Establishment Scoring

CHAPTER 1, FOOD SAFETY

6-4 ESTABLISHMENT SCORING

6-4.1

INTRODUCTION

6-4.2

SCORING METHODS

6-4.3

DEBITING METHODOLOGY

6-4.1 Introduction

a. Certain NAVMED P-5010-1 violations are imminent health hazards and

require immediate action. Sewage backed up in a food preparation area is

an example of an imminent health hazard. Imminent health hazards require

immediate intervention and may require closure of the facility.

b. Critical items are NAVMED P-5010-1 violations more likely to

contribute to food contamination, illness, or environmental degradation and

represent substantial public health hazards.

c. The NAVMED P-5010-1 allows the PMA to use professional judgement

regarding some of the violations to determine their seriousness based on

the likelihood of an event occurring.

6-4.2 Scoring Methods

a. The Food Establishment Inspection Report is based on citing

violations in two categories, critical and noncritical. Each of the

violations are expected to be corrected within given time frames. The

score, which is the number of items in violation, is significant as an

indicator of the overall control of the causes of foodborne illness;

however, there is no defined point at which a score translates into a

significant health hazard. In fact, it is possible to have only one

critical violation which has the potential for causing a foodborne illness

outbreak.

b. Fixed Categorization will be utilized to score establishments by

using critical and non critical categories.

(1) Fixed Categorization

(a) In this method, a fixed number of maximum critical

violations is selected for each category of

establishments. The Table of Critical Violations (Table 1-8) illustrates

one application of this method.

(b) The number of violations used may be adjusted

to accommodate current levels of resources in the agency and varying levels

of compliance at the command.

violation limits the PMA must promptly notify the commanding officer and

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