A Little Caesars restaurant in Texas closed due to a health inspection finding pests and unsanitary conditions.
Star Telegram reports that during the last week of May, 35 Fort Worth food establishments underwent sanitary inspections. More than 30 were found at the Little Caesars restaurant on McCart Avenue, including bugs, mold, and unsanitary conditions.
According to the report, among the different faults mold was found in food containers, excess of flies near the kitchen area, the floors, walls and ceilings are not clean and that the employees do not wash their hands.
“The food employee did not wash his hands, as required, after participating in activities that contaminate the hands or before putting on gloves”, states the inspection report dated May . .
“The food is not safe, it is not in good condition…” describes another observation. It is also indicated that the food contact surface is not clean to the eye or to the touch, and was not cleaned before use or storage.
Hand washing is one of the practices food safety standards that restaurant workers must follow.
In the inspection report, Little Caesars also it is noted that an employee was observed eating in the utensil washing area and at the preparation table.
The temporary closure of the pizzeria restaurant happened immediately, and immediate corrective measures must be taken in all critical violations identified.
Star Telegram notes that Little Caesars received two inspections per year, but their inspections were increased to three per year. Health inspectors advised the food establishment to “increase its frequency of commercial pest control measures.”
Restaurant Worker Practices Affecting Food Safety
A study by the Network of Environmental Health Specialists in the United States conducted a study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in which they analyzed four things restaurant workers do that affect food safety :
-Wash hands when they should.
-Wear gloves correctly.
-Use a thermometer to check the temperature of cooked food.
-Do not work when they have vomiting or diarrhea. Vomiting and diarrhea are symptoms of illnesses that can be transmitted through food.
What the study found:
Younger workers and with less experience more frequently reported risky food preparation practices.
More than half of the workers did not always wear gloves when handling ready-to-eat foods.
Between touching raw meat and poultry and touching ready-to-eat foods eating, approximately one in four workers did not always wash their hands and one in three workers did not always change their gloves.
A little more than half of those who cooked food did not usually use a thermometer to check if the food was ready.
5% of workers said they had worked while having vomiting or diarrhea in the last year.
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