Gold's Gym Ballston Smoothie Bar, 3910 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22203 - Other Food Service inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Gold's Gym Ballston Smoothie Bar
Address: 3910 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA 22203
Type: Other Food Service
Phone: 703 516-4653
Total inspections: 4
Last inspection: 05/04/2015

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

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Certified food manager on duty.
  • Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (repeated violation)
    Observation: Observed blenders stored as clean but dirty.
    Correction: Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. The objective of cleaning focuses on the need to remove organic matter from food-contact surfaces so that sanitization can occur.
  • Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Time Temperature Control For Safety Food/Cleaning Frequency (repeated violation)
    Observation: The surfaces of the smoothie dispenser is in need of cleaning.
    Correction: Except when dry cleaning methods are used as specified under section 4-603.11, surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting food that is not time/temperature control for safety food shall be cleaned: (1) At any time when contamination may have occurred
  • Poisonous or Toxic Materials/Common Name/Working Containers (repeated violation)
    Observation: Working containers used for chemicals are not labeled.
    Correction: Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. It is common practice in food establishments to purchase many poisonous or toxic materials including cleaners and sanitizers in bulk containers. Working containers are frequently used to convey these materials to areas where they will be used, resulting in working containers being stored in different locations in the establishment. Identification of these containers with the common name of the material helps prevent the dangerous misuse of the contents.
  • Food Manager Certificate and Responsibility (repeated violation)
    Observation: No CFM was on duty.
    Correction: It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless it is under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager
05/04/2015Follow-up
Operating an establishment without a Certified Food Manager is illegal. Due to the pattern of violations, an NOV will be issued. Re-inspection will occur on or after 30 days (thirty).
  • Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (repeated violation)
    Observation: Observed blenders stored as clean but dirty.
    Correction: Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. The objective of cleaning focuses on the need to remove organic matter from food-contact surfaces so that sanitization can occur.
  • Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Time Temperature Control For Safety Food/Cleaning Frequency (repeated violation)
    Observation: The surfaces of the smoothie dispenser is in need of cleaning.
    Correction: Except when dry cleaning methods are used as specified under section 4-603.11, surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting food that is not time/temperature control for safety food shall be cleaned: (1) At any time when contamination may have occurred
  • Poisonous or Toxic Materials/Common Name/Working Containers (repeated violation)
    Observation: Working containers used for chemicals are not labeled.
    Correction: Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. It is common practice in food establishments to purchase many poisonous or toxic materials including cleaners and sanitizers in bulk containers. Working containers are frequently used to convey these materials to areas where they will be used, resulting in working containers being stored in different locations in the establishment. Identification of these containers with the common name of the material helps prevent the dangerous misuse of the contents.
  • Food Manager Certificate and Responsibility (repeated violation)
    Observation: No CFM was on duty.
    Correction: It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless it is under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager
03/18/2015Follow-up
  • Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Time Temperature Control For Safety Food/Cleaning Frequency (corrected on site)
    Observation: Dispensing surface of the smoothie machine observed in need of cleaning and sanitizing.
    Correction: Except when dry cleaning methods are used as specified under section 4-603.11, surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting food that is not time/temperature control for safety food shall be cleaned: (1) At any time when contamination may have occurred
  • Handwashing Cleanser, Availability (corrected on site)
    Observation: Soap was not provided in the handsink dispenser. A bottle of liquid soap was made available.
    Correction: Each handwashing sink or group of 2 adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with a supply of hand cleaning liquid, powder, or bar soap.
  • Maintaining Premises, Unnecessary Items and Litter
    Observation: Unnecessary items observed stored in the back dry storage area (crates, boxes, etc).
    Correction: The premises shall be free of items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment such as equipment that is nonfunctional or no longer used. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
  • Poisonous or Toxic Materials/Common Name/Working Containers (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly and/or individually identified with the common name of the material.
    Correction: Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. It is common practice in food establishments to purchase many poisonous or toxic materials including cleaners and sanitizers in bulk containers. Working containers are frequently used to convey these materials to areas where they will be used, resulting in working containers being stored in different locations in the establishment. Identification of these containers with the common name of the material helps prevent the dangerous misuse of the contents.
  • Critical: Sanitizers, Criteria/Chemicals for Food Contact Surfaces (corrected on site)
    Observation: Quaternary ammonium sanitizer concentration observed measuring greater than 400 ppm (sanitizer was drained and made again by the person in charge).
    Correction: Chemical sanitizers and other chemical antimicrobials applied to food-contact surfaces shall meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180.940 Tolerance exemptions for active and inert ingredients for use in antimicrobial formulations (food-contact surface sanitizing solutions). Chemical sanitizers are included with poisonous or toxic materials because they may be toxic if not used in accordance with requirements listed in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). Large concentrations of sanitizer in excess of the CFR requirements can be harmful because residues of the materials remain. The CFR reference that is provided lists concentrations of sanitizers that are considered safe.
03/10/2014Routine
  • Nonfood-Contact Surfaces/Nonabsorbent (repeated violation)
    Observation: The facility is lining the counter with towels.
    Correction: Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment that are exposed to splash, spillage, or other food soiling or that requires frequent cleaning shall be constructed of a corrosion-resistant, nonabsorbent, and smooth material. Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment routinely exposed to splash or food debris are required to be constructed of nonabsorbent materials to facilitate cleaning. Equipment that is easily cleaned minimizes the presence of pathogenic organisms, moisture, and debris and deters the attraction of rodents and insects.
  • Critical: Equipment Food-Contact Surfaces and Utensils/Cleaning Frequency (Critical)
    Observation: The inside of the ice machiune is moldy.
    Correction: Surfaces of utensils and equipment contacting potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) may be cleaned less frequently than every 4 hours if equipment is used for storage of packaged or unpackaged food such as a reach-in refrigerator and the equipment is cleaned at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues.
  • Critical: Equipment/Food-Contact/Before Use After Cleaning/Sanitized
    Observation: Utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment were not sanitized after cleaning, no sanitizer on site for the 3-part sink.
    Correction: Utensils and food-contact surfaces of equipment shall be sanitized before use after cleaning. Sanitization is accomplished after the warewashing steps of cleaning and rinsing so that utensils and food-contact surfaces are sanitized before coming in contact with food and before use.
  • Hand Drying Provision
    Observation: Each handwashing sink is not provided with individual, disposable towels
    Correction: a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel
  • Critical: Poisonous or Toxic Materials/Common Name/Working Containers
    Observation: Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials are not clearly and/or individually identified with the common name of the material.
    Correction: Working containers used for storing poisonous or toxic materials such as cleaners and sanitizers taken from bulk supplies shall be clearly and individually identified with the common name of the material. It is common practice in food establishments to purchase many poisonous or toxic materials including cleaners and sanitizers in bulk containers. Working containers are frequently used to convey these materials to areas where they will be used, resulting in working containers being stored in different locations in the establishment. Identification of these containers with the common name of the material helps prevent the dangerous misuse of the contents.
04/05/2013Routine

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