A-Z DELI INC

May 30, 2025 — Passed

8 red flags recorded · 80 minutes on site.

• Ensure all equipment is approved, properly installed, clean, and maintained in good repair. Ensure all appliances are NSF-approved, commercial grade, durable, and easily cleanable. (Code 114130-114130.5, 114132, 114133, 114137, 114139, 114153, 114163, 114165, 114167, 114169, 114175, 114177, 114180, 114182)
• Administer all pesticides through a state licensed pest control operator. Immediately discontinue the use of unapproved pesticide at the food facility. Store all poisonous substances, detergents, bleaches, and cleaning compounds away from food, utensils, packaging materials, and food-contact surfaces. Provide label to working containers of chemicals taken from bulk supplies with the common name of the material. Provide legible manufacturer's label to containers of poisonous or toxic materials and personal care items. (Code 114254-114254.2)
• Remove sleeping accommodations from any room where food is prepared, stored, or sold. (Code 114285, 114286, 114365)
• Properly wash hands with hand soap and warm water for a minimum of 10 seconds at the hand washing station when beginning work; before handling food/equipment/utensils; as often as necessary during food preparation to remove soil and contamination; switching from working with raw to ready-to-eat foods; after touching body parts; after using toilet room; contamination of hands occurs. Food employees shall minimize contact with exposed, ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and shall use suitable utensils, gloves, or dispensing equipment. (Code 113952, 113953.3, 113953.4, 113961, 113973)
• All clean and soiled linen shall be properly stored; non-food items shall be stored and displayed separate from food and food-contact surfaces. Utensils and equipment shall be handled and stored so as to be protected from contamination. (Code 114074, 114081, 114119, 114121, 114161, 114178, 114179, 114083, 114185, 114185.2, 114185.3, 114185.4, 114185.5)
• Obtain a state approved food safety certification course within 60 days of operation or when a Food Safety Manager has left the facility. Maintain copies of food safety certificates (food safety manager and food handler cards) on site. (Code 113947.1-113947.6, 113948)
• Provide soap and single-use towels in dispensers, or a drying device at each handwash sink at all times. Maintain all handwash sinks unobstructed and accessible at all times. (Code 113953, 113953.1, 113953.2, 114067(f))
• Provide walls / ceilings using materials that are durable, smooth, nonabsorbent, light-colored, and washable surfaces. All floor surfaces, other than the customer service areas, shall be approved, smooth, durable, and made of nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Approved base coving shall be provided in all areas, except customer service areas and where food is stored in original unopened containers. Food facilities shall be fully enclosed. All food facilities shall be kept clean and in good repair. (Code 114143(d), 114266, 114268, 114268.1, 114271, 114272)

April 21, 2025 — Passed

0 red flags recorded · 145 minutes on site.

No violations recorded on this inspection.

April 10, 2025 — Passed

0 red flags recorded · 60 minutes on site.

No violations recorded on this inspection.

April 2, 2025 — Passed

0 red flags recorded · 90 minutes on site.

No violations recorded on this inspection.

September 24, 2024 — Passed

18 red flags recorded · 105 minutes on site.

• Equipment that discharges liquid waste, e.g. food preparation sinks, dishwashing machines, steam tables, ice machines and bins, espresso machines, walk-in refrigeration units, shall have approved indirect drainage through an air gap into a floor sink or other approved receiving vessel. (Code 114193, 114193.1, 114269)
• All permanent food facilities that wash, rinse, soak, thaw, or similarly prepare foods shall be provided with a food preparation sink with a single integral drainboard. The food preparation sink shall have a minimum dimension of 18"x18"x12" (LxWxD) with an integral drainboard at least 18"x18" (LxW). (Code 114163)
• Food on display shall be protected from contamination by approved a sneeze guard (e.g. vertical glass sneezeguard 60" Above Finished Floor). (Code 114060)
• Floor drains shall be installed in floors that are water-flushed for cleaning and in areas where pressure spray methods for cleaning equipment are used. (Code 114193, 114193.1, 114269)
• Provide a designated area for refuse, recyclables, and compost separate from food, equipment, and utensils. (Code 114244, 114245)
• A permanent food facility shall provide clean toilet facilities in good repair for consumers, guests, or invitees when there is onsite consumption of foods or when the food facility was constructed after July 1, 1984, and has more than 20,000 square feet of floor space. (Code 114276, 114149, SF Health Code Section 440.5)
• All equipment shall be installed on castors, six (6) inch high round metal legs, or on a minimum four (4) inch high curb or pedestal with a continuously coved base at the juncture. (Code 114130, 114169)
• Equipment for holding cold food shall be sufficient in number and capacity to ensure proper food temperature control. (Code 114047, 114153)
• Toilet rooms shall be vented to the outside air by means of an openable, screened window, an air shaft, or a light-switch-activated exhaust fan, consistent with the requirements of local building codes. (Code 114276, 114149, SF Health Code Section 440.5)
• An air gap between the water supply inlet and the flood level rim of the plumbing fixture shall be at least twice the diameter of the water supply inlet and may not be less than 1 inch. (Code 114193, 114193.1, 114269)
• Floor-mounted equipment that is not easily movable shall be sealed to the floor. (Code 114130, 114169)
• A room, area, or cabinet separated from any food preparation or storage area, or warewashing area shall be provided for the storage of cleaning equipment and supplies. (Code 114279, 114281, 114282)
• Toilet rooms shall be separated by well-fitted, self-closing doors that prevent the passage of flies, dust or odors. (Code 114276, 114149, SF Health Code Section 440.5)
• Provide a 3-compartment sink with two integral metal drainboards for manually washing, rinsing, and sanitizing equipment and utensils. (Code 114099)
• Submit specification sheets of proposed equipment to DPH for review and approval, prior to purchase and installation. (Code 114130, 114169)
• Conduits of all types shall be installed within walls as practicable. When otherwise installed, they shall be mounted or enclosed so as to facilitate cleaning. (Code 114271(d))
• A food facility shall at all times be constructed, equipped, and maintained, and operated as to prevent the entrance and harborage of animals, birds, and vermin, including, but not limited to rodents and insects. (Code 114266, 114257, 114257.1, 114259)
• Provide a floor plan showing the path-of-travel to the refuse storage area. (Code 114244, 114245)