Inadequate hand-washing practices and unsanitary meat handling, among other violations, earned local chain BK Tacosโ North First Avenue location a โprobationaryโ rating from the county health department Wednesday.
The county inspector found eight critical violations, most of which were resolved or addressed on-site.
The inspector found meats kept below established temperatures for hot food, observed a BK employee handle a garbage can with gloves and then clean them off with dishwashing sprayer before returning to work, the same employee washing hands without soap, and cooked ribs ready for eating being placed on a cutting board covered with raw meat juices.
Additionally, the dish sanitizer tested negative for sanitizer three times, some food was stored without dates, and several bottles of cleaning supplies were stored without proper labeling.
Daphne Diaz, a BK shift supervisor, said the problems, which she described as โminor,โ are โalready fixed.โ She added that a re-inspection is scheduled for Monday, and that all of the restaurantโs staff have been registered for the next available food safety class in July โso that this doesnโt happen anymore.โ
The BK location, at 2680 N. First Ave., has received mostly โgoodโ and โexcellentโ ratings since 2006, though it has received two โneeds improvementโ ratings. The most recent inspection was its first โprobationaryโ rating, which was until recently known as a โprovisionalโ rating.
