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Brilliant Minds LLC
1610 S 26th St
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19145
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Brilliant Minds
1610 S 26th St
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19145
Inspection Date: 03/30/2023

3270.72(a) The second floor toilet room does not have an exhaust fan or window.
3270.76 Dust and debris on the floor perimeters in the basement hot water heater area.
3270.82(g) Openings in lower coving areas in some toilet rooms observed.
3270.102(a) Some large shelves and cabinets are not anchored in classrooms and classroom closets.
Brilliant Minds LLC
1610 S 26th St
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19145
Inspection Date: 03/30/2023

1 No person shall operate a food establishment that handles, prepares or serves non-prepackaged potentially hazardous food who does not have present and in the employ of the food establishment at all hours of operation at least one (1) person with a valid Food Establishment Personnel Food Safety Certificate issued by the Department. The person that was present at the beginning of the inspection has a class certificate but no Philadelphia Food Manager Certificate. A person with a valid Philadelphia Food Manager Certificate was not present.
45 Equipment does not meet minimum design standards: -Non-NSF or ANSI microwave, chest freezers, reach in freezer and small refrigerator/freezers observed. Note: there are commercial microwave and refrigerator present in the food prep area. -Domestic cabinets in the food prep area.
46 Food facility lacks QAC sanitizer test strips to monitor sanitizer concentration. The test strips observed are pH test strips.
51 Water-stained ceiling tiles in the staff and girl's toilet room on the basement level.
53 -Raw wood surface in the kitchen area in the 3 basin sink area. -Joints between the floor and wall surfaces are not sealed in the toilet rooms. -Gaps between surfaces observed in some classrooms.
53 Brooms and dust pans are stored on the floor rather than hanging on utility racks.
53 Observations: -General dust and debris on the floor perimeters in the basement hot water heater room. -Unused refrigerator and chest freezers are potential vermin harborage conditions.
54 The second floor toilet room does not have an exhuast fan or window.
Brilliant Minds LLC
1610 S 26th St
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19145
Inspection Date: 01/23/2023

8 -Paper towel dispenser empty at the handwash sink in the kitchen area. Paper towels were provided. -There was no can at the kitchen hand sink. A can was placed at the sink.
26 Observed insecticides and rodenticides not labeled by the manufacturer for food facility usage, in the classroom closet (Terro ant bait), utility closet (Home Defense spray) and hot water heater (poison blocks) areas. All pest control should be done by a licensed exterminator. The observed bottle of Home Defense insect spray and the Terro Ant Bait was removed during the inspection.
36 Visible physical evidence of rodent activity (rodent droppings) observed in the classroom closets and basement hot water heater areas.
45 Equipment does not minimum design standards: -Non-NSF or ANSI microwaves, chest freezers, reach in freezer, and refrigerator/freezers. -Domestic cabinets in the kitchen
46 Food facility lacks QAC sanitizer test strips to monitor sanitizer concentration.
52 Excess items piled in the outside area may provide vermin harborage conditions.
53 -Raw wood floor surface in the kitchen area under the 3 basin sink. -Joints between the floor and wall surfaces are not sealed in the black classroom, closets and basement classrooms.
53 Brooms, dust pans and mops are stored on the floor rather than hanging on utility racks.
53 Observations: -Rodent droppings observed on the floor perimeters in classrooms closets and the basement hot water heater room. -Dust and debris on the floor perimeters in the basement areas near the hot water heater and basement classroom closets. -Black residue and dust and debris on the second floor Black classroom wall and floor perimeters in the corner below the heater.
54 The second floor toilet room does not have an exhuast fan or window.
Brilliant Minds LLC
1610 S 26th St
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19145
Inspection Date: 01/23/2023

3270.66(c) Cleaning solutions stored next to or over food in classroom closet areas. The observed items were moved. Corrected On Site
3270.67(c) Visible physical evidence of rodent activity (rodent droppings) observed in the classroom closets and basement hot water heater areas.
3270.72(a) The second floor toilet room does not have an exhuast fan or window.
3270.76 Observations: -Rodent droppings observed on the floor perimeters in classrooms closets and the basement in the rooms near the hot water heater. -Dust and debris on the floor perimeters in the basement areas near the hot water heater and basement classroom closets. -Black residue and dust and debris on the second floor Black classroom wall and floor perimeters in the corner below the heater. -Terro ant bait observed in a classroom closet. This area was cleaned during the inspection. -Open poison blocks observed on the floor in the room near the hot water heater.
3270.77(a) -Wall and floor damage in the second floor Black classroom. -Openings in lower wall floor junction areas in a secocnd floor classroom closet, the basement classrooms and staff break room areas. -Peeling paint in the area leading to the hot water heater area.
3270.102(a) Large toys and stacked plastic crates are not anchored to prevent tipping in classrooms.
3270.107 Surfaces in the basement commercial refrigerator were soiled.