all foods to be stored wrapped or in covered containers, labeled and dated, and arranged to prevent cross-contamination, as well as for storage areas to be neat and date-marked as appropriate. These deficiencies had the potential to affect all 84 residents in the facility.