Back Yard Deli, 300 Main Ave, Clear Lake, IA 50428 - inspection findings and violations



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Name: BACK YARD DELI
Address: 300 Main Ave, Clear Lake, IA 50428
Phone: 641-357-2234
Total inspections: 7
Last inspection: 10/22/2015

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Inspection findings

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  • Non-food contact surfaces and food contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans are clean
    Observation:The door seals on the prep cooler are soiled.
  • Physical facilities maintained clean: Cleaning frequency, restrictions, and methods
    Observation: The area around the flood drain in the basement is soiled.
10/22/2015Regular
  • Bare hand contact with ready to eat foods
    Observation: A food worker touched the toast with bare hands. This violation was corrected on-site through discussion with the owner.
  • Physical facilities maintained clean: Cleaning frequency, restrictions, and methods
    Observation: The floor drain in the basement is heavily soiled.
06/11/2015Regular
  • Physical facilities maintained clean: Cleaning frequency, restrictions, and methods
    Observation: The floor under the fryers are soiled.
  • Cold and hot holding equipment used for PHF/TCS foods are equipped with at least one temperature measuring device that measures temperature in the coldest part of a hot holding unit or the warmest part of a cold holding unit and located and designed to allow for easy viewing.
    Observation: The thermometer in the small white refrigerator in the kitchen is unreadable (cloudy dial).
01/27/2015Regular
  • Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
    Observation: Some perishable ready-to-eat foods are not date marked: deli meats when opened from their commercial packaging, home made sauces---Also make sure a system is in place to be able to track food prepared on-site and frozen before and after freezing.
  • Non-food contact surfaces and food contact surfaces of cooking equipment and pans are clean
    Observation: The two prep coolers have excessive food particles/spills and wet towels to soak up excess moisture.
  • PHF/TCS foods maintained at 41°F or below, except during preparation, cooling, cooling, or when time is used as a public health control
    Observation: The north prep cooler food varied in temperature and some was up to 50 F---Service company was called at the time of this inspection.
  • Plumbing system maintained in good repair
    Observation: There is a leaky drain line in the basement---Service company has been contacted and it will be repaired on 9/22/2014. A bucket has been placed to catch the leak in the meantime.
  • Hand drying provided
    Observation: There were no paper towels at the kitchen hand washing sink---Corrected on-site be placing a roll of paper towels next to the hand washing sink.
09/19/2014Routine
  • Test kit provided and used to measure sanitizing solution concentration
    Observation: There were no test papers to monitor the chlorine bleach sanitizer.
02/06/2014Routine
  • Hand drying provided
    THERE WERE NO PAPER TOWELS AT THE HAND WASHING SINK.
  • Sanitizers
    THERE IS SCENTED BLEACH BEING USED FOR SANITIZING DISHES.
08/26/2013Routine
  • Foods are cooled using appropriate methods
    A LARGE PAN OF AU JUS WAS COOLING IN A PREP COOLER-----THIS PAN WAS MOVED TO AN ICE BATH DURING THIS INSPECTION.
  • Roasts held at a temperature of 130°F or above
    THE PREP TABLE COOLER WAS 49 F-----THE FOOD WAS PULLED FROM THIS COOLER DURING THE INSPECTION.
04/16/2013Routine

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