Davidson Health & Rehab: Food Storage Violations - NC
In the walk-in refrigerator next to it, an open box of turkey sausage sat unwrapped and exposed to air, no date on it. Beside that, an open package of Danishes, also unwrapped, also undated.
The Dietary Manager was standing right there during the inspection. He acknowledged all of it. Food should be wrapped once it's opened, he said, and labeled with the contents and the date it was opened. Anything opened should be used or thrown out within seven days.
None of the items found that morning met those standards.
His explanation for the refrigerator items was that he hadn't worked over the weekend and hadn't had a chance to check the refrigerator or freezer Monday morning because he was busy printing meal tickets for breakfast service. The ground meat in the freezer, dated July 7, had been there through multiple weekends, multiple breakfast services, and multiple meal ticket printings.
The administrator, interviewed later that afternoon, said the same things the Dietary Manager had said: food should be labeled with contents and opened dates and stored correctly. The inspection report does not indicate that either the administrator or the Dietary Manager offered an explanation for how a bag of unidentified meat had remained in the freezer for the better part of two months.
Inspectors classified the violation as having minimal harm or potential for actual harm, meaning the lapse hadn't been traced to a specific resident getting sick. That classification reflects what inspectors could document, not necessarily what the food was served to residents before anyone looked.
The turkey sausage and the Danishes were open, partially used, and stored without wrapping. That means someone had already used part of both items and returned what remained to the refrigerator in that condition. The inspection report doesn't say when they were opened or how many times they had been accessed before August 25.
The ground meat is a different problem. A seven-week-old bag of unlabeled, uncooked meat in a commercial kitchen freezer isn't a weekend oversight. The Dietary Manager's own standard, seven days from opening, would have put the discard date somewhere around July 14. The inspection found it on August 25.
Davidson Health & Rehab serves residents who are elderly, many of whom are recovering from illness or surgery, and whose immune systems are less equipped to handle foodborne illness than a healthy adult's would be. The inspection report notes the practices had the potential to affect food served to residents. It does not say the items were discarded during the inspection, or that any corrective steps were taken on the spot.
What the report does say is that the Dietary Manager knew the rules. He stated them clearly and without apparent confusion when asked. The administrator knew them too. The gap wasn't knowledge. It was whether anyone was checking.
A kitchen walk-through on a Monday morning, before the inspector arrived, would have taken less time than printing meal tickets.
Full Inspection Report
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Davidson Health & Rehab Center in Lexington, NC was cited for violations during a health inspection on August 28, 2025.
In the walk-in refrigerator next to it, an open box of turkey sausage sat unwrapped and exposed to air, no date on it.
Health inspections identify deficiencies that facilities must correct. Violations range from minor documentation issues to serious safety concerns. Review the full report below for specific details and facility response.