Boricua Spot

Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned and Sanitized

PRIORITY VIOLATION-4-501.111 - Priority: Manual Warewashing Equipment, Hot Water Sanitization Temperatures. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4574/AMC-Toolbox---Food-Contact-Surfaces. Addl Notes: Observed no means of chemical sanitization at time of inspection. Food code requires that operators have ability to generate sanitizer solution at all times of operation. PIC walked to nearby store to buy bleach, satisfying requirements. Corrective Action: Corrected at time of inspection.

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Food and Non-Food-Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed and Used

4-202.11 - Priority Foundation: Food-Contact Surfaces-Cleanability. For a permanent fix to this violation, check out these simple tools in our Active Managerial Control Toolbox, made especially for you. https://www.maricopa.gov/4574/AMC-Toolbox---Food-Contact-Surfaces. Addl Notes: Observed a wooden molcajete actively in use with food debris inside. Multiuse food-contact surfaces shall be: smooth; free of breaks, open seams, cracks, chips, inclusions, pits, and similar imperfections; free of sharp internal angles, corners, and crevices; finished to have smooth welds and joints. Wood is too porous to effectively sanitize and therefore is not an acceptible material for preparing foods. PIC to discontinue use of molcajete or find a replacement made of cleanable material such as steel. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.

MCEHC Mobile Food Requirements

MCEHC Chap. 8, Sec. 3, Reg. 1(a)(3) - Mobile Food Type II is not operating as classified. Addl Notes: Observed bottled juices in a cooler with a branded sticker. Per PIC, juices had been made and bottled at their residence. Per MCEHC, permits do not allow permit holders to make food products from home with intent to sell to customers. PIC is to either obtain a Food Production permit from the County -OR- register for the Arizona Cottage Food program and follow state regulations for selling homemade goods. Operator is to keep documentation on hand which signifies that bottled juices are made according to regulations mentioned above. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection. MCEHC Chap. 8, Sec. 3, Reg. 5b - Mobile food establishments shall operate from an approved commissary or other food service establishment as required by this Department, and shall report at least daily to such location for supplies, food storage, vehicle and equipment cleaning, waste disposal, and service operations. Addl Notes: Observed commissary log that had not been used since February. Per PIC, unit had still been operating for the period in between February through to inspection (end of September). Per MCEHC, operators must operate from an approved commissary or other food service establishment as required by this Department, and shall report at least daily to such location for supplies, food storage, vehicle and equipment cleaning, waste disposal, and service operations. PIC to update and maintain Commissary Visits Log to reflect each day's operations and keep available to inspectors for the next routine inspection. Corrective Action: Correct prior to next routine inspection.