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Central Virginia Health District
307 Alleghany Avenue Lynchburg, VA 24501 | Visit Official Website (opens in a new tab)

La Carreta #1

8210 Timberlake Road Lynchburg, VA 24502
Status: Permitted

Full Service Restaurant | Follow-Up

October 30, 2023
Score & Grade: Grade:
Observations & Corrective Actions

8: 140 An employee was observed placing raw chicken on to of the grill with their gloved hand, going to the sink and rinsing their gloved hand off and then return to food prep without changing gloves.
Corrective Actions: The employee was stopped and told to remove their gloves and go back to properly wash their hands. At every task change employees must know to properly wash their hands with soap and water for 20 seconds before returning to work and dawning new gloves.

20: 800 The facility was observed attempting to cool down queso without aiding it with an ice paddle or ice bath. The queso was at 98°F when it was prepared at 1230.
Corrective Actions: The queso was set out to cool at room temperature so the cooling time did not begin until some time later. Due to this the facility was allowed to keep the product and rapidly cool the food down with an ice bath and place in the walk-in cooler. Monitor the food items to ensure that it reach 70°F within one hour and below 41°F within four hours.

46: 0580 (B) (C) (D) An employee was observed using gloves after they were soiled with raw chicken and then rinsed off to return to food prep.
Corrective Actions: Gloves must be changed when heavily soiled or between tasks to protect food from cross-contamination. Employee was stopped and corrected.

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Food Temperatures
Description Temperature State of Food
Shredded Chicken 42 °F Cold Holding
Queso 98 °F Cooling
Refry Beans 147 °F Hot Holding
Beef Broth 43 °F Cold Holding
Salsa 42 °F Cold Holding
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Warewashing Temperatures
Machine Name Sanitization Method Thermo Label PPM Sanitizer Name Sanitizer Type Temperature
No records found
Equipment Temperatures
Description Temperature
walk-in cooler 42 °F
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Observations
Preventing Contamination by Hands (0 points)
OUT
8 Hands clean & properly washed.
COS Repeat
Observations
TCS Food Time/Temperature (0 points)
OUT
20 Proper cooling time & temperatures.
COS Repeat
Observations
Proper Use of Utensils (0 points)
OUT
46 Gloves properly used.
COS Repeat