KENNEDY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — An assisted living facility in Kennedy Township was hit with a consumer alert on Monday.
An inspection report from the Allegheny County Health Department lists six violations found at Caring Heights Community Care & Rehabilitation Center, only one of which was considered high risk for foodborne illness.
That high-risk violation had to do with cold holding temperatures. The report states that elevated temperatures were noted in the walk-in cooler -- cooked noodles were 47 degrees, pickles in brine were 48 degrees and a single serving carton of milk was 27 degrees. All of those items were discarded during the inspection.
In the medium-risk category, the report flags the ambient temperatures of two coolers. The walk-in cooler had an ambient air temperature of 48 degrees during the inspection, and a temperature log showed that in the previous week the temperatures were consistently 42 degrees or higher.
An upright two-door cooler also had elevated temperatures, typically fluctuating between 44-50 degrees.
The report also calls out a “lack of active managerial control” in the medium-risk level, since “inadequate action” was taken by the facility to repair the malfunctioning walk-in cooler.
The health department says the consumer alert can be removed once the walk-in cooler is serviced and the holding temperature is below 41 degrees.
If that’s not done before Aug. 5, the facility will be ordered closed.
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