The standards for restaurant cleanliness is shockingly low. I wonder if the average restaurant-goer is aware of this. And who constructs such lax rules in the first place? It appears that foreign food restaurants are particularly abysmal in their ratings. A local newspaper lists those restaurants that fail inspections. A score below 36 (out of 100) causes the restaurant too temporarily shut down? until another inspection a couple days later. A score below 0! results in automatic closure. A score below 36 for the reinspection also results in closure. Among the violations:
1. raw chicken out of safe temperature ranges and homemade yogurt out of
temperature ranges. The facility is not licensed to make their own
yogurt or milk products.
2. a live baby German roach seen on the wall above the hand sink and employees not washing hands.
3. ice machine with an "overly excessive amount of mold"; ready-to-eat
food not dated with several foods months past expiration date; raw meat
thawing in one compartment of a three-compartment sink, which also held
dishes
4. bottles of bleach stored on a food prep counter
5. Cool Whip found molded and open containers of sour cream, milk and deli meat not dated.
6. dirty water splashing into bowls used for food.
7. an employee moving a trash bin with hands and then putting on gloves as
well as adjusting his clothes, scratching his head and then handling
food
This really lends credulity to those Gordon Ramsey Kitchen Nightmares inspections. The good news? The Health District board approved the proposal and will require city restaurants to post a
color-coded placard starting in January. This was only after the county board inexplicably voted down such a proposal. I wonder if any of those county board members own a restaurant.
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