Ellis Co. restaurant and lodging inspections, 9/9 – 9/15

Last week’s inspection results from the Kansas Department of Agriculture:

Jalisco’s Mexican Restaurant 2514 Vine #1, Hays – Sept. 11

A routine inspection found five violations.

In the walk-in cooler, there was a container of raw pork egg rolls that was being stored on a wire shelf directly above an opened container of raw cut onions. No evidence of leaking was observed.
In the walk-in cooler, there was a covered container of raw shrimp that was being stored on a wire rack directly above an uncovered container of cooked rice. No evidence of leaking was observed. In the walk-in cooler, there was a covered container of raw ground pork that was being stored on a wire shelf directly above a covered container of a white cheese sauce. No evidence of leaking was observed. In the Turbo Air refrigerated prep table, there was an uncovered container of raw bacon that was being stored on a wire rack directly above an uncovered container of cooked assorted vegetables.
An employee on the cooking line had single-use gloves on his hands and he proceeded to handle raw chicken with his gloved hands. After handling the raw chicken he then grabbed the cutting board on the refrigerated prep table and a plate that was going to be used for ready to eat food.
On the storage shelf in the kitchen, there were several food-grade containers that were being stacked with sticker residue present along sides of the containers.
In the side storage shelving area, there was a half-full case of liquid hand soap that was being stored on a solid wooden shelf directly next to several assorted canned food products. No evidence of leaking was observed.

Lindyspring of Hays 1519 Canterbury, Hays – Sept. 11

A routine inspection found no violations.

Roosevelt Elementary 2000 Macarthur, Hays – Sept. 11

A routine inspection found one violation.

In the southwest corner of the kitchen, there is a floor mixer that has dried food residue present along the underside of the arm with the mixing bowl stored directly under.

H E Hutchinson & Sons 801 11th St., Hays – Sept. 10

A routine inspection found no violations.

Lomatos Pizza 130 W. Ninth St., Hays – Sept. 10

A routine inspection found three violations.

In the walk-in cooler, there were two large containers of pizza sauce that were mixed the previous night and placed into the walk-in fridge at 8 p.m. The internal temperature of the pizza sauce was 45 F at 12:00 pm.
In the two-door glass reach-in cooler, there was an open container of cream cheese with a date of 9-3-18, held past 7 days.
In the back storage closet, there were two large plastic baskets with various chemicals on a wire shelf being stored on directly over the top of single-use cups.

Chartwells – FHSU McMindes Hall, 600 Park, Hays – Sept. 9

A follow-up inspection found four violations.

In the self-service waffle area, there was waffle batter that was at the temperature of 80 F.
On the salad buffet line, there was a cabbage salad that was at 45 F. On the noodle line there was a container of fully cooked rice that was at the temperature of 47 F. On the self-service line next to the waffle station there was strawberry cream cheese at the temperature of 52 F and regular cream cheese at 55 F.
In the vegetable walk-in cooler, there was a container of opened yogurt with the date of 8/21/19. Product was held for over 7 days.
In the equipment storage area, there were three of five food-grade plastic tubs that had sticker residue present along the outside of the containers. These containers were being stacked inside one another.