Ra Sushi

Inspector notes: Observed one of the line cooks dip there in use knife in a quat sanitizer bucket when changing tasks. Food contact utensils should be cleaned between times when contamination could occur. PIC relocated all food-contact surfaces to warewashing area to be washed, rinsed, and sanitized at the time of inspection

Inspector notes: Observed black residue accumulation on the upper interior surface of the ice machine in the kitchen. Equipment such as ice bins and beverage dispensing nozzles and enclosed components of equipment such as ice makers, cooking oil storage tanks and distribution lines, beverage and syrup dispensing lines or tubes, coffee bean grinders, and water vending equipment shall be cleaned at a frequency specified by the manufacturer, or absent manufacturer specifications, at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil or mold. Discussed increasing ice machine cleaning frequency. Please clean ice machines as frequently as necessary and prior to the next routine inspection

Inspector notes: Observed multiple clean steam table/hotel pans stacked near the ware washing area. When separated, clean water was observed in between the pans and pooled on the underside of rim. Discussed using the metal drying racks to store the containers in a self-draining, tilted and inverted, position that allows air drying. Items must be allowed to drain and to air-dry before being stacked or stored. Stacking wet items such as pans prevents them from drying and may allow an environment where microorganisms can begin to grow. Instructed the person in charge to separate pans and allow them to air dry at time of inspection

Inspector notes: Observed bartender handling and slicing strawberries with their bare hands

Inspector notes: Observed no paper towels stocked at both of the bar handwashing sinks

Inspector notes: Observed thawing reduced oxygen packaged tuna in the walk-in cooler on a speedrack. According to the label, fish must be removed from packaging prior to thawing

Inspector notes: Observed a container of raw chicken stored directly above a container of raw shrimp in the reach in refrigerator next to the ice machine. Observed raw sliced beef stored directly above cooked octopus in lower portion of the sushi station prep cooler

Inspector notes: Observed thawed reduced oxygen packaged tuna in the walk-in cooler. According to the label, fish must be removed from packaging prior to thawing

Inspector notes: After using gloved hands to place battered raw calamari into the fryer, food worker then removed their gloves, continued to touch equipment such as fryer handle, metal pan, etc

Inspector notes: Observed in use tongs, spatulas, etc in standing water at 123°F next to the grill