Health inspection·January 17, 2025

F 0812 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm Residents Affected - Some Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to ensure proper food handling techniques in the kitchen when several wet metal containers were stacked while still wet and dry storage room walk-in refrigerator, and freezer had expired and unlabeled food. There se failures had the potential to expose 62 residents receiving food from the kitchen to food-borne illness. Findings: During an observation and subsequent interview with the director of dining (DD) on 1/17/2025 at 10:43 a.m., the following items were observed in the walk-in refrigerator and freezer: -unlabeled four bags of green beans -unlabeled four bags of chicken breast filets -unlabeled one bag of hash brown -one container of goat cheese with an expiration date of 1/12/25 -one large container of sugar with an expiration date of 11/1/24. The DD acknowledged the above observations. During the same kitchen observation and subsequent interview, with the DD, on 1/17/25 at 10:43 a.m., there were nine metal containers on the storage racks which were still wet. These were acknowledged as being wet by the DD, and the registered dietitian (RD). During an interview, with the RD, on 1/17/25 at 11:23 a.m., while leaving the kitchen, when asked what the RD thought about the observations, she stated the observations were not good. During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled General Storage Standards, revised 08/2022, the P&P indicated PROCEDURE: .6. Storage containers need to be appropriate for product needs, labeled, and dated.7. Frozen items should be wrapped or in commercial cartons, dated, and labeled.16. All potentially hazardous foods must be labeled with a date sticker as soon as the package is opened, or the item is prepared. Only such items that have a date sticker less than seven days old will remain on our shelves for consumption by the residents. Page 1 of 2 555343 555343 01/17/2025 Saratoga Retirement Community Health Center 14500 Fruitvale Avenue Saratoga, CA 95070

F 0812 Level of Harm - Minimal harm or potential for actual harm During a review of the facility's policy and procedure (P&P) titled Dish Room Operations, reviewed 11/2024, the P&P indicated .6. Clean dish storage: This is the cart and shelves used to store clean items prior to being put away for use. Dishes should remain in this area, unstacked, until completely dry. Residents Affected - Some 555343 Page 2 of 2