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Iron Cactus Mexican Mar

1520 Main St 1st F, Dallas, TX 75201 · 75201 · Restaurant

Passed all 7 inspections — critical violations noted

Inspections

7 passed

Last Inspected

2019-10-10

Pass Rate

100%

0 failures

Score

52/100

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What You Should Know

7 consecutive passes, most recently 2019-10-10

No failures across all 7 inspections on record

21 sanitation violations found across 7 inspections

Food Storage & Handling issues found across 4 inspections

Types of Issues Found

Sanitation critical 21×

Food Storage & Handling critical 4×

Facility Condition minor 3×

Food Temperature critical 2×

Employee Hygiene minor 1×

Chemical Safety minor 1×

Other critical 1×

Inspection History

2019-10-10 Pass Routine

CRITICAL 4

critical Food Temperature

*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

Cubed chicken at 85.6 degrees on the counter without refrigeraiton

serious Sanitation

*14 When to wash hands after handling soiled equip/utensil

Wash hands after handling dirty dishes

critical Sanitation

*09 Food protected cross contamination arrange each type food in equipment so cross is prevented

Raw fish defrosting in one sink, with roasted peppers in the same set of sinks

minor Employee Hygiene

*35 Hair Restraints effective

Beard nets missing

2019-03-25 Pass Routine

CRITICAL 8

serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

Clean can opener blade.

minor Facility Condition

*45 Unnecessary articles prohibited

Repair or remove broken ice machine.

minor Sanitation

*35 Hair Restraints effective

dish wash employee

minor Chemical Safety

*36 Containers of chemical sanitizing solutions stored off the floor and used in a manner that preve

critical Other

*37 Food protected from cross contamination by storing the food in packages, covered containers, or

walk-in-cooler

minor Sanitation

*39 In-use utensils, between-use storage. During pauses in food preparation or dispensing, food prep

ice scoop

minor Food Storage & Handling

*41 Food storage containers, identified with common name of food.

seasonings

minor Food Temperature

*38 Thawing. under running water criteria

Shrimp was thawing in standing water.

2018-09-06 Pass Routine

serious Food Storage & Handling

*07 Food safe, good condition, unadulterated, and honestly presented

expired milk (2)

minor Sanitation

*43 Clean vent syst:Intake/exhaust air ducts

dusty fan cover

serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

dirty microwave and ice machine

2018-03-14 Pass Routine

serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

dirty microwave

minor Sanitation

*43 Clean vent syst:Intake/exhaust air ducts

dusty fan covers

2017-10-06 Pass Routine

CRITICAL 5

critical Food Storage & Handling

*09 Food protected cross contamination separating types of raw animal food storage, preparation, hol

minor Sanitation

*32 Damaged Equipment

broken gaskets

critical Sanitation

*18 Toxic items stored above food/utensils

ice build up in freezer cooling unit above food

minor Sanitation

*43 Clean vent syst:Intake/exhaust air ducts

serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

dirty ice machine

2017-04-21 Pass Routine

minor Sanitation

*45Physical Facilities

clean fans in coolers

minor Facility Condition

*47 OTHER VIOLATIONS

provide 1' inch air gap at floor sink

minor Sanitation

*32 Equipment has cracks and corners

replace chipped lids

minor Facility Condition

*43 Light bulbs, light shields provided

replace light bulbs

2016-10-24 Pass Routine

CRITICAL 7

critical Sanitation

*31 Handwashing lavatory - used for other purpose

handwashing sink used as dump sink

critical Sanitation

*37 Preventing contamination from other sources. Miscellaneous sources of Contamination

utensil handle on cole slaw

critical Food Storage & Handling

*18 Toxic items labeling-non original container

label all spray bottles

minor Sanitation

*35 Eating food, chewing gum, drinking beverages, or using tobacco

open drink on food prep surface

serious Sanitation

*14 When to wash hands before donning new gloves

not washing hands before donning new gloves

critical Sanitation

*09 Food protected cross contamination arrange each type food in equipment so cross is prevented

raw chicken stored above raw salmon in drawer cooler / liquid eggs above rte items in RIC

minor Sanitation

*39 Cutting surfaces.

replace "fuzzy cutting board in bars"

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