Money Cat

2925 Richmond Ave, Houston, TX 77098
Japanese / Sushi
Last inspected: Jan 13, 2025
47
Score
High Risk

The most recent inspection for Money Cat, located at 2925 Richmond Ave in Houston, TX, on January 13, 2025, resulted in a High Risk score of 47 with 15 minor violations. These violations included a failure to post a sign indicating the availability of inspection reports, improper marking of food held without temperature control, and issues with protecting food from cross-contamination. Money Cat has had two scored inspections on record, with previous inspections categorized as low-risk.

2
Inspections
0
Critical latest
0
Major latest
15
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 13, 2025
Routine Inspection (001)
15 minor violations. 3 corrected on site.
47
Mar 11, 2024
Reinspection (002)
2 minor violations.
90
Violations — Jan 13, 2025 Inspection
8-304.11(k) the permit holder shall notify customers that a copy of the most recent establishment inspection report is available upon request by posting a sign or placard in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to customers or by another method acceptable to the regulatory authority.
20-20(c)
General. when time without temperature control is used as the public health control up to a maximum of four hours: food was not marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is four hours past the point in time when the food was removed from temperature control.
20-21.02(a)(02)b[02]
Cross contamination. except as specified in subitem c of this item, food not protected from cross contamination by separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding and display from: raw ready to eat foods including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish or other raw ready to eat food such as vegetables; cooked ready to eat foods. frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready to eat food.
20-21.02(b)(01)
Refrigerated storage. cold storage of foods. time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) food not maintained at 41°f (5°c) in cold storage.
20-21.03(b)(09)
General. using shipping containers / milk / produce crates as storage racks / support shelves.
20-21.03(a)(02)c
General. bulk food removed from original container not stored in a container identifying the food by common name. (corrected on site)
20-21.03(a)(06)
Refrigerated storage. date marking of ready to eat foods. time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) / ready to eat food opened / prepared / packaged and held refrigerated for more than 24 hours not clearly marked to indicate “time food is opened / prepared” and “disposition date”.
20-21.03(b)(10)b
Thawing time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) food. reduced oxygen packaged fish that bears a label indicating that it is to be kept frozen until time of use not removed from the reduced oxygen environment prior to thawing under refrigeration as specified in item (01) of this subsection, or prior to, or immediately upon completion of thawing using procedures specified in item (02) of this subsection.
20-21.04(j)
Specialized processing methods. except for fish that is frozen before, during, and after packaging, a food establishment may not package fish using a reduced oxygen packaging method
20-21.04(l)(03)
Specialized processing methods--variance requirement. a food establishment shall obtain a variance from the department as specified in section 20-19(e)(01) of this code before smoking food as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement / curing food / using food additives or adding components such as vinegar as a method of food preservation rather than as a method of flavor enhancement or to render a food so that it is not potentially hazardous / packaging time/temperature controlled for safety (tcs) food using a reduced oxygen packaging method except where the growth of and toxin formation of clostridium botulinum and the growth of listeria monocytogenes in addition to are controlled as specified in item (02) of this subsection / operating a molluscan shellfish life-support system display tank used to store and display shellfish that are offered for human consumption / custom processing animals that are for personal use as food and not for sale or service in a food establishment; such as indigenous deer processing / preparing food by another method that is determined by the regulatory authority to require a variance / sprouting seeds or beans, such as wheat grass and alfalfa sprouts in a retail food establishment.
20-21.04(l)(01)
Dispensing utensils. no suitable dispensing utensils provided for employees / consumers during pauses in food preparation / dispensing. (corrected on site)
20-21.05(f)
Materials; general. all equipment and utensils not maintained in good repair.
20-21.10(a)
Cleaning frequency. nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment not cleaned as often as is necessary to keep the equipment free of accumulation of dust, dirt, food particles, and other debris.
20-21.11(a)(07)
Attachments. light fixtures / vent covers / wall-mounted fans / similar equipment not including decorative items attached to walls and ceilings not easily cleanable / not maintained in good repair / not kept clean. (corrected on site)
20-21.23(g)
Failure to disclose to the health officer whether the proposed food establishment / mobile food unit constitutes a frozen dessert retail establishment.
20-39(a)
Substantial (Critical)
Serious (Major)
General (Minor)