Buoy 44 (01-0247), 4536 Ocean View Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 - Full Service Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Buoy 44 (01-0247)
Address: 4536 Ocean View Avenue, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 757 965-4413
Total inspections: 6
Last inspection: 08/10/2015

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

Type

  • Critical: Employee Health (corrected on site)
    Observation: Observed person in charge does not ensure that food employee(s) who exhibits or reports a symptom or diagnosed illness or history of exposure is restricted or excluded
    Correction: The person in charge is responsible for ensuring that staff who exhibit or report symptoms or diagnosed illness or history of exposure are restricted or excluded as required.
  • Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site)
    Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, after handling soiled utensils or after engaging in any activity which may have contaminated his/her hands.
    Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
  • Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: The line cook is eating in areas where they may contaminate food, clean equipment, utensils or other items needing protection.
    Correction: Provide a designated area where employees may @PERSONNEL ACTION@ so as not to contaminate exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles, or other items needing protection.
  • Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: The line cook is drinking from an uncovered container in the food preparation area.
    Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands, (2) The container, and (3) Exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
  • Critical: Shellfish - Shellstock - Maintaining Identification* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Inadequate record keeping system for oysters when removed from their tagged or labeled container.
    Correction: Use an approved record keeping system that would preserve the source identification when removing 1 or more tagged or labeled shellstock from their containers. The system must ensure that shellstock from one tagged or labeled container is not commingled with shellstock from another container before being ordered by the consumer.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Hot Holding* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Mashed Potatoes hot holding at improper temperatures.
    Correction: Rapidly reheat the food to 165°F and maintain at 135°F or above through the hot holding period.
08/10/2015Routine
Critical violations discussed and corrected during the inspection. Permit issued.
  • Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site)
    Observation: In use open drinking containers stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils.
    Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands (2) The container and (3) Exposed food clean equipment, utensils, and linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
  • Critical: Shellfish - Shellstock - Maintaining Identification* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Inadequate record keeping system of shellstock tags.
    Correction: Use an approved record keeping system that keeps the tags or labels in chronological order correlated to the date when, or dates during which the shellstock are sold or served.
  • Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices (repeated violation)
    Observation: There is no properly working test kit provided in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.
    Correction: Obtain a chlorine test kit so that employees can accurately monitor the concentration of the sanitizing solutions and maintain them at a safe and effective level.
  • Critical: Toxics - Identifying Toxic Containers* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Chemical spray bottle observed without a label.
    Correction: Label spray bottles with contents or discard.
05/11/2015Routine
  • Food - Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination (corrected on site)
    Observation: bowl used to dispense rte.
    Correction: Protect food from miscellaneous sources of contamination.
  • Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices
    Observation: There is no properly working test kit provided in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solutions.
    Correction: Obtain a chlorine test kit so that employees can accurately monitor the concentration of the sanitizing solutions and maintain them at a safe and effective level.
11/05/2014Routine
Critical violations discussed and corrected during inspection. Restaurant in good sanitary condition!
  • Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage
    Observation: In-use utensils improperly stored between use.
    Correction: Store in-use utensils or dispensing utensils in one of the following manners: 1) In the food with their handles above the top of the food and the container. 2) In food that is not potentially hazardous with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed. 3) On a clean portion of the food preparation table or cooking equipment only if the in-use utensil and the food-contact surface of the food preparation table or cooking equipment are cleaned and sanitized every 4 hours. 4) In running water of sufficient velocity to flush particulates to the drain. 5) In a clean, protected location if the utensils are used only with a food that is not potentially hazardous. 6) In a container of water if the water is maintained at a temperature of at least 135°F.
  • Critical: Food - Consumption of Raw or Undercooked Animal Foods (corrected on site)
    Observation: The raw and/or undercooked foods provided on the menu, menu board, table tent or brochure do not provide a disclosure statement. (shellfish)
    Correction: The Consumer Advisory shall include a disclosure statement that includes a description of the animal-derived foods and identification of the animal-derived foods by astericking (*) them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain raw or undercooked ingredients.
  • Temperature Measuring Devices
    Observation: There was no temperature measuring device located in the salad refrigerator.
    Correction: Provide a temperature measuring device in all hot or cold holding equipment used to store potentially hazardous foods so that employees can routinely monitor the ambient air temperature.
  • Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment (corrected on site)
    Observation: Mechanically vented hood filters not in good repair or have gaps in between filters. Filter missing in hood.
    Correction: Repair or replace hood filters and/or eliminate gaps between filters.
  • Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles
    Observation: Single service items observed unprotected from contamination. (floor)
    Correction: Store single service items in its original protective packaging or inverted in an approved dispenser.
  • Handwashing Signage/Handwashing Facilities
    Observation: A sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not provided at all lavatories used by food employees
    Correction: Provide a sign or poster that notifies food employees to wash their hands at all handwashing lavatories used by food employees.
  • Pests - Controlling Pests*
    Observation: Harborage conditions exist Flies evident.
    Correction: Eliminate harborage conditions. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces.
  • Critical: Toxics - Common Name/working Containers of Toxics* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Working containers of toxic cleaners are not properly labeled.
    Correction: Working containers of toxic items are to be properly labeled with contents. Identification of these containers with the common name of the material helps prevent the dangerous misuse of the contents.
07/28/2014Routine
30-day inspection from initial opening inspection. All equipment in good working condition. Employee health policy reviewed.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
04/18/2014Routine
Opening inspection. All equipment new and in excellent sanitary condition. Employee health policy/consumer advisory reviewed. 30-day follow-up to observe practices once establishment is opened for normal business. Permit Issued.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
03/18/2014Routine

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