LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Every week, the City of Lubbock’s food inspectors surprise local restaurants, food trucks, and schools to make sure every meal is up to par.
It’s a short order in this week’s Food for Thought with one top performer and one low performer.
PF Chang’s at 2906 W Loop 289 had 33 violations.
- Raw eggs, on a prep table, were above the safe cold temperature of 41 degrees.
- A sanitizer solution for the dishes was not strong enough.
- An employee handled their personal phone then put on gloves but did not wash their hands before returning to food service.
- Multiple food items, including raw chicken and raw beef, were held past their date-mark.
- An open container of marinade did not have a date-mark.
- Tape was used to hold together the broke lid of a rice cooker.
- Two plastic cutting boards had deep cuts and flaking plastic.
- The person in charge could not confirm if employees were washing their hands before putting together lettuce wraps.
- The inspector notes, due to the number and the nature of the violations management did not show proper food safety knowledge.
(Core)
- A wiping towel was stored on a container of strawberries in the walk-in cooler.
- Cilantro was stored directly on the shelf in the walk-in cooler.
- A bowl of hot edamame was stored on top of uncovered ready-to-eat strawberries, and blueberries in the cold holding area of the prep line.
- Metal bowls used for mixing sauces were stored on top of uncovered ready-to-eat vegetable items in the cold holding area of the prep line.
- Metal bowls, metal containers, and black plates/bowls were visibly wet and stacked in the prep area ready for use.
- Metal and plastic containers were wet stacked in the prep area.
- Three small containers of white powder, in the reach-in cooler across from the vent hood, were not labeled.
- Four bulk containers of white powder in the back prep area were not labeled with common name of the food.
- Ice machine sliding doors outer surfaces, and the area above the lid of the ice machine were visibly soiled with a red and black residues.
- Nonfood contact surfaces on the mixer unit were visibly soiled with dried food residues.
- Rice cooker lids had sticker residue that was not removed at ware wash.
- Plastic containers in the back prep area had visible sticker residues that were not removed at ware wash.
- Indoor storage area for refuse has visible spills on floors, spills on the floor drain, and is dusty.
- Personal phone was stored on top shelf over prep table across from the vent hood, and personal food was stored on a shelf in the reach-in cooler over ready-to-eat chicken.
- Floors in the prep area were visibly soiled and with standing water.
- Floors under the dry storage racks were visibly soiled.
- Open containers of wasabi were date marked 5/22-5/26, and an unopened caramel sauce was date marked with prep date of 4/23 – ?/14 in the prep areas.
- The back dock garage door has a large gap above and below the door that allows the entry of contaminants, and insects.
- The back door to the dock has a visible gap on the bottom of the door that allows the entry of contaminants and insects.
- Single-service articles (to-go containers and lids, cups, plastic and paper goods), and laundered linens are being stored in the dock areas with the dumpster and waste oil container.
- Standing, unwholesome, and nondraining water is visible in the dish washing area.
The report show most of the violations were corrected at the time of the inspection.
Now to the good news.
We have one stop that’s a Top Performer:
- Poppin’ West Texas (Food truck)
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