Rancho Viejo, 709 E Main St, Luray, VA 22835 - Full Service Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Rancho Viejo
Address: 709 E Main St, Luray, VA 22835
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 540 743-3775
Total inspections: 7
Last inspection: 10/23/2015

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Inspection findings

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Observed good temperature controls. Effort is being made to repair physical problems.
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  • Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage (corrected on site)
    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.
  • Lighting, Intensity
    Observation: Lights in kitchen area need to be repaired or replace
    Correction: Please repair or replace bulbs in order to maintain effective lighting.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Walls in kit and dishwashing area is not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
10/23/2015Routine
Observed proper hair restraints on all food prep employees.
Refrigeration in good order
Good date/label program

  • Critical: Reheating for Hot Holding* (corrected on site)
    Observation: The chicken caciatore from the walk-in was not reheated to 165F within 2 hours to eliminate pathogenic bacteria.
    Correction: Rapidly reheat food for hot holding to 165°F or above within 2 hours.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Walls and floors in kit and storage areas are not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
03/26/2015Routine
  • Hair Restraints - Effectiveness (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
    Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Floor tiles in basemnt storage area need to be replaired. Wall tiles in kitchen area need to be repaired/replaced.
    Correction: Please schedule for maintenance.
10/22/2014Routine
  • Hair Restraints - Effectiveness (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
    Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination.
    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.
  • Thawing (corrected on site)
    Observation: Beef and chicken being thawed at room temp.
    Correction: Please thaw in walkin or under cold running water.
  • Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Pans of refried beans etc in walkin with no date label
    Correction: Must be date labeled. 7 days at 41* or below.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Walls in basement area in need of repair.
    Correction: Please repair and or replace at earlies convenience.
03/21/2014Routine
Establishment allowed to reopen after thorough cleaning of establishment. Refrigeration service by Harrisonburg Refrigeration.
  • Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge* (repeated violation)
    Observation: The person in charge failed to state the minimum cook temperatures and times for potentially hazardous food.
    Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Walls in kitchen and downstairs storage area is not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
07/03/2013Follow-up
Note: Voluntary Closure
Reinspection set for 7/3/13
1) General cleaning of entire establishment including refrigeration, equipment, walls and shelves is expected.
2) All refrigeration must be capable of maintaining foods at 41*F or below. (Repair man onsite)
3) Dishwasher sanitizer must operate at 50ppm cl2 min.
4) Need professional exterminator for roaches and flies.
5) Staff needs to be informed of proper handwashing, use of gloves, use of hair restraints.
6) Remove all toxic materials from food prep area.
7) Walls in basement storage area need to be repaired and sealed.
8) All ready to eat potentially hazardous foods must be properly date labeled.
9) Remove fly strips from kitchen area.

  • Critical: Demonstration of Knowledge*
    Observation: The person in charge failed to state the minimum cook temperatures and times for potentially hazardous food.
    Correction: Ensure the designated person in charge (PIC) is knowledgeable about foodborne disease prevention, Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Point principles and Regulation requirements. The PIC should be prepared to recognize conditions that may contribute to foodborne illness. The PIC must also recognize conditions that fail to comply with Regulation requirements and be authorized to take the appropriate preventive and corrective actions to ensure that the Regulations' objectives are fulfilled.
  • Person in Charge
    Observation: Food employees are not informed of their responsibility to report to their PIC information concerning their health and activities as they relate to diseases transmitted through food.
    Correction: PIC is to advise employees of their responsibility to report in accordance with law information concerning their health and activities as they relate to diseases transmitted through food.
  • Critical: Hands - When to Wash*
    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.
  • Hair Restraints - Effectiveness
    Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
    Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles. This section does not apply to food employees such as counter staff who only serve beverages and wrapped or packaged foods, hostesses, and wait staff if they present a minimal risk of contaminating exposed food
  • Critical: Hands - Preventing Contamination from Hands*
    Observation: Employees observed handling ready-to-eat (RTE) food with their bare hands.
    Correction: Provide suitable utensils such as deli tissue, spatulas, tongs, single-use gloves, or dispensing equipment to handle RTE food to prevent contamination from hands.
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site)
    Observation: Raw foods of animal origin stored over ready-to-eat (RTE) food in the refrigeration unit.
    Correction: Separate raw foods of animal origin during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including foods such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.
  • Utensils - In-Use - Between-Use Storage
    Observation: Dispensing utensils improperly stored between uses.
    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 - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Raw beef, checken and shrimp in service refrig at grill cold holding at improper temperatures
    Correction: Discard the food and ensure that potentially hazardous foods for cold holding are maintained at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
  • Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site)
    Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE)chicken caciatorri 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: Warewashing - Manual & Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization - Temperature, pH, Concentration & Hardness*
    Observation: Chlorine sanitizing solution used was not at an acceptable concentration.
    Correction: Adjust the chlorine sanitizing solution to a level of at least 25 parts per million when the pH is at 10 or less and the water temperature is at 120°F.
  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of all equipment 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.
  • Handwashing - Using a Handwashing Lavatory - No Other Purpose (corrected on site)
    Observation: The handwash station at the Kitchen prep area is being used as a dump station.
    Correction: The handwash facility identified above is to be used for washing hands only
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Walls in kitchen and downstairs storage area is not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
  • Pests - Controlling Pests*
    Observation: Harborage conditions exist
    Correction: Eliminate harborage conditions. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces.
  • Critical: Toxics - Storage of Toxic Containers*
    Observation: Containers of bug killer are not properly stored to prevent the contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
    Correction: Containers of Bug killer must be located in an area that is not above food, equipment, utensils, linens or single service items.
07/02/2013Routine
Note: Establishment had some issues with walk-in temps. Walk-in has been serviced and appears to be in good working order at time of inspection.
No violation noted during this evaluation.
02/06/2012Other

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