Closure Criteria

CHAPTER 1, FOOD SAFETY

improper cooling practices were used, resulting in the high temperatures

being found in the potentially hazardous food. This would be a violation

of Cooling Methods, and Potentially Hazardous Food, Hot and Cold Holding.

(3) If 12 separate coolers were found with items out of temperature

as the result of 12 separate instances of improper practices by employees,

each instance should be individually cited as a critical violation. The

details included in each citation should clearly delineate the conditions

found in each instance.

(4) Failure to clean floors is another example which can be easily

visualized. A large meat cutting room may have numerous separate areas

requiring cleaning. If there is a build-up of old food debris and other

filth on the floor of the room in five separate areas, then one violation

would exist. However, if the cleaning problem existed in multiple rooms,

one violation is cited for each.

6-5 CLOSURE CRITERIA

If the PMA considers any one or more violations a significant danger to

health, the PMA will promptly notify the commanding officer and recommend

that the facility immediately cease food service until the significant

danger to health has been eliminated.

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