Failure to Maintain Sanitary Food Storage and Preparation Conditions
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to store and prepare food under sanitary conditions as required by policy and professional standards. Review of the facility's policy indicated that refrigerated foods should be marked with the date for consumption or disposal, but observations in the main kitchen revealed multiple cartons and containers of prepared salads in the walk-in refrigerator that were not labeled or dated. Additionally, the deep cleaning calendar showed that required cleaning tasks, such as cleaning the outside of the dish machine and wiping walls, were not consistently documented as completed, with only two days signed off for the entire month. Further inspection found significant build-up of food debris and dust on kitchen equipment, including the convection oven, grease trap, ceiling vent, and ice machine filter, as well as dirty flooring around the stove and ice machine. The Dietary Technician confirmed that the food should have been labeled and that the areas identified were dirty and needed cleaning.