This week, a convenience store kitchen was cited for having food more than two weeks out of date, according to a June 22 inspection by the Springfield-Greene County Health Department.
Inspectors found two pans of tomatoes and one container of Buffalo chicken — meant for pizza — with use-by dates of June 6 at the West Bypass Eagle Stop, 3459 W. Division St. in Springfield. The violation was corrected on site by discarding the items. The kitchen also had deli roast beef, ham, and turkey without an open date or use-by date, and the violation was corrected by discaring the items.
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…