LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – A Lubbock barbecue joint was temporarily shut down this week after it was cited for more than three dozen violations, many of them repeat violations.
J&M BBQ at 6023 82nd had 38 violations.
Due to the number of violations and repeat violations, the facility was forced to close it’s doors for 24 hours to clean-up.
- Multiple food items in a steam table were not at least 135°.
- Sausage, ribs and brisket in a warming cabinet were not hot enough.
- The person in charge did not have a food thermometer to measure food temps.
- There was a plastic ice pack embedded in the ice in the ice machine.
- There was undrained condensation mixed with ice in an ice machine.
- The hose at the 3-compartment sink was leaking, and the faucet does not meet current plumbing code for commercial food service.
- The sprayer of the three compartment sink is hanging below the flood level rim.
- The food grader was dirty.
- A dirty wiping towel was on a cutting board and contaminating the food contact surface.
- A hand sink was not draining.
- There was no soap or paper towels at the hand sinks in the kitchen or in the restrooms.
- Raw fish was stored in a plastic shopping bag.
- The gaskets on the cooler were broken.
- Shelving had dirty, damaged and unsealed particle board.
- Foam was exposed on the interior door of the reach-in cooler.
- There were no sanitizing test strips available.
- Staff did not have certified food handler certificates.
The inspector notes, due to the number and the nature of the violations management did not show proper food safety knowledge…