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Food safety inspections for January

The City of St. Joseph has released its Food Safety Inspections for the month of January 2019.

 

AMNESIA TOO

2007 St Joseph Ave

Observations:

Hair Restraint Effectiveness.

-Employee has no proper hair restraint

-Employees shall wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.

-Proper hair restraint is required

 

Repairing

-Damaged kitchen floor, floor by the ice machine is damaged

-The physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair at all times to insure they are cleanable and not a source of possible contamination

-Replace tiles

 

HI HO BAR & GRILL BAR

1817 Frederick Ave

No observations.

 

GREEN HILLS – King Hill

7014A King Hill

No observations.

 

FELIX STREET SPECIALTIES LLC – Felix Street Gourmet

722 Felix

No observations.

 

FELIX STREET SPECIALTIES LLC – Room 108

722 Felix

No observations.

 

WALMART DELI/BAK NORTH

4201 N Belt Hwy

Observations:

Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils.

-Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris.

 

FREDDY’S FROZEN CUSTARD

228 N Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

LONG JOHN SILVERS

6104 Lake Ave

Observations:

Toilet Rooms, Enclosed

-Both restroom doors not self-closing

-A toilet room located on the premises shall be completely enclosed and provided with a tight-fitting and self-closing door except that this requirement does not apply to a toilet room that is located outside a food establishment and does not open directly into the food establishment such as a toilet room that is provided by the management of a shopping mall

-This has been discussed before but not permanently fixed. Fee will be charged during each follow inspection until it is fixed

 

BRACY’S CAFE

501 Francis

No observations.

 

CAFÉ PONY ESPRESSO

114 S 8th

No observations.

 

EAGLES LODGE – Rental Halls/Catering

2004 N Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

MI FAMILIA

2420 Frederick

No observations.

 

FIRST WARD HOUSE LLC

2101 St Joseph Ave

Observations:

Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils*

-Slime mold in ice machine

-All food contact surfaces and equipment that contacts food must clean, free of debris, and sanitized after each use

-Clean and sanitize at least one time per week

*According to the report, issues noted in this section were corrected.

 

PAPPY’S GRILL & PUB

2501 Messanie

Observations:

Repairing

-Kitchen floor tiles are damaged and/or missing

-The physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair at all times to insure they are cleanable and not a source of possible contamination

-Replace damaged/missing tiles with durable tiles that will last longer than 6-12 months

 

POPS PLACE

238 Illinois

No observations.

 

PIZZA HUT

6942 King Hill Ave

No observations.

 

SOTELO MEXICAN RESTAURANT

2110 Francis

Observations:

Packaged and Unpackaged Food

– Separation, Packaging, and Segregation*.

-Raw eggs stored above ready to eat food -(A) Food shall be protected from cross contamination by: (1) Separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from: (a) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as vegetables, and (b) Cooked ready-to-eat food;

-Raw eggs must be stored below ready to eat food. Raw poultry, raw ground meat, whole meats, raw fish and eggs, and ready to eat food in ascending order

*According to the report, issues noted in this section were corrected.

 

Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Hot and Cold Holding.*

-Refried beans in hot holding is not at correct temperature (84.0 degrees)

-Foods that require Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food must be maintained at 135F or hotter, if not, food must be discarded and denatured -Must reheat food before placing in hot holding. Reheat canned food to 135.0 degrees

*According to the report, issues noted in this section were corrected.

 

Food Storage

-Food in cooler is not covered

-Must be kept covered except when in use to protect against possible contamination

-All food must be covered and that includes cooked food, cut vegetables and fruits

 

ADAMS BAR & GRILL

1612 Commercial

Observations:

Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food), Hot and Cold Holding.

-Chili held at 114.0 degrees

-Foods that require Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food must be maintained at 135F or hotter, if not, food must be discarded and denatured

-Reheat to 165.0 and place in proper hot holding

 

Thawing.

-Thawing meat at room temperature

-Food must be thawed in walk-in-cooler or submerged in cold running water, or in microwave, NEVER at ROOM TEMPERATURE!!

-Thaw food properly to prevent bacterial growth/toxin formation

*According to the report, issues noted in this section were corrected.

 

FORDS DRIVE IN

5028 Lake Ave

Observations:

Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization Temperature, pH, Concentration, and Hardness*

-Sanitizer concentration in the bucket is too low

-Chlorine 50-100ppm but not >200ppm Quaternary 200ppm but not >400ppm -Low concentration of sanitizer will not destroy pathogens

*According to the report, issues noted in this section were corrected.

 

LEAN KITCHEN

3500 N Village Dr Ste 152

No observations.

 

ST JO FRONTIER CASINO

777 Winners Circle

Observations:

Cleaning Ventilation Systems, Nuisance and Discharge Prohibition

-Dirty air vents in kitchen

-Intake and exhaust air ducts shall be cleaned and filters changed so they are not a source of contamination by dust, dirt, and other materials. If vented to the outside, ventilation systems may not create a public health hazard or nuisance or unlawful discharge

-Clean regularly

 

PEPPERJAX GRILL

3702C Frederick Ave

Observations:

Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation

-Keep wiping clothes in sanitizer when not in use

 

TAQUERIA HUARACHERIA

3830 King Hill

Observations:

Food Storage

-Food in cooler and freezer is not covered

-Must be kept covered except when in use to protect against possible contamination

-Put food in containers and cover. Food that is still cooling must covered 4 hours after storing in the cooler

 

CHEDDARS CASUAL CAFE

5302 N Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

THREE WISHES BAKERY

3702 Frederick Ave

No observations.

 

CHIPOTLE MEXICAN GRILL

5107 N Belt Hwy

Observations:

Food Storage

-Must be kept covered except when in use to protect against possible contamination

 

CHILI’S GRILL & BAR

5105 N Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

WALMART SOUTH BELT

3022 S Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

SCOOTER’S

2410 N. Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

54TH STREET GRILL & BAR

5103 N Belt Hwy

No observations.

 

MR BIG SHOTS INC

1811 Frederick Ave

Observations:

Repairing

-The physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair at all times to insure they are cleanable and not a source of possible contamination

 

IHOP

3804 N Belt Hwy

No observations.

Lodging Establishment Inspection Report:

DRURY HOTELS COMPANY LLC

4213 Frederick Blvd

-Rentokil Steritech (pest control) inspected on January 7, 2019. They found evidence of an infestation and they treated the room. The room is currently off market until it is fully treated.

Missouri student scores show struggle with new state testing

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Education officials are blaming a drop in the academic performance of Missouri students last year on the state changing its standardized testing and the threshold for passing four times in five years.

The percentage of students passing English exams statewide dipped to 49 percent last year, down from 61 percent in 2017, according to state data. Math scores fell to 42 percent in 2018, down from 47 percent in 2017.

Missouri adopted national Common Core standards a few years ago, but lawmakers ditched the standards in 2016 following conservative backlash. The Legislature ordered new education benchmarks, and state officials scrambled to develop their own metrics and tests. Last year marked the first time the tests were given across the state.

Superintendents said the state changed how questions are asked on the tests and required higher scores to pass.

Pattonville Superintendent Tim Pecoraro said 85 percent or more of his high school students typically pass the Algebra II test, but roughly 56 percent passed last year.

“It’s not because this group can’t do Algebra II,” Pecoraro said. “The threshold changed. That’s why our message to staff is we’re not going to freak out.”

State law prohibits the education department from stripping a district of its accreditation based on the first year of a new test. The rule has led the department to adjust test scores.

Unlike many districts, the Kansas City School District recorded its highest test score in decades last year. The district lost its accreditation in 2011 and returned to a provisional range in 2014. Kansas City will need to score at least 70 percent on the test next year to regain full accreditation.

Missouri administrators have promised districts that the state test won’t change again.

Kevin Freeman, an education department official, said, “There is a sense of relief that we’re going to have stability moving forward.”

4-year-old Missouri boy killed in accident at school

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) — A 4-year-old child is dead after an accident at the Poplar Bluff Early Childhood Center in southeast Missouri.

The accident happened Friday morning. The child’s name has not been released.

Schools Superintendent Scott Dill says students were participating in a physical education class with several adults providing supervision. The class was in a multipurpose room that doubles as the school’s cafeteria.

Police Lt. Josh Stewart says no criminal charges are expected for what he called a “tragic accident.”

AG files appeal to allow telemedicine abortion ban in Kansas

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is appealing a judge’s ruling that allows telemedicine abortions in the state even though legislators have enacted three laws against them within eight years.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt filed the appeal Friday with the Kansas Court of Appeals.

Schmidt hopes to overturn a Dec. 31 decision by Shawnee County District Judge Franklin Theis in a lawsuit filed by a Wichita clinic’s operators. Since October, clinic doctors have conferred with some patients through teleconferences when providing pregnancy-ending drugs.

Theis ruled that a 2018 law banning telemedicine abortions has no legal force because it contained no way to punish violators.

The judge also ruled that 2011 and 2015 laws are on hold indefinitely because they’re covered by an injunction in a separate lawsuit challenging abortion regulations that is still pending.

Senator Blunt slams NCAA penalties against Mizzou

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt is slamming the NCAA for sanctioning Missouri’s football, baseball and softball programs after an investigation revealed academic misconduct.

The Missouri Republican in a Friday statement urged the NCAA to take another look at the case, which involves a tutor who completed coursework for athletes. Blunt says upstanding athletes shouldn’t be punished for what he described as isolated violations.

The school must also vacate all games in which the 12 students whose work was completed by the tutor participated.

Prosecutors to seek death penalty in death of 2 Kan. deputies

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark Dupree plans to seek the death penalty against a man charged with killing two sheriff’s deputies.

Deputy King and Deputy Rohrer-photos Wyandotte Co. Sheriff

Dupree said Friday during a hearing for 30-year-old Antoine Fielder that he will pursue the death penalty.

Fielder is charged with capital murder in the deaths of Wyandotte County sheriff’s deputies Patrick Rohrer and Theresa King.

Fielder photo Wyandotte Co.

They were killed last June while they were transporting Fielder and another prisoner between the jail and a court hearing. Fielder allegedly disarmed them but details of the incident have not been released.

Fielder also was injured during the confrontation.

A judge on Friday ordered that Fiedler be taken to Larned State hospital for a mental evaluation. Court proceedings will be stayed until the evaluation is complete.

Kansas teen with unexplained lung condition returns home

KANSAS CITY (AP) — A teen who became the first patient at a Kansas City hospital to walk while on life support has recently returned home.

photos courtesy Children’s Mercy

Zei was the first Children’s Mercy patient to walk while on ECMO life support. This week she walked out of the front doors of the hospital after more than 450 days, just in time to be home for her birthday. Read more about her powerful journey back home.

Zei Uwadia left Children’s Mercy Hospital on Thursday after being hospitalized for more than a year for unexplained lung failure. Zei will continue to recover at home in Wichita, Kansas.

The now 17-year-old inspired hundreds of thousands of people who watched videos of her walking down the hospital’s halls while on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), an invasive form of life support.

Doctors still don’t know what caused Zei’s lungs to fail, but she’s no longer on ECMO and instead uses a tracheostomy, a tube in her neck that helps her breathe.

Zei says she’s looking forward to having more freedom.

Sheriff: Northwest Missouri man charged in father’s death

Davison -photo Nodaway County

NODAWAY COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities have charge a northwest Missouri man with the murder of his father.

Just after 10:30 a.m. January 25, the Nodaway County 911 Center received a call requesting an ambulance for an 88-year-old man who was on the floor and unresponsive but breathing at 115 Oak Street in Burlington Junction, according to a media release from Sheriff Randy Strong.

The caller told the 911 operator he was the cause for his father being on the floor.

At the scene, deputies determined that this was an assault. The suspect was taken into custody. The victim was transported by ambulance to a local hospital where it was determined that his injuries were life threatening and he was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital.

The sheriff’s office applied for a search warrant for the home and conducted an investigation.

Nodaway County Prosecutor Robert Rice charged the suspect, Lawrence Wayne Davison, 64, Burlington Junction, with 1st Degree Assault and Elder Abuse.

On Wednesday afternoon, the victim died. An autopsy was performed and it was determined that the man died as a result of trauma to the head, according to Strong.

On Thursday, prosecuting attorney Robert Rice amended the charges to Murder in the 2nd Degree. Lawrence Wayne Davison remains in the Nodaway County Jail.

NE Kan. woman admits mistake leaving toddlers in car on cold night

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A 26-year-old Kansas woman accused of leaving her two toddlers in a car while she was in a bar pleaded with a judge to not take her children away from her while acknowledging that she made a mistake.

Photo courtesy Players Sports Bar

Tiara Dillon of Lawrence was charged Thursday with two felony counts of aggravated child endangerment and a misdemeanor count of operating a vehicle under the influence.

Judge James George ordered Dillon to have no contact with her children, who are 2 and 3.

Before judge George issued the no-contact order Dillon repeatedly asked him not to take her children and said she never meant to hurt her children.

Dillon was arrested early Wednesday after allegedly leaving her two children unattended in a vehicle at the Playerz Sports Bar in Lawrence bar on a dangerously cold night.

Baby sitter sentenced in dog attack death of 13-month-old Missouri girl

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A  Missouri woman has been sentenced to four years in prison after a toddler she was baby-sitting was mauled to death by a dog.

Jordan -photo Cape Giradeau Co.

Erica Jordan, 33, Cape Girardeau, pleaded guilty in December to involuntary manslaughter in the March 2018 death of 13-month-old Loxli Chavez.

Lewis was given the maximum sentencing recommended by prosecutors in her sentencing in January.

Jordan told police she was temporarily keeping the dog, a pit bull/Labrador/malamute named Smokey, for her brother. Prosecutors said Jordan knew the dog could be violent.

Police Sgt. Darren Estes wrote in a probable cause statement that Jordan said the dog had also bitten her son but that she thought he had calmed down after being neutered.

Loxli’s mother told police Jordan had assured her the dog was not a risk to children.

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