COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A local grocery faced Columbus Public Health Monday for multiple critical food violations.
NBC 4 reported with the FAST FACTS.
Columbus Public Health (CPH) recommended a local grocery’s license be suspended for at least three days after four inspections with numerous critical violations.
Muna International Grocery, located at 1427 S. Hamilton Rd., was inspected Tuesday, July 14.
Inspectors found seven critical violations during that inspection:
- Two violations of cold-holding of potentially dangerous foods.
- Person in charge unable to demonstrate food-safety knowledge.
- Person in charge not being able to properly set up a three-compartment sink.
- Utensils and food contact surfaces were not sanitized correctly.
- Unsafe food was not discarded.
- Food contact surfaces were dirty.
A follow-up inspection was performed three days later with five critical violations:
- Violations of cold-holding of potentially dangerous foods.
- Utensils and food contact surfaces were not sanitized correctly.
- Unsafe food was not discarded.
- Food contact surfaces were dirty.
- Facility not preventing cross-contamination between different raw products.
The meat department was closed voluntarily during this inspection.
A yellow sign was posted at the grocery.
A yellow sign means the business is in the enforcement process due to uncorrected critical violations found during follow-up inspections.
A follow-up inspection was performed Monday, Aug. 3, with one critical violation: Facility not preventing cross-contamination between raw animal products.
A third follow-up inspection was performed Monday, Aug. 17, days later with two critical violations: the plumbing system was not in good repair and cockroaches were present in the facility.
The facility had no place to store refrigerated meats in the meat department, and coolers were not holding above 41 degrees during the third follow-up inspection.
CPH recommended the grocery’s license be suspended for at least three days and be placed on increased monitoring for 120 days.
CPH may lift the suspension after three days if an inspection shows no outstanding critical violations and the license holder or person in charge attends a safety workshop within the last 90 days.
Go to http://www.publichealth.columbus.gov to search for businesses with food-safety violations.
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