Three yellow food safety alerts posted in Champaign Co. this week

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21-02-2025

CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — One local school, one Champaign restaurant and one Urbana restaurant each received a yellow food safety alert this week.
An inspector found four risk factor/intervention violations and one repeat risk factor/intervention violations at Franklin Middle School.
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For the third time in a row, an inspector found that food items were not being held at the proper temperature. Diced tomatoes, Pico de Gallo, sour cream, shredded cheese and guacamole were held in a cooler, but all were above the required 41°F.
The cooler was condemned, and all of the out of temperature items were thrown out. A yellow food safety alert placard was posted, and the cooler will need to be repaired by March 4.
Other issues the inspector noted included an employee picked something up from the floor and then started putting on a new pair of gloves without washing her hands, the chicken nuggets were found between 124°F and 128°F inside the food warmer and the door seals of both the milk coolers in the front service area were soiled.
A follow-up inspection will be done in 5-7 businesses days to ensure the violation was corrected.
Also in Champaign, an inspector found seven risk factor/intervention violations and 3 repeat risk factor/intervention violations at Ten Seconds Rice Noodle.
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For the third time in a row, several food items were held more than 24 hours and were not dated. The unmarked containers of beef, chicken, pork, noodles, crab and sausage led to an inspector posting a yellow food safety alert on the business.
The inspector found two other repeated violations which had occurred during the last two inspections. Cooked and cooled fish were being held at 54°F, rather than the required 41°F or less. And, at the beginning of the inspection, the inspector found a pot in the sink and a pair of tongs hanging on the hand sink splash guard.
New issues that the inspector found included an employee entering the kitchen, putting on gloves, and beginning food service without washing their hands, a rice scoop stored in a cup of 64°F stagnant water, and the handwashing sink did not provide hot water (once a knob underneath the sink was turned, it eventually reached a maximum of 91°F).
A follow-up inspection will be done in 5-7 businesses days to verify the long-term corrections have been made.
The Wendy's located at 505 N Cunningham Ave. in Urbana received a yellow food safety alert after an inspection on Wednesday.
The inspector found two risk factor/intervention violations and one repeated risk factor/intervention violation.
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For the third time in a row, the inspector found an issue with the restaurant's cold holding. In this inspection, cut tomatoes, shredded cheese, ghost pepper sauce and mayonnaise were all found to be above 41°F. The inspector also found that the cooler the eggs were in wasn't keeping them at the correct temperature. So, the egg cooler was condemned, and the eggs were moved to a walk-in cooler.
Other issues the inspector found included the hand sink being used as a dump sink for soda and clean containers were stacked wet on the wire rack above the prep sink. The inspector also labeled the physical facilities in 'poor repair' because the caulk was in bad condition at the front hand sink and a floor tile was cracked near the fryers.
A follow-up inspection will be done in 5-7 business days to make sure the violations were corrected.
To see other restaurant inspections in the Champaign-Urbana area, click here.
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