F0812

F

Improper Food Storage and Unsanitary Kitchen Surfaces

Greensboro, North Carolina Survey Completed on 03-18-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

The facility failed to properly label, date, seal, and discard food items stored in the main kitchen’s walk-in freezer and refrigerator. During an observation with the Dietary Manager, surveyors found multiple opened, unlabeled, and unsealed items in the walk-in freezer, including cheese ravioli, lasagna pasta sheets, dinner rolls, and hamburger patties, several of which showed signs of frostbite, ice crystal formation, and grayish-brown discoloration. In the walk-in refrigerator, surveyors observed an opened, unlabeled 5-pound bag of shredded parmesan cheese, an opened, unlabeled container of stewed apples with a brownish discolored surface and mushy, slimy fruit, and an opened, unlabeled 1-pound bag of shredded cheese. The Dietary Manager acknowledged that open food items should be labeled and dated daily, sealed when stored, and discarded when needed, and stated that these freezer items needed to be discarded.

The facility also failed to maintain clean and intact walls and ceilings in the main kitchen, including the dishwashing, steamtable/food line, and food preparation areas. Surveyors observed black substances on wall and ceiling surfaces in the dishwashing area, as well as on ceiling areas with AC vents over the steamtable/food line and over the food prep table, where the sheetrock and plaster showed deterioration and were no longer supported. Staff interviews revealed that dietary staff had a cleaning schedule and assignments for kitchen cleaning on their shifts but were not responsible for cleaning high walls or ceilings. The Administrator and Maintenance Supervisor confirmed the presence of the black substance and the deteriorated ceiling areas and acknowledged that no work had been performed to remove the black substance or repair the sheetrock or plaster since the issues were identified months earlier.