8 restaurants receive excellent ratings from food inspectors

According to Pinal County Environmental Services, 10 inspections were done from Feb. 17 to March 2.     

 

Excellent rating   

• Burger King (Inspected Feb. 28) 
• The New HQ (Inspected March 1) 
• Little Caesar’s Pizza (Inspected Feb. 23) 
• McDonald’s, 20700 N. John Wayne Parkway (Inspected March 1) 
• Our Lady of Grace Church (Inspected Feb. 24) 
• Santa Rosa Elementary (Inspected March 1) 
• Sunrise Preschool (Inspected Feb. 28) 
• The Box Meat Shop (Inspected March 1) 

 

Satisfactory rating 

 

Carniceria Sonora (Inspected March 1) 

Cooling  

• Internal temperatures of cooked beef held in the walk-in freezer with a date mark of Feb. 27 was 48-49°F (<41°F required). Manager stated the meat was cooked on Feb. 28, not as labeled.  

Hot holding 

• Internal temperatures of cooked pork held in cook line prep cooler was 97-103°F. Manager was instructed to reheat pork to at least 165°F, and to maintain it at 135°. 

Food labelling 

• Operator is sealing house-made packaged salsas and pico de gallo without food labels. 

 

Tacos N’ More (Inspected March 1) 

Cooling  

• Internal temperatures of cooked soup held in walk-in cooler were 48-51°F (<41°F required). 

Time Control 

• Items in the walk-in and reach-in coolers had expired dates. Pork was marked with the date Feb. 20, and the green salsa was marked Feb. 22. 

Cleanliness of floors, walls and ceilings 

• Walls and coving around the door leading into dry storage are damaged. Throughout the food preparation areas and floor tiles were missing and damaged. 

 

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