June 23, 2025 — Passed
19 red flags recorded · 150 minutes on site.
- The floor finish shall be smooth, durable, easily cleanable, and non-absorbent in all areas where there is food service or preparation, open food storage, warewashing, janitorial service, trash storage, and employee restrooms.
- 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.
- Hand sinks shall be sufficient in number and conveniently located so as to be accessible at all times.
- Floor surfaces shall be coved at the juncture of the floor and wall with a 3/8 inch minimum radius coving and shall extend up the wall at least 4 inches.
- Provide a designated area for refuse, recyclables, and compost separate from food, equipment, and utensils.
- Wall and ceiling finish shall be smooth, durable, easily cleanable, and non-absorbent in all areas where there is food service or preparation, open food storage, warewashing, janitorial service, trash storage, and employee restrooms.
- Provide a 3-compartment sink with two integral metal drainboards for manually washing, rinsing, and sanitizing equipment and utensils.
- The water supply shall be from a water system approved by the local enforcement agency.
- Equipment for cooling, e.g. ice machine, walk-in cooler/freezer, shall be sufficient in number and capacity to ensure proper food temperature control.
- Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be located in a designated room or area where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, and single-use articles cannot occur.
- Toilet rooms shall be separated by well-fitted, self-closing doors that prevent the passage of flies, dust or odors.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- All new and used equipment and utensils shall be certified or classified for sanitation by an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) accredited certification program, e.g. NSF, ETL Sanitation, UL Sanitation, CSA Sanitation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Food on display shall be protected from contamination by approved a sneeze guard (e.g. vertical glass sneezeguard 60" Above Finished Floor).
- At least one curbed cleaning facility or janitorial sink equipped with hot and cold water and a drain shall be provided and conveniently located.