A Springfield kitchen will need to be re-inspected after a June 11 visit found mouse droppings in cabinets and insufficient pest bait stations, according to the Springfield-Greene County Health Department report.
Charley’s Philly Cheese Steak, 2825 S. Glenstone Ave., had mouse feces in cabinets under the cash register area, which was corrected on site by removing the droppings and cleaning the area, said the June 11 report. Inspectors also saw “poison bait stations were not fully self-contained and tamper-resistant,” which would allow pests to enter and exit the station without being trapped. That violation was also corrected on site.
Issues found during inspections fall into either priority or non-priority violations. Priority violations impact the safety of the food, such as cross-contamination between raw and ready-to-eat food, improper food temperature and poor personal hygiene and employee health. Multiple priority violations can lead to an establishment being shut down. Non-priority violations alone do not directly affect food safety, such as dirty floors, sticky tabletops or outside trash cans not being covered…