Smug's Pizza - Arcata

1034 G St, Arcata

Routine Inspection

ROACHY SAYS:

“Huzzah! This establishment has successfully impressed the government! Kudos, Smug's Pizza - Arcata!!”

Routine Inspection

ROACHY SAYS:

“Take a victory lap, Smug's Pizza - Arcata! In the race that is maintaining a clean and healthy establishment you've earned Roachy's gold medal! Eat here today, everyone!!”

Routine Inspection

ROACHY SAYS:

“Zero violations! Now that's how you keep 'em coming back for more! I'll be sending all my human friends to Smug's Pizza - Arcata! Yum yum!!”

Routine Inspection

ROACHY SAYS:

“Wow! Roachy can see himself in your butterknives! Way to go, Smug's Pizza - Arcata!!”

Routine Inspection

ROACHY SAYS:

“Zero violations! Now that's how you keep 'em coming back for more! I'll be sending all my human friends to Smug's Pizza - Arcata! Yum yum!!”

Routine Inspection
45. Floor, walls, and ceilings: built, maintained, clean.

Conditions Observed: Finish is failing on wall to left of stove. Repair; maintain a smooth and durable surface.

ROACHY SAYS:

“Food facilities shall be fully enclosed in a building consisting of permanent floors, walls, and an overhead structure that meets minimum standards. The walls and ceiling shall be smooth, durable, nonabsorbent, and easily cleanable. Flooring and base coving shall be smooth, durable, and made of approved nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Floor surfaces shall be coved at the juncture of the floor and wall with a 3/8 inch minimum radius and shall extend up the wall at least 4 inches. (114143(d), 114266, 114268, 114268.1, 114271, 114272)”

Routine Inspection
08. Proper hot and cold holding temperatures.

ROACHY SAYS:

“Except during preparation, cooking, cooling, transportation to or from a retail food facility for a period of less than thirty minutes, when time is used as the public health control, or as otherwise specified, potentially hazardous foods shall be maintained at or below 41F or at or above 135F. The following foods may be held at or below 45F: raw shell eggs, unshucked live molluscan shellfish, pasteurized milk and pasteurized milk products in original sealed containers, potentially hazardous foods held during transportation. Potentially hazardous foods held for dispensing in serving lines and salad bars may be held at 45F, not to exceed 12 hours in a 24 hour period, if unused portions are discarded. Food preparation shall not exceed two cumulative hours without a return to the required holding temperatures. (113996, 113998, 114037, 114343(a))”

Routine Inspection
24. No rodents, insects, birds, or animals.

Conditions Observed: Observed customer enter the facility with their dog; employees did not inform customer that only service dogs only are allowed in a permitted food facility. Discussed with Manager, who will request that dogs wait outside the facility. COS. Please train all staff in restrictions regarding animals in food facilities.

ROACHY SAYS:

“A food facility shall be kept free of vermin. Live animals are prohibited from food facilities except as specified in 114259.5. Food facility employees shall not care for or handle animals that may be present in the food facility. Food facility employees are required to wash their hands after handling or caring for fish in an aquarium and/or shellfish, or crustacea, in display tanks and as specified in 114259.4. (114259.1, 114259.4, 114259.5)”

41. Plumbing: proper backflow devices.

Conditions Observed: Observed continuous leak at 2-part sink. As discussed during the inspection, repair leak. Consider contacting the City of Arcata for additional resources.

ROACHY SAYS:

“Steam tables, ice machines, ice bins, food preparation sinks, display cases, walk-in refrigeration units, and other similar equipment that discharge liquid waste shall drain into a floor sink with an air gap or other approved type of receptor. All plumbing and plumbing fixtures shall be installed in compliance with applicable local plumbing ordinances, maintained so as to prevent any contamination, kept clean, fully operative, and in good repair. The potable water supply shall be protected with a backflow or back siphonage protection device. Any hose used for potable water shall be of approved materials, labeled, properly stored, and used for no other purpose. Liquid drain lines shall not pass through an ice machine or an ice storage bin. (114171, 114190, 114192, 114193, 114193.1, 114199, 114201, 114269)”

43. Toilet facilities: properly constructed, supplied, cleaned.

Conditions Observed: Observed restroom sink, toilet, and floor to be in need of cleaning. Clean and sanitize routinely to keep restroom sanitary.

ROACHY SAYS:

“Toilet facilities shall be maintained and kept clean. Toilet rooms shall be separated by a well-fitting, self-closing door. Toilet tissue shall be provided in a permanently installed dispenser at each toilet. (114250, 114250.1, 114276)”

45. Floor, walls, and ceilings: built, maintained, clean.

Conditions Observed: Observed excessive build-up on window sill adjacent to pizza prep. Observed finishes to be failing on window sill and on wall below metal plate. Repair finishes to be smooth, durable, non-absorbent, and free of harborage.

ROACHY SAYS:

“Food facilities shall be fully enclosed in a building consisting of permanent floors, walls, and an overhead structure that meets minimum standards. The walls and ceiling shall be smooth, durable, nonabsorbent, and easily cleanable. Flooring and base coving shall be smooth, durable, and made of approved nonabsorbent material that is easily cleanable. Floor surfaces shall be coved at the juncture of the floor and wall with a 3/8 inch minimum radius and shall extend up the wall at least 4 inches. (114143(d), 114266, 114268, 114268.1, 114271, 114272)”

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