Lotus Gardens Restaurant - Inspection Report

Inspection Information:

Facility Type:	Restaurant
Inspection type:	Routine
Inspection date:	October 07, 2010
Number of critical violations:	2
Number of non-critical violations:	3
Follow-up Required:	Yes

Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.

Code	Description / Observation / Corrective Action
108	Critical Repeat Improper Cleaning, Sanitizing of Equipment and Utensils Observation: The dishwasher is not showing any sanitizer in the rinse cycle. The bleach container for the dishwasher is very old and the bleach concentrate has lost its strength. A 20 Litre bleach bucket is being used with the dishwasher. Corrective Action: Change the bleach container. The dishwasher must sanitize at >50 ppm chlorine concentration in the rinse cycle. Use smaller bleach containers. All the dishes must be sanitized manually until the dishwasher is repaired.
109	Critical Other (Specify) Observation: The operator is using the restaurant premises and equipment to store his household items/foods. Corrective Action: All the personal items, foods must be stored in the living area upstairs. Do not use the restaurant equipment to store personal food items.
110	Food Not Protected - General Observation: Potatoes and orange boxes are being stored underneath the raw meat in the walk in cooler shelves. Corrective Action: Do not store any vegetables or fruits underneath the raw meat. The violation corrected at the time of this inspection.
110	Food Not Protected - General Observation: The thermometer in the walk in cooler is not accurate. Corrective Action: Provide an accurate thermometer in the walk in cooler.
112	Poor Sanitary Design, Construction, Installation of Equipment & Utensils Observation: The dry storage area on the first floor has is not being cleaned. There is grease build up on the floor. There is lot of unnecessary equipment and junk lying in this area Corrective Action: The floors in the dry storage area on the first floor needs to be refinished to make it easily cleanable. Plan to provide new flooring in the dry storage area. All the items that are not related to the operation of the restaurant must be removed from the restaurant premises. No food boxes should be stored on the floor. Provide some physical separation between the food boxes and the non food related items.
116	Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment Observation: 3. Some floor repair needed at the walk in cooler entrance. Corrective Action: 3. The floor in front of the walk in cooler entrance must be repaired.
116	Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment Observation: 2. The chest freezer in the kitchen has huge ice build up inside Corrective Action: 2. The chest freezer needs to be defrosted and cleaned.
116	Improper Construction / Maintenance of Establishment Observation: 1. The kitchen is in need of through cleaning. There is a grease build up on all the shelves, equipment and walls. Corrective Action: 1. Clean the kitchen and organize all the items. A thorough cleaning is need. Target completion date 21 Oct, 2010

Comments:

General observations:
All temperatures are meeting health requirements.
The wiping clothes are being stored in the 100 ppm bleach solution.
Sanitizer test strips are available but not being used.
The hand washing stations and customer washrooms have soap and single use towels available.