La Frontera Cafe, 61 W 10600 S, Sandy, UT 84070 - inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Restaurant name: LA FRONTERA CAFE
Address: 61 W 10600 S, Sandy, UT 84070
Phone: (801) 553-9500
Restaurant type: Restaurants: plated
Risk level: Risk Level 3
Total inspections: 10
Last inspection: 2/23/2015
Score
84

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

Type

Score

Action taken

  • Food handler cards are not readily available for examination. (1 penalty point)
  • The certified manager is not registered with SLCoHD. (Required to register at the Food Protection Bureau within 7 days.) (1 penalty point)
  • A white powder container is not labeled. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • Scoops are stored with handles in contact with food. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • Containers of food in the walk-in cooler are not covered to prevent contamination. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • Critical: Potentially hazardous foods are incorrectly date-marked. (3 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Food equipment is not being air dried before being nested together. (1 penalty point)
  • A non-food grade drill is being used for mixing without a drip guard in place. (1 penalty point)
  • The warewash area handsink is not sealed to the wall. (1 penalty point)
  • The gasket on the back beer cooler is damaged. (1 penalty point)
  • The 3-compartment sink faucet is leaking. (1 penalty point)
  • The warewash area hand sink lacks handwash signage. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • The vents on the exterior of the ventilation hood are dusty. (1 penalty point)
  • The mop is not hung to air dry. (1 penalty point)
2/23/2015Routine84Advise & Educate
  • Permit posted is expired. (1 penalty point)
  • Not all food employees have a current food handler card. (1 penalty point)
  • There is no certifed or registered food safety manager. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: An employee beverage is in the freezer with for sale items. (3 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Rice scoop is being stored with handle in contact with rice. Bowls are used for food scoops and are stored inside spice containers. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
    2 occurences.
  • Wet wiping cloths are not stored in sanitizer solution. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • Food is being stored on the floor in the walk in cooler. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • Potentially hazardous food is thawing in standing water. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • Critical: Tomatoes are at 53, and guacamole is at 58 on ice on the prep table. (6 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Critical: The canopener is unclean to sight and touch. (6 penalty points)
  • The interior of the microwave is unclean. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: No hot water at the sink by the 3 compartment sink. (3 penalty points)
  • The back door is not tight fitting, and the Screen is in disrepair. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
  • A handwash sign is not at each handsink used by employees. (1 penalty point)
  • Various floor surfaces are damaged. (1 penalty point)
  • The mop is not hung to air dry. (1 penalty point)
    Corrected on site.
9/9/2014Routine70
  • Not all food employees have a current food handler card. (1 penalty point)
  • The certified manager is not registered with SLVHD. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas. Employees are eating in food preparation areas. (3 penalty points)
    2 occurences.
  • Critical: Employees are handling ready to eat foods with bare hands. (6 penalty points)
  • Critical: Salsa is being held out of temperature control at 46°F on a counter. (6 penalty points)
  • Various surfaces are lined with foil. (1 penalty point)
  • There are missing ceiling tiles in the kitchen. The cover is missing on the front of the fryer. (1 penalty point)
    2 occurences.
  • Cutting boards are scratched and scored and no longer easily cleanable. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: The interior of the ice machine is unclean. (6 penalty points)
  • The faucet is leaking on the hand sink. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: There is no hot water at the hand sink. (6 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Not all lights are shielded or shatterproof. (1 penalty point)
  • Hand sinks in the kitchen lack hand washing signage. (1 penalty point)
  • Various floor surfaces are damaged. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: There are numerous flies present in the facility. (3 penalty points)
8/5/2013Routine61Advise & Educate
  • Critical: Employees personal beverages are not separated from food preparation areas. (3 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Food containers are not labeled with the common name of the food. (1 penalty point)
  • In-use utensils are stored with handles in contact with food. Bowls are used for food scoops and are stored inside food containers. (1 penalty point)
    2 occurences.
  • Critical: Potentially hazardous food is being cooled in deep containers. (3 penalty points)
  • Critical: Potentially hazardous and ready to eat foods that are prepared on-site and held for more than 24 hours are not date-marked. (3 penalty points)
  • Critical: Potentially hazardous food is not marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time when the food was removed from temperature control. (6 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Critical: There is no sanitizer test kit available. (3 penalty points)
  • Critical: Sanitizer concentration in wiping cloth container(s) is too strong. (6 penalty points)
  • Fan covers in the walk-in cooler are dirty. (1 penalty point)
  • There is no hand drying provision at the hand sink. (3 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
10/30/2012Routine70Advise & Educate
  • Not all food employees have a current food handler card. (1 penalty point)
  • There is no certifed or registered food safety manager. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: The employee washing dishes did not wash his hands before handling clean dishware after doing cleaning tasks. (6 penalty points)
  • Critical: The employee washing dishes washed his hands at the three compartment sink. (3 penalty points)
  • Critical: Personal employee beverage are stored among food items. (3 penalty points)
  • Containers storing white dry ingredients are not labeled. (1 penalty point)
  • Scoop handles are stored touching the dry ingredients. (1 penalty point)
  • Wet wiping cloths are stored on preparation counters outside of a sanitizer bucket. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: Large cooking pots of food are stored to cool at room temperature. (3 penalty points)
  • Critical: Containers of cooked pork are stored on a table at 110 degrees F. (6 penalty points)
  • Shelving racks in the walk-in fridge are rusted making them no longer easily cleanable (1 penalty point)
  • The CO2 tank by the waitress drink station is not secured. (1 penalty point)
  • The mop sink is not sealed to the side wall. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: The cooling vents in the walk-in fridge are unclean with dust accumulation. (6 penalty points)
  • Shelving racks in the Beverage Air fridge are unclean with food accumulation. Shelving racks in the walk-in fridge are unclean with food accumulation. (1 penalty point)
    2 occurences.
  • Various ceiling tile are made from a porous material. (1 penalty point)
  • A light shield above the ware wash machine is broken. (1 penalty point)
  • A soap dispenser at a hand washing sink is broken. (3 penalty points)
  • A section of wall by the large ice machine is damaged. Various floor tiles are damaged and cracked. (1 penalty point)
    2 occurences.
  • Walls behind the food assembly line are unclean. Walls in the mop sink room are unclean. (1 penalty point)
    2 occurences.
  • A mop is stored in the mop bucket and not to air dry. (1 penalty point)
1/26/2012Routine56Advise & Educate
  • Food containers are not labeled with the common name of the food. (1 penalty point)
  • Potentially hazardous food is being cooled in deep containers. Potentially hazardous food is being cooled at room temperature. (3 penalty points)
    2 occurences.
  • Critical: Cut tomatoes on ice are holding out of temperature at 59 degrees F. Guacamole on ice is holding out of temperature at 60 degrees F. (6 penalty points)
    2 occurences.
  • Food equipment is not being air dried before being nested together. (1 penalty point)
  • Wire shelving racks in the walk in fridge are not smooth, easily cleanable and non-absorbent. (1 penalty point)
  • The 3-compartment sink is not sealed to the back wall. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: Cooling fans in the walk in fridge are dirty with dust accumulation. The interior of the ice machine is unclean. (6 penalty points)
    2 occurences.
  • The interior of the microwaves are unclean. (3 penalty points)
  • Wire shelving racks in the walk in fridge are dirty. (1 penalty point)
  • An enclosed employee beverage is stored on top of the dishwash machine. (1 penalty point)
  • Various floor surfaces are damaged. Various ceiling surfaces are damaged. (1 penalty point)
    2 occurences.
7/27/2011Routine75Advise & Educate
  • Not all food employees have a current food handler card. (1 penalty point)
  • The certified manager is not registered with SLVHD. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: Employees are handling ready to eat foods with bare hands. (6 penalty points)
  • Critical: Raw meat is stored above ready-to-eat foods in the Beverage Air cooler. (6 penalty points)
  • Food containers are not labeled with the common name of the food. (1 penalty point)
  • A scoop without a handle is being used to scoop rice. (1 penalty point)
  • Food equipment is not being air dried before being nested together. (1 penalty point)
  • Pressurized cylinders are not secured. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: There is no measurable sanitizer in the final rinse of the dish machine. (6 penalty points)
    Corrected on site.
  • Critical: Cleaned dishware are stored dirty with old food debris on them. (6 penalty points)
  • Hand sinks in the kitchen lack hand washing signage. (1 penalty point)
  • Employee beverage is stored on top of the warewash machine. (1 penalty point)
  • Various floor tile are in disrepair. Floor tiles are missing Various ceiling surfaces are damaged. (1 penalty point)
    3 occurences.
  • Coving is missing in various areas of the kitchen. (1 penalty point)
1/5/2011Routine66Advise & Educate
  • The serve safe manager is not registered with SLVHD. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: Employee drinks are stored on preparation tables. (6 penalty points)
  • Various containers of dry ingredients are not labeled with the common name of the ingredients. (1 penalty point)
  • Scoops to dry ingredients do not have handles to them. (1 penalty point)
  • Sanitizing cloths are stored on preparation counters outside of sanitizer. (1 penalty point)
  • Drity dishes are stored above washed rice. (1 penalty point)
  • Various containers of food in the Beverage-Air fridge are not covered to protect from contamination. (1 penalty point)
  • Not all of the CO2 tanks are secure. (1 penalty point)
  • The cutting boards for the hot hold areas are not properly sealed. (1 penalty point)
  • Various areas of the tile floor and ceiling are in disrepair. (1 penalty point)
  • Mops are stored on the floor unable to air dry. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: Tile grout is stored next to food in the dry goods area. (6 penalty points)
3/17/2010Routine78Advise & Educate
  • Bulk food bins are not labeled. (1 penalty point)
  • There is food stored on the floor in the walk in cooler. (1 penalty point)
  • Containers of raw meat are store on shelf above clean pans. (1 penalty point)
  • CO2 tank is not secured with a chain. (1 penalty point)
  • A single serve cup is used to scoop food. (1 penalty point)
  • Critical: The inside of the ice machine is very unclean. (6 penalty points)
  • Wooden board in the bar is not smooth. (1 penalty point)
  • The light intensity is low in the walk in cooler. (1 penalty point)
  • The FRP is damaged at the bar next to handsink. (1 penalty point)
  • The ceilings are dusty. The floor sink is unclean at the bar. (2 penalty points)
    2 occurences.
  • The coving is coming off at the bar. (1 penalty point)
9/2/2009Routine83Advise & Educate
  • Critical: Employee drink is without a lid or a straw. (6 penalty points)
  • A pan of food is sitting on the floor near the prep area. (1 penalty point)
  • Some cabinets are damaged at the bar. (1 penalty point)
  • The floors are in disrepair, many tiles are coming off, there are some areas where raw wood is used. (1 penalty point)
  • There is some wall damage in the kitchen. (1 penalty point)
1/27/2009Routine90Advise & Educate

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