Delaware County restaurant inspections

Jun 06, 2023

Comments on food-safety inspections conducted last week by the Delaware County Health Department of establishments with liquor licenses, which contained nine of 11 with violations:

• Dropped off application to employee at customer service area, by lottery. Explained that facility needs to complete application every year to renew license.

• Person in charge is not a Certified Food Protection Manager who has shown proficiency of required information through passing a test that is part of an accredited program.

• Food stored in the freezer is not marked with a use-by date.

• Food storage containers are not labeled.

• Date marking is not on food in the refrigerator are not properly labeled.

• Food storage containers are not labeled.

• Slicer and can opener are not clean to sight and touch.

• Date marking is not on all food items.

• Food stored in an unapproved location on the floor of the walk in refrigeration unit.

• Soil residue present on air vents in the refrigeration units.

• Grease and soil accumulation present on side of fryer.

• Mop was found stored incorrectly in-between use.

• Person in charge had no food employee reporting agreement.

• Food ingredient storage containers are not labeled with common name of the food.

• Test kits or other devices are not available to the employees to measure sanitizing solution concentration.

• Observed a pot of spaghetti sauce stored in the the walk in refrigerator spoiled with mold.

• Container of shellstock (clams) located in (reach in/walk in cooler) without proper shellstock tag identification.

• Raw eggs stored above ready-to-eat fruits.

• Observed knives stored and is not clean to sight and touch.

• Observed walk in cooler ambient temperature is 50 degrees. Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food is not maintained at 41°, or less.

• Date marking is not on all food items stored in walk in cooler.

• Working container of cleaning chemical not properly labeled.

• The method of cooling chicken is inadequate.

• Food is not identifiable. Packaged food shall be identifiable in the kitchen area.

• Observed potatoes stored directly on the floor.

• Food employee is working in food prep area not wearing a hair restraint.

• Test kits or other devices are not available to the employees to measure sanitizing solution concentration.

• Facility has no employee illness reporting policy.

• Establishment does not have procedures for employees to follow when responding to discharging of vomitus or fecal matter.

• Bottles and dishes observed in handwashing sink behind bar.

• Mop not being hung to air dry.

• Raw animal products (eggs) stored above ready-to-eat foods.

• Insect control device (fly glue strip) is over food preparation area in the basement.

• Various microwaves found in use on-site do not meet ANSI/NSF sanitation standards.

• Nonfood-contact surfaces of type two steam hood above dishwashing machine have rusted or are no longer easily cleanable.

• Shelving in some walk-in coolers are rusted.

• Flooring was found in a state of disrepair, or not smooth and easily cleanable.

• Hand washing sink not located in the kitchen area.

• Can opener is not clean to sight and touch.

• A thermometer is not provided in the all refrigeration units.

• Food stored in an unapproved location on the floor.

• In-use wiping cloths are not stored properly.

• Establishment does not have minimum requirements for a service sink for cleaning of mops and floor cleaning tools and the disposal of mop water.

• Hand washing sink blocked by colander.

• Soda guns are not clean to sight and touch.

• Food storage containers are not labeled.

• Food stored in an unapproved location on the floor of the walk in refrigeration unit.

Most of the violations are handled on the spot and a few require follow-up visits.

Eight of the 11 inspections were routine.

There were two follow-ups, including a second run-through at Minella’s Diner, which saw 20-plus violations during an inspection in July. There was also a follow-up stop two weeks later. Each follow-up has found fewer violations.

There was one complaint registered and the resulting inspection yielded six violations. Delaware County presents the inspections without comment, other than the reports themselves.

This week’s clean bill of health: Acme Markets #7788: The Frosted Mug, 601 W. Lancaster Ave., Bryn Mawr. No violations.

Tinicum Township reports through the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture website, and had one inspection during the week. That was at Family Style Pizza II, 111 N. Governor Printz Blvd., Essington, which was in compliance.

It’s not clear if that establishment has a liquor license, since the state website doesn’t classify businesses in that way.

Tinicum is the only one of seven Delaware County townships that don’t rely on the county health department for inspections.

Governmental entities are not obligated to report the results of food-safety inspections to the public. It’s unclear if any of those other townships provide public access to food-safety inspections.

The Daily Times make minimal corrections to spelling, capitalization and punctuation from the reports.

Here are last week’s inspections in Delaware County.

The latest inspections in Montgomery County.

The latest inspections in Berks County.

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