Dallas
BEAT

Taco Joint

9850 Walnut Hill Ln #437, Dallas, TX 75238 · 75238 · Restaurant

Passed all 8 inspections — critical violations noted

Inspections
8
8 passed
Last Inspected
2023-08-23
Pass Rate
100%
0 failures
Score
33/100
BEAT
8 consecutive passes, most recently 2023-08-23
No failures across all 8 inspections on record
18 sanitation violations found across 6 inspections
5 food temperature violations found across 3 inspections
Sanitation critical 18×
Facility Condition minor
Food Temperature critical
Other minor
Food Storage & Handling critical
Employee Hygiene serious
Plumbing & Waste serious
Documentation & Training minor
2023-08-23 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 10
minor Other

*31 No soap at handsink

No soap at hand sink.

minor Food Storage & Handling

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

Label all bulk containers.

critical Sanitation

*47 Handwashing signage

Need handwashing sign at all hand sinks.

minor Sanitation

*42 Dirty nonfood contact surfaces

Clean can opener blade, WIC shelves, floors (old food in tile).

minor Facility Condition

*45 Premises shall be maintained in good repair

Regrout tile.

critical Food Temperature

*02 Cold Hold (41øF/45øF or below)

Improper cold holding tomatoes 45.1 and veggies 44.2.

serious Sanitation

*14 When to wash hands before donning new gloves

Observed employee change gloves twice without washing hands first.

critical Sanitation

*37 Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food in a clean, dry location

Cannot store food on the trash can.

minor Sanitation

*39 Store all equipment & utensil covered or inverted

Invert to go containers.

serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

Quat sanitizer bucket too low to sanitize at 100 ppm.

2023-02-28 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 10
serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

Mold inside ice machine, dirty can opener blade.

critical Food Storage & Handling

*18 Toxic items labeling-non original container

Label all chemical bottles.

serious Plumbing & Waste

*20 Grease Trap Tickets

Provide grease trap ticket on site, must be within 90 days.

critical Food Temperature

*29 Food thermometers provided and accessible

Need thermometer in RIC.

minor Sanitation

*39 Store all equipment & utensil covered or inverted

Invert to go containers.

minor Facility Condition

*34 Outer openings:closing holes, gaps

Gap at the bottom of side and front door.

critical Food Temperature

*35 Jewelry Prohibition

No jewelry on hands or arms while cooking or prepping food.

minor Sanitation

*36 Cloths in-use for wiping between uses stored

Cannot leave wet wiping cloths out, must be stored in sanitizer bucket at all times when not in use.

minor Other

*47 Other Violations

Need choking poster.

minor Other

*40 Single use articel wrapped or dispensed

Need to wrap individually or need a dispenser for straws.

2022-02-16 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 3
critical Sanitation

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

make sure that employees change their gloves when multitasking(working with cleaning products and proceeding to prepare food without changing gloves and washing hands).

critical Sanitation

*18 Toxic items storage adjacent to food/utensils

hand lotion adjacent to food items on a food prep table

minor Employee Hygiene

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

personal drink stored on a food prep table

2021-08-18 Pass Routine
1
serious Sanitation

*10 Clean Sight and Touch

soda nozzle

2021-02-12 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 3
minor Documentation & Training

* 21 RFSM notify 10 days & replacement in 45 days

register with the City of Dallas

critical Food Temperature

*19 Hand sink water temperature below 110'F

90 degrees F

critical Food Temperature

*10 Quaternary ammonium temperature requirement

the solution is too strong-measured above 400 ppm

2020-08-21 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 3
minor Sanitation

*39 Keep utensils handles upright or protected

ice scoop in the ice machine

minor Facility Condition

*34 Outer openings:closing holes, gaps

gap at door

critical Sanitation

*19 Hand sink water temperature below 110'F

102.3 degrees F-hand wash sink(kitchen prep area)

2020-03-05 Pass Routine
2
minor Facility Condition

*34 Outer door: solid,selfclosing,tightfitting

minor Food Storage & Handling

*28 Date marking > 24 hrs,on site,temp 41F

corrected on site

2019-09-24 Pass Routine
CRITICAL 9
minor Food Storage & Handling

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

provide label for food storage containers

minor Sanitation

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

use utensils with handle to scoop food

minor Employee Hygiene

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

personal food/yogurt

minor Sanitation

*32 Equipment & Utensils resistant pit,chip, crazing

broken lid on food storage container

minor Sanitation

*36 Cloths in-use for wiping between uses stored

store wet cloth in sanitizer bucket

minor Other

*21 A establishment shall have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomitin

provide procedures-vomiting/diarrhea

critical Sanitation

*47 Handwashing signage

serious Employee Hygiene

*14 Gloves single use

change gloves when changed a task

minor Facility Condition

*34 Outer openings:closing holes, gaps

fix gap at doors

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