The Pho Real restaurant scored an 88 B on a food safety inspection on June 16, 2023. Pho Real is located at 440 E McCullough Dr Charlotte, NC. The inspector observed several risk factor food safety violations.
Pho Real had violations with cold holding, thawing, cooling methods, dirty equipment, storage order, and use of toxic containers among other violations.
Lets start with food being stored in the dirty mop sink. That is right, Pho Real had pork beef, and chicken under the 3 comp sink and in the mop sink. The inspector had the food thrown away immediately, and Pho Real was instructed by the inspector to never ever store food in the mop sink.
Mop sinks are at ground level and are meant for dirty mops to be drained.
And in addition to that, Pho Real employees had pho soup stored in an Ecolab sanitizer bucket. Once the inspector saw what was happening, they had the soup discarded.
Ginger was also stored under the 3 comp sink. An umbrella was stored in a bin of ginger. A Pho Real employee’s phone was stored on the prep table.
Shrimp, chicken, noodles and pork were being cold held at unsafe temperatures above 41F.
An employee drink without a lid was stored with dry storage items on a shelf in the hallway.
Several bags of raw beef were stored over several containers of soup in the tall reach in freezer. The inspector observed raw shrimp stored over a cooked pork bag and shrimp bags.
The slicer was heavily soiled with old food and debris. Floors were in need of cleaning, under and around equipment. The wall across from the dish machine was dirty.
