China King Buffet & Hibachi Grill, 1185 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22901 - Full Service Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: China King Buffet & Hibachi Grill
Address: 1185 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22901
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 917 291-8173
Total inspections: 4
Last inspection: 06/10/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

Type

Note Kitchen had a hood fire 5/22/2014 kitchen was closed all food was discarded per owner. This is a reopening inspection to ensure all cold holding equipment is working.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
06/10/2014Risk Factor
  • Food - Storage or Display of Food in Contact with Water or Ice (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Packaged food stored in direct contact with water.
    Correction: Store packaged food in contact with drained ice. Do not sore in direct contact with water.
  • Kitchenware and Tableware (corrected on site)
    Observation: Seafood Cracker stored food contact surface handle up
    Correction: Handle, display, or dispense cleaned and sanitized utensils so the food- or lip-contact surface are protected from contamination.
02/10/2014Routine
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination.Chicken was stored on top of beef and pork
    Correction: Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by the following: (a) Using separate equipment for each type. (b) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented. (c) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas.
  • Food - Storage or Display of Food in Contact with Water or Ice (corrected on site)
    Observation: Mussles and shrimp stored in direct contact with undrained ice.
    Correction: Store unpackaged food in drained ice.
  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the back chest freezer has accumulations of grime and debris.
    Correction: Clean the surface at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues that become encrusted or attract insects and rodents.
09/16/2013Routine
  • Person in Charge
    Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not monitoring the cook temperatures of potentially hazardous food.
    Correction: Ensure that employees are properly cooking potentially hazardous food to the minimum required temperature for the specified amount of time in accordance with the Regulation. Be particularly careful in cooking those foods known to cause severe foodborne illness and death, through daily oversight of the employees' routine monitoring of the cooking temperatures.
  • Person in Charge
    Observation: Employees are not aware of or are not using clean utensils with ready-to-eat food to prevent cross-contamination--make sure to wash, rinse sanitize food thermometer before use.
    Correction: Ensure employees are preventing cross-contamination of ready-to-eat (RTE) food with bare hands by properly using suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment.
  • Person in Charge
    Observation: Employees are not properly sanitizing cleaned multiuse equipment and utensils and changing wash, rinse, sanitize water frequently enough..
    Correction: Ensure employees are properly sanitizing cleaned equipment and utensils before they are reused, through routine monitoring of solution temperature and exposure time for hot water sanitizing, and chemical concentration, pH, temperature, and exposure time for chemical sanitizing.
  • Person in Charge
    Observation: Poor handwashing procedures observed--not frequently and thoroughly enough.
    Correction: Educate employees on proper handwashing and routinely monitor the employee's handwashing procedures to ensure they are effectively cleaning their hands.
  • Critical: Employee Health*
    Observation: Employees or applicants are not aware of the reporting procedures concerning information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food, including the date of onset of jaundice or of an illness due to Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus
    Correction: Have the license holder require employees or applicants report to the person in charge any information about their health and activities if they are diagnosed with or had a past illness from Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Escherichia coli O157:H7, Hepatitis A virus or Norovirus
  • Critical: Employee Health*
    Observation: Employees or applicants are not aware of the reporting procedures concerning information about their health as they relate to the symptoms caused by illness, infection, or other source that is associated with an acute gastrointestinal illness or a lesion.
    Correction: Have the license holder require employees or applicants report to the person in charge if they are experiencing the following symptoms or conditions: (1) diarrhea, fever, vomiting, jaundice, or sore throat with fever. (2) A lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is on the hands or wrists, unless an impermeable cover such as a finger cot or stall protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over by an impermeable cover or on other parts of the body, unless the lesions covered by a dry durable, tight-fitting bandage. Will send materials in chinese
  • Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage (corrected on site)
    Observation: In-use utensils improperly stored between use--rice scoop in water at standing water. Knives stored between equipment in soiled location.
    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.
  • Cooling Methods (corrected on site)
    Observation: Food containers for cooling food are arranged so as not allow for maximum heat transfer. Crab sald in 5-6" deep containers in walk in cooler;Arrange the food containers in the refrigeration equipment to provide maximum heat transfer through the container walls. Loosely cover or uncover the food if protected from overhead contamination during the cooling period to facilitate heat transfer from the surface of the food.
  • Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking*
    Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) crab salad in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
    Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
  • Critical: Time as a Public Health Control* (repeated violation)
    Observation: @FOOD@ for which time rather than temperature is being used as a control was not labeled or otherwise marked with a 4 hour cook, serve or discard by time at sushi bar including premade sushi and sushi rice---
    Correction: Discard food that is not cooked and served or served if ready-to-eat within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control. Clearly label or otherwise mark the food with a 4-hour cook-serve or serve by time. Will make a sign stating 3:30 and 8:00 pm as discard times. Garlic in oil at the cook line also to be discarded @ 3:30 8:00
  • Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils*
    Observation: The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch--slicer--wash, rinse, sanitize in 3 compartment sink every 4 hours
    Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces
    Observation: The nonfood cntact surface of the dry good bins, handsinks-towel and soap dispensers, door handles, all haveaccumulations of grime and debris.
    Correction: Clean the surface at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues that become encrusted or attract insects and rodents.
  • Handwashing Lavatory, Water Temperature, and Flow
    Observation: The handwashing sink at rear in main kitchen all hot water in front does notmix with cold water
    Correction: Ensure a mixing valve or combination faucet capable of providing an adequate flow of water at 100°F and above.
  • Critical: Plumbing System Maintained in Good Repair*
    Observation: floor drains under 3-compartment sink overflows onto floor when empy sink, front kitchen handsink no pressure on flow, water too hot in front kitchen handsink.
    Correction: All repairs to plumbing equipment and lines are to be in accordance with law. Properly repair the equipment. Operator will either install funnel to ensure water does not overflow or close up piping so it does not overflow.
  • Hand Drying Provision
    Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the front of the main kitchen
    Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
  • Handwashing Signage/Handwashing Facilities
    Observation: The sign that notifies food employees to wash their hands is not clearly visible at all handsinks.
    Correction: Provide a sign/poster that is clearly visible to all employees
  • Lighting, Intensity
    Observation: Less than 50 foot candles of light was noted in the kitchen--many bulbs were out and needed replacing.
    Correction: Provide at least 50 foot candles at a surface where a food employee is working with food or working with utensils or equipment such as knives, slicers, grinders, or saws where employee safety is a factor
03/27/2013Routine

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