Restaurant Inspections 3-12-18 - 3-14-18

​This Week's Restaurant Inspections, via PA Department of Agriculture Bureau of Food Safety:

All Inspections are considered In Compliance unless otherwise stated.

ALTA PIZZERIA
380 S Poplar ST Hazleton, PA 18201
--Exterior Bilco door is exhibiting approx. 1" gap along bottom edge.
--Food employees observed in food prep area, not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats, or beard covers.
--Rack in walk in cooler is rusting.

ARBY'S #372
510 PIERCE ST Kingston, PA 18704
--The quaternary ammonia concentration in the sanitizing solution of the 3-bay ware wash sink was <10 ppm, rather than 200 - 400 ppm as stated on the manufacturers use directions. The empty bag of sanitizer was replaced and the sanitizer concentration was then 200 ppm.

CHUCKS MAIN ST. DINER
164 MAIN ST Luzerne, PA 18709
NO VIOLATIONS

GEORGIO'S SUBS & SUDS
25 N Laurel ST Hazleton, PA 18201
--Food employees observed in food prep area, not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats, or beard covers.
--Thermometers for ensuring proper temperatures of food are not available or readily accessible.

GRAND SIX PACKS TO GO
231 West Mine ST Hazleton, PA 18201
--Ice bagged on premise is not labeled for point of manufacture.

HUNLOCK CREEK TAVERN
7 Old Tavern RD Hunlock Creek, PA 18621
--Restrooms do not have a self-closing door. Springs are present but disconnected. 
--Commercially processed refrigerated, ready to eat, time/temperature control for safety food (cheese), located in the refrigerator, and held more than 24 hours, is not being marked with the date it was opened. The cheese was date marked during this inspection.
--Manual ware wash sink at the bar with a build up of a white residue on the inside surface of the wash compartment.

VALLEY PIZZA & SUBS INC
732 Route 93 SYBERTSVILLE, PA 18251
OUT OF COMPLIANCE
--No written procedures available for assorted pizzas / stromboli held at room temperature.
--Person(s) in charge are not monitoring establishment operation for compliance with food code requirements. 
--Food Employee observed donning single use gloves without a prior hand wash.
--Thermometers for ensuring proper temperatures of food are not available or readily accessible.
--Open can of soda is stored on slicing deck of meat slicer. Package of cigarettes is stored on chest freezer by slicer.
--Food facility has an employee who held a Certified Food Manager certificate; however, the certificate has expired and is no longer valid.
--Food employees observed in food prep area, not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats, or beard covers.
--Cutting board on bain marie has build up of dark residuals grime on food contact surfaces. 
--2 chemical sprayers stored underneath service counter are not labeled for content.

APPLEBEE'S #3308
2 WEIS LN WEST HAZLETON, PA 18201
OUT OF COMPLIANCE
--Person(s) in charge are not monitoring establishment operation for compliance with food code requirements.
--Food employees observed in food prep area, not wearing proper hair restraints, such as nets, hats, or beard covers.
--Cleaned service plates on rack by dish washer are displayed with food contact surfaces up, exposing food contact surfaces to contamination. 
--Floor plate sealant in in use microwaves is deteriorated and not easily cleanable.
--Top exterior surfaces of dish machine have build up of grime from back wash.
--Interior surfaces of dish machine have build up of mineral deposits inside wash chamber.
--Several knives stored in storage box in rear kitchen have build up of old food residuals on blades.
--Wire racks in walk in cooler have build up of mold on shelves and framework.
--Chemical spray bottle stored inside hood rim above dishmachine is not labeled for content.
--2 chemcial spray bottles are stored on ledge inside hood rim above dish machine.

ARCARO'S THE NEXT GENERATION
47 N Main ST Pittston, PA 18640
NO VIOLATIONS

GOLDEN STAR
1019 Main ST AVOCA, PA 18641
--Interior surface of chest freezer is cracked and repaired with duct tape.
--Observed the interior of the microwave to be deteriorating and in need of replacement. 
--Observed a build up of grease residue on wire containers holding food in the walk in cooler. Food was removed from containers.
--Observed 25 old rodent like droppings under shelves and behind equipment in the kitchen area.
--Observed a container of unknown white powder in the warewash area not labled with name of the contents. Container was labeled.

GUMBA'S PIZZA 
102 Pittston AVE Pittston, PA 18640
NO VIOLATIONS

Hilton Hotel & Conference Center
100 Adams AVE Scranton, PA 18503
OUT OF COMPLIANCE
--Chicken observed in the cooler area, slimy to the touch / spoiled / not covered or dated.
--Variety of food in a second cooler area was not stored properly, date or labeled.
--seafood in storage containers, in another cooler area, is not labeled with the name of the food date and sealed properly.
--food in two coolers not wrapped, dated or labeled.
--Temperature measuring device for ensuring proper temperature of equipment is not available or readily accessible in (2) coolers. 
--no paper towels at employee handwash sink in kitchen.

KOMENSKYS
412 MAIN ST DURYEA, PA 18642
--4 severely dented canned items observed in sales area and intended for sale in the food facility. itmes were removed from sale.
--Nut and poppy seed rolls from a licensed bakery are not fully labeled with ingredients including allergens.
--Observed shelving in the walk in cooler to be cracked and rusitng and no longer easily cleanable. 
--Observed a build up of dust on the fan guard in 1 refrigration unit.

WENDY`S #007005
40 S CHURCH ST HAZLETON, PA 18201
--Fan guards in walk in cooler have build up of static dust.