Restaurant: Aago
Address: 11745 # 8 Jefferson Ave, Newport News, VA 23606
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Total inspections: 1
Last inspection: 10/13/2015
Critical: Food - Preventing Contamination When Tasting* Observation: Observed the cook reusing a utensil to taste food.
Correction: Food employees may not use a utensil more than once to taste food that is to be sold or served unless the utensil is washed, rinsed and sanitized each time before it is re-used.
Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* Observation: Raw meats were found stored over ready-to-eat (RTE) food in the refrigeration unit.
Correction: Do not store raw meats over RTE foods or over foods that do not require cooking or reheating.
Critical: Cooling* Observation: Found tomato sauce inside the W-in cooler cold holding between 55 F and 63 F. The sauce was placed there a day ago to cool down.
Correction: Discard the tomato sauce. Cool potentially hazardous foods from 135°F to 70°F within 2 hours and within a total of 6 hours from 135°F to 41°F. A longer time for cooling allows an ideal situation for bacterial growth. This has been shown to be the major contributing factor in many foodborne illnesses.
Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* Observation: Not all the cooler units were operating at proper temperatures. Found the Reach-in cooler cold holding foods between 45 F and 47 F.
Correction: Lower the temperature of the Reach-in cooler so that it can cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* Observation: There were prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) inside the refrigeration unit that were 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.
Refuse - Covering Receptacles Observation: The lid for the dumpster was broken.
Correction: Have the broken lid replaced with one that can provide adequate cover.
Refuse - Using Drain Plugs Observation: The refuse container used to store refuse/recyclables has no drain plug.
Correction: Replace the drain plug to the refuse container.
Refuse - Cleaning Receptacles Observation: A strong offending odor is emanating from the refuse container stored outdoors.
Correction: Refuse containers are to be cleaned at a frequency that prevents the container from becoming an attractant to pests.
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