Restaurant Inspections - Columbia Borough - February 9, 2024

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

Level Up Pizza, 237 Locust St., Columbia, Jan. 31. Pass. Observed a bag of flour stored directly on the floor in the kitchen, rather than 6 inches off of the floor as required. Refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature-control-for-safety food (tuna salad) prepared in the food facility and held for more than 24 hours, located in the reach-in cooler in the kitchen, is not being date-marked. Salami, capicola and turkey breast, refrigerated, ready-to-eat, time/temperature-control-for-safety food in the reach-in cooler in the kitchen, were date-marked by the facility but were beyond the seven-day use- or sell-by date and require discarding. Prepackaged cheesecake, chocolate cake and carrot cake are not labeled to clearly indicate any "Big 9" allergen ingredients and/or the allergen warning statement; repeat violation, June 16 and 23, 2022, and Jan. 20, 2023. Prepackaged cheesecake, chocolate cake and carrot cake are not labeled properly with the name of product, ingredient statement, net weight, distributed-by statement and/or nutritional facts; repeat violation, June 16 and 23, 2022, and Jan. 20, 2023. Soap dispenser at the hand-wash sink in the kitchen was inoperable.

Columbia Mart, 890 Lancaster Ave., Columbia, Jan. 29. Pass. Observed a scrub brush being stored in the hand-wash sink. The hand-wash sink in the back is filthy. The hand-wash sink in the back was blocked by a mop bucket and not accessible at all times for employee use. The paper towel dispenser was not functioning due to the batteries being dead.

Smoke & Chill, 353 Cherry St., Columbia, complaint, Jan. 29. Pass. A bag marked "12-pc beef" observed in the walk-in cooler, contents are moldy and adulterated. Observed liquid spillage on the floor inside the walk-in cooler.