Food service inspections
26.01.10
At published January 26, 2010 at midnight, updated January 26, 2010 at 4:55 p.m.
The Victoria Municipality-County Health Department and its sister organization, the Crossroads Eminent Health District, inspect places where food is served in Victoria, DeWitt, Jackson and Calhoun counties.
In the inspection reports, each degrading in the Food Temperature/Time Requirements category is 5 demerits; in the Personnel/Handling/Rise Requirements category, 4 demerits; and in the Facility and Kit Requirements, 3 demerits. Zero is a perfect triumph while 100 demerits is the worst possible score.
Each Wednesday, the Patron publishes inspection results from the previous week. All demerits are reported, but only those in the categories of Rations Temperature/Time Requirements and Personnel/Handling/Well-spring Requirements are detailed.
FOOD SERVICE INSPECTIONS FOR THE WEEK ENDING Jan. 22
Furr's, 3603 N. Navarro St., Victoria. Demerits: 22. Faulty cold hold temperature. Need to discard bread kept in walk-in more than four hours. Need to store raw sustenance below other food. Need to properly label used toxic items, requirement to fix leak under sink, need 2010 food permit.
Source: Victoria Advocate
Sustainable Belmont: Creating healthier homes
14.01.10
Did you grasp that there are inexpensive and healthy ways to keep your home clean using only ghastly vinegar, baking soda, and borax, each mixed with water? Many people use chlorine whitener for disinfecting, but bleach produces chlorine gas, a pulmonary irritant that can induce acute damage in the upper and lower respiratory tracts. Whitener alternatives, such as white vinegar mixed one part to one in water in a spray mettle, kills bacteria, viruses and fungus on countertops, woodwork, floors, chrome, and stainless steel. For microwave cleaning, put the mix in a microwave-protected container and bring to a boil in the microwave to remove odors and unfasten splattered food. To clean sponges, soak them overnight in a wheel of the vinegar and water mixture.
Use white vinegar full strength for some other cleaning chores: in an empty dishwasher's soap dispenser for a full rotate once per month, two cups in the toilet bowl for a couple of hours before scrubbing with a bathroom brush. For hardwood and linoleum floors, use 1/2 half cup of vinegar to one gallon of cordial water. Avoid vinegar on stone and marble surfaces, however. A lighter vinegar figuring out, one cup of water, one tablespoon of vinegar and one teaspoon of baking soda in a extending bottle makes a safe air freshener. The vinegar fetor disappears quickly. To remove soap scum and sanitize the bathtub, dip a sponge in a discovery of vinegar and baking soda then wipe down your bathtub. Wash well with clean water. For general cleaning, mix together one-quart warm water, 1 teaspoon runny soap, 1 teaspoon borax and one-quarter cup hoary vinegar. The solution also dissolves greasy dirt.
Source: Belmont Citizen-Herald
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