F0812

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Failure to Properly Store and Label Food and Nutritional Supplements

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Survey Completed on 03-12-2026

Penalty

No penalty information released

Summary

Surveyors identified a deficiency in the facility’s failure to store and serve food and beverages in accordance with professional standards and the facility’s own policies. The facility’s policy on food brought in from outside required containers to be labeled with the food item name, resident name, date, and stored in an appropriate refrigerator, and the dry food storage policy required food to be stored six inches off the floor and opened items to be kept in sealed, covered containers. During observation of the dry storage room, surveyors found one package of dried chicken gravy that was not securely closed or date marked. In the walk-in refrigerator, a plastic container of fresh sweet potatoes was observed without a date. In the walk-in freezer, a case of crescent rolls was found open on the floor with one tray removed from the case. The Food Service Director acknowledged at the time of each observation that these items were not stored or labeled as required.

Further observations in nourishment refrigerators on both the first and second floors showed additional failures to follow food storage and labeling standards. In the first-floor nourishment refrigerator, surveyors observed a plastic container of soup, a Styrofoam container of French fries with cheese sauce, a Styrofoam container with a chicken fajita, and a plastic container of taco salad, none of which were marked with a resident identifier or date, contrary to the facility’s policy for outside food. In the second-floor nourishment refrigerator, two 32-ounce containers of Med Pass 2.0 nutritional supplement were open, partially used, and not date marked. The Regional RD confirmed that the Med Pass containers should have been dated when opened. When these concerns were discussed with the NHA, no additional information was provided.