Here is my letter to the Health Department stating the changes I would make to my pastry stand in order to meet health codes. Its entertaining, in retrospect, to see how nitpicky and exacting I had to be to meet their standards.
Revisions: Mochis
To: Patricia Ryan
From: DF
Date: June 20th 2006
The following are responses to the topics you listed in your memorandum:
My commissary is a permitted facility with the Seattle King County Health Department.
- There is no mop sink at the commissary. The dishwashing sink provides water for a mop and bucket, which is used to clean the floors.
- There are two public bathrooms nearby. One is approximately 175 feet away from the cart (when I am operating) and the other is approximately 325 feet away.
- There are two drain boards for the three compartment sink: one on the left side and one on the right side of the sink.
- I will ensure that the Mochi is kept below 41 degrees.
- I will keep a bleach bucket by the cart.
- There is no water system in my cart.
The following are small items I neglected to update on my original health plan:
1. Instead of packaging my Mochi in Saran wrap, I am packaging it in wax paper, which, according to the Dixie Corporation, is microwave safe.
2. The top of my Mochis will have a bit of powdered sugar sprinkled on them.
3. Instead of refrigerating my Mochi after I am done preparing it, I will freeze it.
4. I stated on my menu that I will serve “Mochi with Cherry”, but on my operational procedures I said I will fill the Mochi with either chocolate or strawberries. I meant to say on my menu “Mochi with Strawberry” not “Mochi with Cherry.”
5. I said my drinks will be: Tropicana OJ: $1.35 (Costco: 24 packs)
Tree Top Apple Juice: $1.35 (Costco: 24 packs)
Kirkland bottled water: $1.00 (Costco: 35 packs)
Rather my drinks will be:
Crystal Geyser bottled water: $1.00 (Cash and Carry: 35 packs)
Minute Maid Lemonade: $1.15 (Cash and Carry: 12 packs)
Thomas Kemper Root Beer and Vanilla Cream Soda: $1.35 (Cash and Carry: 24 packs)
Thank you,
DF
D.b.a. Mochis
