JOSEPH & NYA AFRICAN TASTE RESTAURANT

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Inspection history

1. Nov 7, 2025

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   3 violations

   • The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.
   • Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
   • Non-food contact surfaces of equipment must be made of materials which are corrosion-resistant, non-absorbent, and smooth. Remove equipment with non-food contact surfaces made of other materials.

2. Nov 20, 2024

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   4 violations

   • The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.
   • Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
   • Doors and windows for all outside openings should be self-closing and tight-fitting. Seal openings along the outside of the building.
   • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.

3. Nov 6, 2024

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   8 violations

   • The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.
   • Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
   • The person in charge must be able to explain: • Their responsibility for preventing the spread of foodborne illness by a food worker • The symptoms associated with a foodborne illness • How food workers must report illness symptoms and diseases • When a food worker must be excluded from work or restricted from working with food • When a food worker can return to work
   • Doors and windows for all outside openings should be self-closing and tight-fitting. Seal openings along the outside of the building.
   • While TCS foods are cooling, keep containers uncovered, unstacked, and spread out.
   • Cool cooked TCS food: • Within two hours from 135 to 70 degrees F, and • Within a total of six hours from 135 to 41 degrees F or less
   • Remove single-service and single-use articles made from materials that are unsafe and unclean.
   • All equipment and components must be in good repair. Keep them maintained to manufacturer's specifications.

4. Nov 20, 2023

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   3 violations

   • The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.
   • Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
   • The person in charge must be able to explain: • Their responsibility for preventing the spread of foodborne illness by a food worker • The symptoms associated with a foodborne illness • How food workers must report illness symptoms and diseases • When a food worker must be excluded from work or restricted from working with food • When a food worker can return to work

5. Nov 8, 2023

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   13 violations

   • Clean food contact surfaces of cooking and baking equipment, including microwave ovens, at least every 24 hours.
   • The business must employ at least one valid Minnesota Food Protection Manager's certification (CFPM). Find more information on the Minnesota Department of Health web page.
   • Post a sign at all handwashing sinks used by employees to remind them to wash their hands.
   • Keep a log to record employee illness symptoms. Have it available upon request.
   • Provide containers for food or beverages prepared for takeout or to be eaten immediately. Containers must be reuseable, recyclable or compostable.
   • Keep clean utensils that are unwrapped in trays and holders with their handles up.
   • Keep all cold TCS foods at 41 degrees F or colder under mechanical refrigeration.
   • Non-food contact surfaces of equipment must be made of materials which are corrosion-resistant, non-absorbent, and smooth. Remove equipment with non-food contact surfaces made of other materials.
   • Clean non-food contact surfaces of equipment. Keep them clean.
   • The person in charge must be able to explain: • Their responsibility for preventing the spread of foodborne illness by a food worker • The symptoms associated with a foodborne illness • How food workers must report illness symptoms and diseases • When a food worker must be excluded from work or restricted from working with food • When a food worker can return to work
   • Use only chemical sanitizers on food-contact surfaces that meet Title 40, Code of Federal Regulations requirements: • Part 180, section 180.940 • Part 180, subpart E, section 180.2020
   • Have a test kit for the type of sanitizer used.
   • The person in charge must be able to demonstrate their knowledge to the inspector of the importance of the following food handling procedures to preventing foodborne disease: handwashing; avoiding cross contamination; avoiding hand contact with ready-to-eat foods; time and temperature requirements for safely refrigerating, hot holding, cooling, and reheating TCS food; hazards of eating raw or undercooked meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; food temperatures and cooking times required to safely cook TCS food including meat, poultry, eggs, and fish; foods identified as major food allergens and the symptoms of an allergic reaction; identification of critical control points in a food service operation and steps to be taken to ensure the points are controlled.