Based on observation, interview, and facility policy review, the facility failed to ensure staff maintained competency in food safety practices by failing to properly calibrate a food thermometer prior to checking food temperatures for one (1) of three (3) kitchen observations. Findings include:A review of the facility's policy, Calibration of Thermometers, reviewed 05/23, revealed, Procedure: 1. All thermometers are to be calibrated: a. Before each meal.2. Ice Point Method.d. …
F802 citations in Mississippi
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Mississippi cites F802 less often than its own record predicts
0.62 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Mississippi in 2025, this is the portion that was F802.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Mississippi surveyors wrote
F802 findings written in Mississippi, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Mississippi citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.10% | 0.51× |
| 2025 | 0.10% | 0.62× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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