Xi An Gourmet House

Food properly labeled; original container — Inspector Note: Observed bags of bones, dumplings, meat inside of deep freezer that we not in original packaging and unlabelled. CA: Advised PIC to label all food items not in its original container/bag and date mark it.

Food properly labeled; original container — Inspector Note: Observed several bottles and containers of oil, water, and sauces stored near the stove top and on the spice rack near the stove unlabelled. code: Food Storage Containers, Identified with Common Name of Food. Except for containers holding food that can be readily and unmistakably recognized, such as dry pasta, working containers holding food or food ingredients that are removed from their original packages for use in the food establishment, such as cooking oils, flour, herbs, potato flakes, salt, spices, and sugar shall be clearly and legibly identified, in English, with the common name of the food. CA: Advised PIC to label all bottles and containers

Wiping cloths: properly used and stored — Inspector Note: Observed old sanitizer buckets filled with old rags sitting inside of it. CA: Advised PIC to remake buckets every 2-4 hours or when the bucket becomes dirty or cloudy.

Posted: Permit/Inspection/Choking Poster/Handwashing — Inspector Note: Observed the most recent health inspection report and permit was not posted at the time of inspection. The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away. CA Advised PIC post most recent report.

Warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips — Inspector Note: Observed PIC could not locate test strips at time of inspection. CA: Advised PIC to order more to have on hand at all times.

Food stored covered — Inspector Note: Observed food being stored uncovered inside of walk-in cooler cooked meat in containers. Observed stored bowls of lamb and noodles inside of reach in cooler without coverings. Observe the metal pot stored uncovered. CA: Advised PIC to cover all containers with food in them.

Proper date marking and disposition — Inspector Note: Observed (noddle's, bags of bones, dumplings, lamb meat) prepped and held in walk in cooler and deep freezer without proper date marking. CA: Advised PIC to label all food items.

Wiping cloths: properly used and stored — Inspector Note: Observed high concentration of sani buckets inside of kitchen. code: Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be: (i) Held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a concentration specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.05(6)(n); and (ii) Laundered daily. COS:PIC remade buckets.

Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used — Inspector Note: observed the cutting boards in the establishment in need of resurfacing or replacement. CA: Cutting Surfaces. Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they cannot be resurfaced.

Nonfood-contact surfaces clean — Inspector Note: During routine inspection observed equipment (RIC) heavily soiled with old food debris and encrusted grease. The food-contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans shall be kept free of encrusted grease deposits and other soil accumulations.

Hands clean and properly washed — Inspector Note: During routine inspection EHS observed several violations related to this code. employee were found using cell phone, and moving raw meet in and out of a sink employee then continued to next task without washing hands to change gloves.