Tomaso's Pizza & Bbq, 1061 N Center Point Rd, Hiawatha, IA 52233 - inspection findings and violations



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Name: TOMASO'S PIZZA & BBQ
Address: 1061 N Center Point Rd, Hiawatha, IA 52233
Phone: 319-393-5610
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: 05/12/2015

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

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  • Eating, drinking, or using tobacco
    Observation: Employee beverage cup with ice cream with no lid in freezer.Food must employee must have covered cup container to prevent mouth to hand contamination.
  • Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems design, installation, and cleaning
    Observation: Vents in coolers are dusty. Must be cleaned and free of dust to prevent contamination.
  • Storage of clean equipment and utensils
    Observation: Single use items stored less then 6" off the floor in pizza island. All single serving items must be stored at least 6" above to floor covered and inverted.
  • Established procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
    Observation: There is no current clean up procedure for vomiting and diarrhea (V&D). Must have procedure for cleaning and sanitizing in case of Norovirus or other gastrointestinal diseases.
  • Miscellaneous sources of contamination
    Observation: Tomato sauce in a storage container with no cover or lid on it. All food must be covered or protected when not in use.
  • Plumbing system maintained in good repair
    Observation: Center control valve on three compartment sink does not shut off water.All plumbing must be maintained in proper working order.
  • Food storage containers identified with common name of food
    Observation: There were food containers containing powder with no label on it. All food working containers must be labeled with the common name of the food to easily identify the food.
  • In-use utensils, between-use storage
    Observation: Bowl inside corn flour used as scoop. Must have utensils with the handle of scoop outside of the food to prevent contamination.
  • Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
    Observation: One container of milk was not date marked in a pepsi reach i cooler.All potentially hazardous food must be date marked if not used in 24. hrs and discarded n 7 days.Discarded on site.
  • Equipment openings, closures, and deflectors
    Observation: Sneeze guard on salad bar is cracked and broken. Must be smooth, easily cleanable and non absorbent surface. Replace to prevent physical contamination in food.
  • Manual and mechanical warewashing equipment, chemical sanitation - temp, pH, concentration, and hardness
    Observation: 1) Blue bucket with chlorine sanitizing solution was too weak. Must have proper concentration of sanitizer between 50-100 ppm.Use test strip to check proper concentration. 2) Sanitizer mixing valve is not working properly. Must be maintained to provide proper sanitizing of the equipment.
  • Responsibility of food employees and conditional employees to report
    Observation: There is no Employee Reporting Agreement available at the time of inspection. Must have a signed reporting agreement for all employees.
  • Backflow protection
    air gap, device standard, when required
  • Handwashing signage
    Observation: There is no employee washing sign in women restroom. Must have sign that all employee must have wash their hands prior returning to work.Provide the sign
  • Physical facilities maintained in good repair
    Observation: Several ceiling tiles cracked and broken. All physical facilities must be sealed , repaired in good shape to prevent entering the pest and contamination.
05/12/2015Regular
  • Material characteristics of non-food contact surfaces
    Observation: The outer area of the meat slicer (not on the food contact area) has some build up. Clean the entire slicer when cleaning the food contact surfaces of the slicer.
  • Drying mops
    Observation: One wet mop was noted to be stored in the bucket and not properly air drying. Suggest hanging hooks for drying. Wet mops shall be stored to prevent contamination of walls, equipment or supplies. Owner was educated and verbalized understanding. CORRECTED ON SITE.
  • Date marking for ready to eat, PHF/TCS food prepared on-site or opened commercial container held for more than 24 hours
    Observation: Over all date marking is excellent. One container of milk was not date marked. All PHF shall be date marked if not used within 24 hours and discarded in 7 days. CORRECTED ON SITE
  • Drying agents
    Observation: The 3 tank sink which dispenses chlorine is adjusted to high and 200 ppm of chlorine was noted. Chlorine sanitizer shall be maintained at 50-100ppm. Adjust the 3 tank sink dispenser as needed.The bucket of sanitizer was CORRECTED ON SITE.
  • Separating raw animal foods from raw ready to eat food and separating raw animal food from cooked ready to eat foods
    Observation: In the walk in cooler a dozen eggs were stored above green leafy vegetables. Ready to eat food items shall be protected from raw food items. CORRECTED ON SITE.
02/11/2014Routine
  • Sanitization of food contact surfaces - before use and after cleaning
    Concentration of chlorine sanitizer buckets was less than 50 ppm. Chlorine sanitizer must be maintained between 50-100 ppm and use room temp water to ensure chlorine does not volatize. CORRECTED.
  • Eating, drinking, or using tobacco
    Observed a cup with a drink in it without a lid. All employees drinks in food prep areas must be covered.
  • equipment food contact surfaces and utensils clean to sight and touch.
    Containers holding various items such as spices and flour have build up. Containers must be wash, rinsed, and sanitized and maintain cleaning at frequency to prevent future build up. --There is dried food debris on deli slicer. All food contact surfaces must be clean to sight and touch. Clean slicer.
05/31/2013Routine

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