Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - April 14, 2023

Smoke & Chill, 353 Cherry St., Columbia, April 6. Fail. The person in charge did not demonstrate adequate knowledge of the Pennsylvania Food Code as evidenced by incorrect responses to food safety questions. Food facility is offering for sale: 1) The Demon Delta 8 Gummies. 2) Stonehead HHC infused Apple, Berry, Pina Colada, and Watermelon, Gummies, California. 3) Stonehead Delta 8 infused Apple, berry, pina colada gummies, California. 4) Cake Delta 8 Sour Citrus Gummies, Orange, Cali. 5) Canna, Cali melon, tropical punch, Delta 9 Gummies, California. 6) DB Strawberry CBD Gummies, distributed by Virag, Pompano Beach, Fla. 7) Torch Chili Lime Live Resin Delta 9 Gummies, that contain an unapproved additive as specified in 21 CFR 170-180 relating to food additives. Such products are under U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation and at which time CBD is not recognizable as a safe substance to be added to food. Prepackaged food product listed below contain Mitragynine commonly known as Kratom, an illegal substance: Zion Herbals Speciosa Soda, distributed by Botana Way Inc., Richmond, Virginia. This product was removed from sale. Raw shell eggs stored above drinks in the reach-in cooler. Bags of flour stored directly on the floor inside the storage area, rather than 6 inches off the floor as required. Old food residue on several metal food containers, racks for hot-holding food, spatulas, tongs and other utensils, all stored as clean on a shelf above the three-compartment sink. Food spillage on the floor of the walk-in cooler. Old food splatter and spillage inside the microwave. An accumulation of old food debris inside the oven on the table in the food preparation area. Grease buildup and food debris on the floor beneath the fryers. The hand-wash sink in the food preparation area was blocked by a greaser filterer, a bucket and a box and not accessible at all times for employee use. Several cracked and loose floor tiles in the customer area. Soap was not available at the hand-wash sink in the food preparation area. Paper towels are not available at the hand-wash sink in the food preparation area.

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 398 N. Locust St., Elizabethtown, April 6. Pass. No violations.

Burger King No. 2605, 531 N. Third St., Columbia, complaint, April 5. Pass. No violations.

Domino’s, 318 Chestnut St., Columbia, April 5. Pass. Food employee involved in food preparation wearing bracelets. Single-service, single-use articles (pizza boxes) stored in the warewashing area directly on the floor and not 6 inches above the floor. Food facility does not employ a certified food employee as required. Food facility has an employee who held a certified food manager certificate; however, the certificate has expired and is no longer valid. Plumbing system not maintained in good repair — water leaking at the pipe beneath the three-compartment sink. The front door and the back door to the outside of the food facility is self-closing and being propped open. Rodent feces in the walk-in cooler, dishwashing area and storage room. Several flies in the facility. Mops are not being hung to air-dry.

Columbia High School, 901 Ironville Pike, Columbia, April 4. Pass. Condenser vent covers in the walk-in cooler have an accumulation of static dust. Three cans of Sterno were stored on a shelf above packages of croutons in the food prep area.

St. John Neumann School for Children and Families, 401 Locust Drive, Columbia, April 3. Pass. Food employees in kitchen area not wearing proper hair restraint while preparing food. Can opener, a food contact surface, was to have food residue and was not clean to sight and touch.