Failure to Store and Label Food According to Professional Standards
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to store food in accordance with professional standards for food service safety, as evidenced by multiple observations during a survey. In the kitchen, cookies were found in the freezer with an incomplete date, lacking the year. In the A-Wing pantry, open containers of pickles and cotton candy were not dated, and the refrigerator temperature was recorded at 76 degrees Fahrenheit. In the B-Wing pantry, a sandwich was found unsealed and undated, and multiple individual juice cups were not dated; the refrigerator temperature in this area was 44 degrees Fahrenheit. These findings were confirmed by nursing staff and the regional certified food manager, who stated that opened food items are required to be labeled and dated for seven days and that items in the refrigerator must be dated.