Know Before You Go: Flies In Kitchen, Employee Did Not Wash Hands

The Cherokee County Environmental Health Department visited the following establishments to conduct food service inspections June 3-10:

Amos’s BBQ (Food Service Inspections)*
697 HIGHTOWER TRL BALL GROUND, GA 30107
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June 3, 2015 Score: 89, Grade: B

• Observed stew, cooked from the day before, at a improper temperature of 58 degrees F. The manager must ensure that potentially hazardous food cools from 135 degrees F. to 41 degrees F. in 6 hours. The manager corrected and discarded stew.
• water knob not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. The manager must repair water knobs.

Blue Ridge Mountain Recovery (Food Service Inspections)*
1380 HOWELL BRIDGE RD BALL GROUND, GA 30107
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June 5, 2015 Score: 87, Grade: B

• Observed food handler discarding raw chicken and then fail to wash her hands before touching clean equipment. The manager corrected and hands properly washed and education provided about when and how to wash hands.
• Knife magnet not approved and must be replaced with a approved knife box.
• Observed flies in kitchen and must be controlled.

Camasini’s Italian Sicilian Grille (Food Service Inspections)
9425 HWY 92 STE 100 WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
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June 9, 2015 Score: 90, Grade: A

Cherokee County Detention Center (Food Service Inspections)*
100 CHATTIN DR CANTON, GA 30114
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June 3, 2015 Score: 87, Grade: B

• Dish machine not sanitizing dishes and dish machine must be repaired. The manager corrected and will sanitize all food contact surfaces in the warewashing sink.
• Observed chicken improperly stored in the warmer below 135 degrees F. and must hot hold at or above 135 degrees F. The manager corrected and reheated chicken for hot holding.

Ichiban Buffet (Food Service Inspections)*
2210 HOLLY SPRINGS PKWY CANTON, GA 30115
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June 8, 2015 Score: 87, Grade: B

• Observed employee use oversized, rubber gloves for stirring raw chicken, rinse in meat sink and store as clean. PIC instructed that gloves must be washed rinsed and sanitized (commercial, thick gloves). PIC properly cleaned and sanitized gloves.
• Observed dried food residue in meat prep sink. Employee properly cleaned and sanitized sink on request.
• Time as control implied for food not held at proper temperature on buffet and hibachi station, however, times were not marked on products. Out of temp items were discarded and replacement items were properly marked w/times.

IHOP (Food Service Inspections)
3010 NORTHSIDE PKWY CANTON, GA 30114
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June 4, 2015 Score: 95, Grade: A

J. Christopher’s Restaurant (Food Service Inspections)*
315 CHAMBERS ST WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
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June 8, 2015 Score: 87, Grade: B

• Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed eggs in the flip top cooler at a improper temperature of 68 degrees F. and must cold hold raw eggs at or below 41 degrees F. The manager corrected and discarded eggs.
• Observed cold water knobs not working at a handwashing sink. The manager must correct cold water knob because water is too hot.

J. Miller’s (Food Service Inspections)*
150 TOWNE LAKE PKWY WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
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June 8, 2015 Score: 88, Grade: B

• Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed flip top cooler improperly cold holding at 48 degrees F. and must cold hold potentially hazardous food at or below 41 degrees F. The manager corrected and relocated all food to the walk in cooler.
• Observed slicer and can opener with build up and must be kept clean.
• Observed build up on cooler gaskets and other non-food contact surfaces. The manager must keep equipment clean.
• Observed grease build up on floor and counters and must keep restaurant clean.

KFC/Taco Bell (Food Service Inspections)*
6760 HWY 92 ACWORTH, GA 30102
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June 3, 2015 Score: 86, Grade: B

• Observed old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Must remove labels to prevent contamination.
• Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Manager must ensure that all coolers maintain the proper temperatures.
• Observed the washed and clean food containers were not properly air-dried before storing. All wash and sanitized food container must be air dry before stacking.
• Reach-in cooler not cleaned to prevent accumulation of soiled residue, also there were several of the cooler’s gaskets were in poor repair.
• Observed the floor tiles in the kitchen were broken. All physical facilities shall be maintain in good repair.
• The hood ventilation system must be kept clean, as evidenced by the grease accumulation
• Observed live flies in kitchen. Door and windows to food preparation area has no screening or air curtain.

Monterrey Mexican Restaurant (Food Service Inspections)
9425 HIGHWAY 92 STE 184 WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
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June 9, 2015 Score: 91, Grade: A

Outback Steakhouse (Food Service Inspections)
3 REINHARDT COLLEGE PKWY CANTON, GA 30114
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June 5, 2015 Score: 96, Grade: A

Waffle House 807 (Food Service Inspections)*
197 TOWNE LAKE PKWY WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
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June 8, 2015 Score: 82, Grade: B

• Observed cloth sanitizer at 0 ppm and must be 100 ppm of chlorine. The manager corrected at 100 ppm of chlorine.
• Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed flip top cooler improperly cold holding at 50 degrees F. and must be cold holding at or below 41 degrees F. The manager corrected and relocated food to another cooler.
• Potentially hazardous food (eggs) held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit.
• Potentially hazardous food (eggs) held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit.
• Observed build up on floor, walls and ceiling and must be cleaned.

Wendy’s (Food Service Inspections)
6205 HWY 92 ACWORTH, GA 30102
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June 5, 2015 Score: 93, Grade: A

Which Wich (Food Service Inspections)*
2030 CUMMING HWY STE 102 CANTON, GA 30114
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June 4, 2015 Score: 87, Grade: B

• Observed employee coming in from outside and then fail to wash his hands before using gloves for food service. Observed same employee coming from restroom and fail to wash his hands before using gloves for food service. The manager corrected and hands properly washed and education provided about when, where and how to wash hands.
• Observed food: steak and corn beef improperly stored and stacked too high in the flip top cooler. The manager corrected and stored all potentially hazardous food below the cooling line for adequate cold holding.
• Observed wet stacked food containers and they must be allowed to air dry before storage.

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