Pittsburgh Eatery Hit With Consumer Alert

PITTSBURGH, PA — The Allegheny County Health Department has issued a consumer alert for Hunan Bar/Chuan Xiang Hui, on Atwood Street in Oakland, for multiple high risk food code violations.

During an Aug. 21 inspection, the following was found:

• Fifteen to 20 fresh mouse droppings on the two bottom sheet trays in the kitchen.

• Mouse urine on the sides of bags of single-use to-go sauce container lids.

• Too many to count mouse droppings on the floor of the back storage hallway.

• Five to 10 fresh mouse droppings in the cabinet of the women’s bathroom handwashing sink.

• Approximately 30 mouse droppings on the floor of the alcove next to the bar.

• Fruit flies were seen throughout the back storage hallway and kitchen.

• A dead cockroach was found on the floor of the men’s bathroom toilet stall.

Additionally, six cans of bamboo shoots and one can of baby corn with dents in the seams that had to be discarded.

The bar and kitchen both lack dedicated handwashing sinks.

An employee was seen preparing raw pork with only one gloved hand.

A staff member was observed coughing multiple times while cooking and stepping away to spit phlegm.

The deli slicer blade and backsplash guard, potato punch, can opener blade and two knives were soiled with old food debris and residue.

The internal wall of the ice machine was soiled with grey/pink residue.

Plastic T-shirt style to go bags were being used to store raw meats in the freezers.

To see the entire inspection report, click here.