Cold Stone Creamery

Year by year

Inspections

1. Apr 14, 2025 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
   • Not serious Good Retail Practice

     CLEANABLE - NONFOOD SURFACE

     Metal shelving racks in walk-in freezer are rusty and no longer easily cleanable.

     Correction: Provide non-food contact surfaces that are constructed of corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth materials.

     Code WFC 4-101.19

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING

     Opened gallon of milk being cold held is not datemarked.

     Correction: Discard foods that are not datemarked, improperly datemarked, or held past the alloted 7 days.

     Code WFC 3-501.18

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor)

     EMPLOYEE HEALTH REPORTING

     Employees have not been informed they must report symptoms, lesions containing pus, diagnosis of foodborne illness, and situations of exposure to foodborne illness to the person in charge.

     Correction: Person in charge shall inform or retrain food employees on required reporting of symptoms, lesions containing pus, diagnosis of foodborne illness and situations of exposure to foodborne illness.

     Code WFC 2-201.11

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     HANDWASHING - DRYING

     No single-use toweling or approved hand drying device available at handsink in women's toilet room for hand drying.

     Correction: Provide single-use toweling or an approved hand drying device at handsink to facilitate proper handwashing.

     Code WFC 6-301.12

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice

     PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN

     Floors throughout back room and in walk-in freezer are soiled with old food debris.

     Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.

     Code WFC 6-501.12

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     SANITIZATION - CHEMICAL

     The sanitizer concentration for quaternary ammonia in the sanitize basin of 3 compartment sink is < 100 ppm.

     Correction: Use test strips to measure proper sanitizer concentration and adjust the concentration accordingly. Provide training to employees on proper use and concentration of sanitizer.

     Code WFC 4-501.114

2. Jan 29, 2024 Routine Inspection · No Reinspection Required
   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     DATE MARK - EXCEEDED OR MISSING

     Milk and smoothie being cold held is not date marked.

     Correction: Discard foods that are not date marked, improperly date marked, or held past the allotted 7 days.

     Code WFC 3-501.18

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice

     HANDSINK - SIGNAGE

     No handwashing signage is provided at employee handwashing sink in men's and women's restrooms.

     Correction: Provide a sign or poster at each employee handwashing sink that reminds food employees to wash their hands.

     Code WFC 6-301.14

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     HANDWASHING - SOAP

     Soap not available at food employee front counter handwashing sink.

     Correction: Provide hand soap at hand sink to facilitate proper handwashing.

     Code WFC 6-301.11

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice

     PHYSICAL FACILITY - CLEAN

     Facility floors and walls are dirty as is walk-in freezer floor.

     Correction: Clean the physical facilities at a frequency necessary to keep them clean.

     Code WFC 6-501.12

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     RESPONDING TO CONTAMINATION EVENTS

     The food establishment does not have procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events.

     Correction: Provide procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting or diarrheal events.

     Code WFC 2-501.11

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice

     STORAGE - DRYING MOPS

     Mops stored in a position that does not allow for proper drying.

     Correction: Store mops to allow them to air dry without soiling walls, equipment and supplies.

     Code WFC 6-501.16

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice Corrected on site

     STORAGE - IN-USE UTENSILS

     In-use utensil improperly stored. Ice scoop handle in contact with ice.

     Correction: Store in-use utensils in the food item with handle extended, on a clean surface, running dipper well or in a container of water greater than 135 degrees F.

     Code WFC 3-304.12

3. Aug 15, 2022 Pre-Inspection · No Reinspection Required
   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor)

     CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER

     There is no certified food protection manager for the establishment.

     Correction: Provide a certified food protection manager.

     Code WFC 12-201.11

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice Corrected on site

     FOOD - CONTAMINATION

     Cutting board with bananas is kept immediately adjacent to front hand sink, subject to contamination from splashes in sink.

     Correction: Change methods or procedures to protect foods from contamination.

     Code WFC 3-307.11

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice

     GOOD REPAIR - CUTTING SURFACES

     Cutting board for fruit is no longer easily cleanable.

     Correction: Resurface or discard cutting boards or blocks with excessive scratching or scoring.

     Code WFC 4-501.12

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     HANDSINK - ACCESSIBLE/CONVENIENT

     Handsink in back prep area is not accessible; container of milk cartons in sink basin.

     Correction: Provide an accessible handsink to facilitate handwashing by food employees.

     Code WFC 5-203.11; 5-204.11; 5-205.11

   • Serious Priority (CDC risk factor) Corrected on site

     HANDWASHING - SOAP

     Soap not available at food employee handwash sink in front counter area.

     Correction: Provide hand soap at handsink to facilitate proper handwashing.

     Code WFC 6-301.11

   • Not serious Good Retail Practice Corrected on site

     STORAGE - SEWER LINES

     Ice cream cups stored under unprotected sewer lines of front counter hand sink.

     Correction: Relocate all foods away from the unprotected sewer lines or shield the sewer lines to prevent any leaks or drips onto the food items.

     Code 3-305.12