Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - April 21, 2023

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The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

Andy's Market Inc., 310 N. 11th St., Columbia, April 14. Pass. Raw chicken stored next to raw beef in a common container in the walk-in cooler with no barriers to prevent cross-contamination. Assorted boxes of food stored directly on the floor in the walk-in freezer, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Food facility does not have available sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration of quaternary ammonia of the three-compartment sink. The test strips were wet previously and no longer react.

Smoke & Chill, 353 Cherry St., Columbia, follow-up, April 14. Pass. Food facility is offering for sale: The Demon Delta 8 Gummies; Stonehead HHC infused apple, berry, pina colada and watermelon Gummies, California; Stonehead Delta 8 infused apple, berry, pina colada gummies, California; Cake Delta 8 sour citrus gummies, Orange, California; Canna, Cali melon, tropical punch Delta 9 gummies, California; DB Strawberry CBD gummies, distributed by Virag, Pompano Beach, Florida; Torch Delta 9 Live Resin chili lime 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.

Columbia Mini Mart, 26 N. Fourth St., Columbia, April 12. Pass. Four pints of reduced-fat chocolate milk beyond the sell-by date being offered for sale. Pirates Treats Cherry Rings CBD Gummies, Wicked Delta 8 Gummies and JUST CBD Honey Sticks 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.  Food facility does not have available sanitizer test strips or test kit to determine appropriate sanitizer concentration of the three-compartment sink. Paper towels are not available at the hand-wash sink in the back. Ceiling tiles missing and broken in the restroom and above the hand-wash sink in the small hallway and need to be replaced.

Our Lady Of The Angels School/Holy Trinity Church, 404 Cherry St., Columbia, April 11. Pass. Mops hanging over the hand-wash sink in the restroom, contaminating the hand-wash sink and contacting the soap dispenser. Rodent feces on the floor throughout the facility. The facility has pest control.

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