Pittsburgh Subway restaurant allowed to reopen
UPDATE: The Allegheny County Health Department updated its website to show the store was allowed to reopen on February 13.
A Subway sandwich store in Pittsburgh has been ordered closed by the Allegheny County Health Department.
According to an inspection conducted on Thursday, Subway on the 900 block of Ridge Avenue in the North Side was hit with 10 total violations, including two considered high-risk.
Those high-risk violations include improper cooling of food.
Tuna said that was prepared at room temperature and two pans made at 11:30 a.m. measured at 53 degrees over four hours after it was made. Prepared foods must reach the safe temperature of 41 degrees or lower within four hours.
Other foods in the walk-in cooler measuring above 41 degrees included sliced salami and ham, both at 48 degrees.
Food in the sandwich prep area measuring above the safe temperature include tuna salad, roast chicken, cut tomatoes and sliced cheese.
The ambient temperature in the walk-in cooler measured between 45 and 48 degrees.
The restaurant is ordered closed until reinspection and it's shown that refrigeration that can maintain foods at 41 degrees or lower.
You can see any updated to the Subway's status on the Allegheny County Health Department's website.
