THE BLUE PLATE

July 28, 2026 — Passed

5 red flags recorded · 90 minutes on site.

• Properly wash, rinse and sanitize all food contact surfaces. Make a 100 ppm bleach sanitizing solution or a 200 ppm quaternary ammonia solution for the third compartment. (Code 113984(d), 114097, 114099.1, 114099.4, 114099.6, 114101(b, c, d), 114105, 114109, 114111, 114113, 11415 (a, b, D), 114117, 114125(b), 114141)
• 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)
• Provide an approved HACCP plan from the California Department of Public Health Food and Drug Branch for all potentially hazardous food (PHF) products that are packaged for using reduced-oxygen packaging (ROP) for 48 hours or more when the smoking of food is used as a method of preservation or when PHF's are cured. (Code 114057, 114057.1, 114417.6, 114419)
• Immediately provide hot running potable water of at least 120°F or greater for the entire food preparation facility. (Code 113953(c), 114163(a)(3), 114189, 114192.1, 114195, 114279)
• Rapidly cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours, then from 70°F to 41°F within 4 hours. Discontinue cooling PHF's at room temperature. Rapid cool by any of the following approved methods: 1) Ice water bath 2) Ice wand 3) Shallow stainless steel pans filled 2-3 inches and store in refrigerator 4) Separate into smaller or thinner portions and store in refrigerator 5) Blast chiller 6) Any combination of the above. Use the following approved methods provided on the rapid cooling guideline. (Code 114002, 114002.1)