As a Fast Food operations guy for over 35 years with MAJOR chains managing over 60 restaurants (including McDs) I can assure you that MOST of these infractions listed are basic and can be found in most EVERY FOOD ESTABLISHMENT YOU CURRENTLY EAT AT! Don't be "dooped" into thinking because some of these infractions are not listed on other businesses reports that they are not present there! The issue here is the NUMBER of infractions noted on one visit. In all my years in the food business (last 35 years Fast Food) when something like this has happened it has been because the General Manager has "****ed off" the inspector OR the inspector is a NEW INSPECTOR "fresh out of Health Inspector school" trying to "Make their mark"! I have seen this MANY, MANY times. The inspectors are OFTEN not calibrated and could lead to inspections like this. The Health Dept. may also be trying to make a statement here as well if McDs has not been fixing previously noted issues (previous scores and items unknown). Being in the business and knowing the health code myself I can go to MOST ANY restaurant and develop an infraction list similar to the one kitty has posted above. Obviously there is a management and training issue here BUT keep in mind that the playing field is NOT LEVEL when it comes to Health Department Inspectors and the report DOES NOT tell the whole story. Be cautious to condemn. Read each infraction Line by Line and decide which ones are REALLY an issue that matters. The basics are listed as Basic for a reason: They are common infractions and do not threaten public health typically.
The 4 listed as High Priority are the ones to be concerned about. Flies in the kitchen - but if the restaurant has doors that open (all do) at times their will be flies present. Yes the Pest Control is obviously not effective based on the # of roaches found but will be a pretty easy fix and I'm confident will be fixed. Washing hands with gloves on is obviously wrong and a internal training issue that I am sure will be dealt with. The Fast food industry has some of the BEST guidelines and procedures to be found anywhere in the food industry. The small "Mom and Pop" restaurants are typically much more "loosey goosey" regarding following Health Dept. guidelines so sometimes the posted score does not tell the whole story and may give you a False sense of security.
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