What restaurant inspectors found wrong in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:34 pm
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Florida restaurant inspectors found numerous violations in the kitchen at President Trump’s private club, Mar-a-Lago.
Inspectors from the Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation cited more than a dozen violations in reports from a Jan. 26 inspection at Trump’s “winter White House” in Palm Beach, the Miami Herald first reported. The violations included several that were categorized as high priority, which “could contribute directly to a foodborne illness or injury,” according to the agency.
In two kitchen coolers, the inspectors found that meats were not being stored at the proper temperature and that fish served raw or undercooked had not “undergone proper parasite destruction,” according to the reports.
Inspectors also cited the club for reach-in and walk-in coolers that were not properly maintained, no hot water or hand-drying device at an employee sink and more basic violations, such as employees who were not wearing hairnets while preparing food for customers.
“These infractions were part of a routine inspection and were not complaint-based,” Stephen Lawson, communications director for the Department of Business & Professional Regulation, said in a statement.
“The infractions were corrected on site,” he added, “and the establishment was immediately brought into compliance.”
The general manager at Mar-a-Lago could not immediately be reached for comment.