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Saturday, January 24, 2009

TMJ4 reporting inept/Brookfield Perkins is a dirty diner

This from Freedom Eden:

Specifically, I have a problem with Steve Wexler, General Manager of TMJ4, Brenda Serio, Programming, and Courtny Gerrish, "Dirty Dining" reporter.

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Here's the story:

Shortly after TMJ4 aired a "Dirty Dining" segment about the Perkins in Brookfield on December 11, 2008, I noticed that the report had been posted on TMJ4's "Dirty Dining" web page and then removed.

I was able to capture the story via Google's cache.

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BROOKFIELD - A family restaurant not keeping food cold enough. Perkins on Barker Road and Bluemound.

An employee was cracking eggs and then touching customer's food, all without changing gloves. A cross contamination risk. When we stopped by the manager wasn't talking. "You don't want to comment?" "Not really."

Inspectors had issues with food temperature. Meatloaf and sausage were at 45 degrees. Rice was kept at 47 degrees. The safe cold temperature is 41. Also, inspectors found a cooler as warm as 47 degrees, and Hash browns were sitting out at room temperature.

Children's drink cups used as scoops, sitting in food. Perkins was ordered to use a scoop with a handle, so employees don't put their hands in the food. Also, there were open bags of flour stored on the floor. Dry goods must be sealed in a container and kept off the floor.

The manager did tell us Perkins was cleaning things up.

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What's so puzzling is that the story was posted on the "Dirty Dining" web page and then removed.

Although the TMJ4 staff is aware that the Perkins segment is no longer available via their site, nothing has been done to rectify that.

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