County dining inspections for February

Out of the 13 Maricopa food establishments inspected by the Pinal County Environment Health Department in February, three received a grade lower than excellent.

The department can issue violations that are either critical or non-critical. Critical violations must be fixed within 10 days and affect a location’s score. Non-critical violations must be fixed within 90 days. Grades are based on the number of violations with an E, for excellent, being the highest possible score an establishment can receive. Other scores are an S for satisfactory, U for unacceptable and an N for needs improvement.

Below are the establishments receiving E grades and a brief summary of their report as listed on the county’s Web site:

Baskin Robbins
20924 N. John Wayne Parkway, D-1
No violations

Brooklyn Boys Italian Restaurant & Pizza
20800 N. John Wayne Parkway
Outer openings are not protected against the entry of insects and/or rodents.
Damp wiping clothes not stored in a chemical sanitizer at proper concentration

Fry’s Marketplace #672
20797 N. John Wayne Parkway
Physical facilities are not being kept clean
Physical facilities are not being maintained in good repair
Dustless methods of cleaning not being used.

JB Farmer’s Convenience Store Inc
49301 W. Papago Road
No violations

Kentucky Fried Chicken/Long John Silvers
21566 N. John Wayne Parkway
Incorrect thawing methods

Maricopa High School (New)
45012 W. Honeycutt Road
No violations

Maricopa Wells Middle School
No violations

Mi Casita Restaurant
44480 W. Honeycutt Road, # 105
No violations

Panda Express
20850 N. John Wayne Parkway
No violations

Say Sushi
21101 N. John Wayne Parkway, # 103
Light intensity is not in compliance.
Employees not storing their personal items in proper areas.

Establishments that received an S and a brief summary:

Tutor Time Child Care Learning Center
20600 N. John Wayne Parkway
Food holding and storage time is not within food safety limits.
No sanitizer made up for sanitizing food contact surfaces
Food on display not being protected from contamination by the use of packaging, counter, service line, or salad bar food guards, display cases or other effective means.

Farmer’s Restaurant, Inc.
49301 W. Papago Road
Hand washing facilities not available and functional.
Foods are not being protected from cross contamination

Establishments that received an N and a brief summary:

Great Wall Chinese Cuisine
20928 N. John Wayne Parkway
Employee’s hands and exposed arms not clean and properly washed.
Observed slicer and shredder with old food product. Shredder had old sticky residue indicating a lack of proper cleaning in some time. Educated PIC on proper cleaning of equipment.
Nut containers left uncovered overnight. Observed containers of breaded chicken or pork left on the walk-in floor. Instructed PIC to keep all food products up off the floor. The floor was observed dirty.
Observed pooled eggs left overnight for reuse. When pooling raw eggs they must be used immediately or at least within 4 hrs. Eggs discarded upon request.
Ready-to-eat potentially hazardous foods are not correctly date marked.
The management has not taken appropriate steps to minimize the presence of rodents/insects in their facility. Observed two large adult roaches crawling on a vacuumed sealed raw meat package that was placed in the food prep sink. Also a nymph (baby ) roach was crawling on the backboard just above the sink
No fresh sanitizer available to wipe down food prep areas before starting food prep activities.

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