DUMBO food market sits empty after health violations
Less than a week after being shut down by the city’s health department, the Time Out Food Market, once a bustling tourist destination, still sits empty as of Tuesday.
The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene last Wednesday shut down 14 out of the 21 food vendors at the 21,000-square-foot food market following an inspection, citing a refrigerator with food temperatures well above the federal Food and Drug Administration standards, according to Patch.
According to the agency, a shared refrigerator at the 55 Water St. market was found to be at 58 degrees when inspected, instead of the federally mandated 41 degrees for cold food storage — a nearly 20-degree difference. The federal standards hold that potentially hazardous foods (meat and fish) must be kept at or below 41 degrees to prevent bacteria from growing and to decrease the risk of food-borne illnesses.