- Cooling Methods (corrected on site)
Observation: Sliced tomatoes are not cooled properly (cooled in top part of prep refrigerator).
Correction: Cooling shall be accomplished in accordance with the time and temperature criteria specified under section 3-501.14 by using one or more of the following methods based on the type of food being cooled: (1) Placing food in shallow pans
- Temperature Measuring Devices
Observation: No thermometer in the True 2-door prep refrigerator on the left.
Correction: Cold or hot holding equipment used for potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) shall be designed to include and shall be equipped with at least one integral or permanently affixed temperature measuring device that is located to allow easy viewing of the device's temperature display. This section does not apply to equipment for which the placement of a temperature measuring device is not a practical means for measuring the ambient air surrounding the food because of the design, type, and use of the equipment, such as calrod units, heat lamps, cold plates, bainmaries, steamtables, insulated food transport containers, and salad bars. A permanent temperature measuring device is required in any unit storing potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food because of the potential growth of pathogenic microorganisms should the temperature of the unit exceed Code requirements. In order to facilitate routine monitoring of the unit, the device must be clearly visible.
- Equipment/Fixed, Spacing or Sealing
Observation: Hand sinks are not properly sealed to their adjoining walls (including women's restroom).
Correction: Equipment that is fixed because it is not easily movable shall be installed so that it is: (1) Spaced to allow access for cleaning along the sides, behind, and above the equipment
- Cutting Surfaces (repeated violation)
Observation: Cutting boards at both True 2-door prep refrigerators are in poor repair.
Correction: Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they are not capable of being resurfaced. Cutting surfaces such as cutting boards and blocks that become scratched and scored may be difficult to clean and sanitize. As a result, pathogenic microorganisms transmissible through food may build up or accumulate. These microorganisms may be transferred to foods that are prepared on such surfaces.
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02/18/2015 | Routine | |
- Responsibilities of Owner or Proprietor
Observation: Absence of no-smoking signs or international no-smoking signs in non-smoking area.
Correction: Post no-smoking signs or international no-smoking signs in the non-smoking area.
These can be found online at www.vdh.virginia.gov/breatheasy
- Food Storage/Preventing Contamination from the Premises (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Buckets of pickles stored on floor in walk-in refrigerator.
Correction: Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food: (1) In a clean, dry location
- Critical: Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site)
Observation: Blue cheese (44F), sliced cheddar (51F) and sliced provolone (51F) were observed at improper cold holding temperature in right sandwich prep refrigerator.
Correction: (moved into WIC) - Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if time/temperature control for safety food remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Cutting Surfaces
Observation: The surface of the white board on left sandwich prep is no longer effectively cleaned and sanitized.
Correction: Surfaces such as cutting blocks and boards that are subject to scratching and scoring shall be resurfaced if they can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized, or discarded if they are not capable of being resurfaced. Cutting surfaces such as cutting boards and blocks that become scratched and scored may be difficult to clean and sanitize. As a result, pathogenic microorganisms transmissible through food may build up or accumulate. These microorganisms may be transferred to foods that are prepared on such surfaces.
- Equipment, Food-Contact Surfaces, Nonfood-Contact Surfaces, and Utensils/Clean
Observation: Ice cream freezer is in need of defrosting and cleaning.
Correction: Nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment shall be kept free of an accumulation of dust, dirt, food residue, and other debris. The objective of cleaning focuses on the need to remove soil from nonfood contact surfaces so that pathogenic microorganisms will not be allowed to accumulate and insects and rodents will not be attracted.
- Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles/Storing (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
Observation: Coffee filters and plastic wraps stored under front dump sink.
Correction: Cleaned equipment and utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles shall be stored: (1) In a clean, dry location
- Permit to Operate/Responsibilities of Permit Holder
Observation: The 2014 health permit is not available and not posted in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers.
Correction: Upon acceptance of the permit issued by the regulatory authority, the permit holder in order to retain the permit shall post the permit in a location in the food establishment that is conspicuous to consumers.
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05/29/2014 | Routine | |
- Responsibilities of Owner or Proprietor
Observation: Absence of no-smoking signs or international no-smoking signs in non-smoking area.
Correction: Post no-smoking signs or international no-smoking signs in the non-smoking area.
These can be found online at www.vdh.virginia.gov/breatheasy
- Food Storage/Preventing Contamination from the Premises
Observation: Food stored in a location where it is subject to splash, dust or other contamination on the floor in the walk-in refrigerator.
Correction: Store food where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination and/or install an approved, durable and cleanable barrier between the splash source and the food to prevent contamination.
- Critical: Potentially Hazardous Food, Cold Holding (corrected on site)
Observation: Sliced tomatoes and hummus cold holding at the improper temperatures of 44 and 46ºF in the top portion of the left-side sandwich prep refrigerator [Adjust unit to a colder setting.]
Correction: Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control as specified under section 3-501.19, and except as specified under paragraph (B) of this section, Potentially Hazardous Food (Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food) shall be maintained at 5ºC (41ºF) or less. Bacterial growth and/or toxin production can occur if potentially hazardous food (time/temperature control for safety food) remains in the temperature "Danger Zone" of 5ºC to 57ºC (41ºF to 135ºF) too long. Up to a point, the rate of growth increases with an increase in temperature within this zone. Beyond the upper limit of the optimal temperature range for a particular organism, the rate of growth decreases. Operations requiring heating or cooling of food should be performed as rapidly as possible to avoid the possibility of bacterial growth.
- Equipment, Utensils, Linens, and Single-Service and Single-Use Articles/Storing (corrected on site)
Observation: Plastic wrap found stored below the back handsink.
Correction: Cleaned equipment and utensils, laundered linens, and single-service and single-use articles shall be stored: (1) In a clean, dry location
- Handwashing Sink/Using/Operation and Maintenance (corrected on site)
Observation: The handwashing sink located in the back portion of the kitchen is not maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use [found blocked with cutting boards on top of the basin.]
Correction: A handwashing sink shall be maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use. Facilities must be maintained in a condition that promotes handwashing and restricted for that use. Convenient accessibility of a handwashing facility encourages timely handwashing which provides a break in the chain of contamination from the hands of food employees to food or food-contact surfaces.
- Outer Openings, Protected (repeated violation)
Observation: The outer openings of the food establishment are not protected against the entry of insects and rodents [Front doors found propped open
Correction: when closed air gaps remain around the doors.]
- Controlling Pests
Observation: Insect, rodent, and/or other pest harborage conditions exist on the premises [small fly observed.]
Correction: The presence of insects, rodents, and other pests shall be controlled to minimize their presence on the premises by eliminating harborage conditions. Insects and other pests are capable of transmitting disease to man by contaminating food and food-contact surfaces. Effective measures must be taken to control their presence in food establishments.
- Critical: Licenses for Food Establishments
Observation: The food establishment license is not posted conspicuously to the public.
Correction: No person shall operate a food establishment who does not have a valid license issued to him by the county manager. Only a person who complies with the requirements of this chapter shall be entitled to receive or retain such a license. Licenses are not transferable. A valid license shall be posted in every food establishment in a conspicuous place.
- Critical: Food Manager Certificate and Responsibility
Observation: The food establishment is not under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager.
Correction: It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless it is under the immediate control of a Northern Virginia certified food manager
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05/24/2013 | Routine | |
- Equipment/Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
Observation: The wood is not sealed under the tea dispenser. The wall is not sealed under the tea dispenser. The drain line/tube is missing from the tea counter drain pan to its floor drain.
Correction: Equipment shall be maintained in a state of repair and condition that meets the requirements specified under Parts 4-1 [Materials for Construction and Repair] and 4-2 [Design and Construction]. Proper maintenance of equipment to manufacturer specifications helps ensure that it will continue to operate as designed. Failure to properly maintain equipment could lead to violations of the associated requirements of the Code that place the health of the consumer at risk. For example, refrigeration units in disrepair may no longer be capable of properly cooling or holding potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) foods at safe temperatures.
- Floor and Wall Junctures, Coved, Enclosed or Sealed
Observation: The floor and wall juncture is not coved and closed to larger than one thirty-second inch.
Correction: In food establishments in which cleaning methods other than water flushing are used for cleaning floors, the floor and wall junctures shall be coved and closed to no larger than 1 mm (one thirty-second inch). When cleaning is accomplished by spraying or flushing, coving and sealing of the floor/wall junctures is required to provide a surface that is conducive to water flushing.
- Outer Openings, Protected
Observation: The outer openings of the food establishment are not protected against the entry of insects and rodents [air gapat top of entrance door.]
Correction: Outer openings of a food establishment shall be protected against the entry of insects and rodents by: (1) Filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings
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04/24/2013 | Pre-Opening | |
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