Tucker Waffle House Fails Health Inspection

TUCKER, GA -- A Waffle House in Tucker failed its state health inspection recently.

Chocolate milk and half-and-half stored at warm temperatures, a dish machine not sanitizing dishes at a high enough temperature and cooked steak being stored under raw bacon and sausage were some of the violations, WSB-TV reports.

The Waffle House, at LaVista Road and Northlake Parkway, received a failing grade of 66-U.

Restaurant staffers referred a WSB reporter to the chain's corporate office. An email statement from Waffle House said most of the problems were corrected at the time of the inspection and that corporate trainers are working to make sure food-safety protocols are in place at the restaurant.

Each item on an inspection form has a point value ranging from 1 to 9 points, with violations deducting points from a best possible score of 100.

Higher points are taken for items with higher risk to cause illness, while repeat violations take even more points.

Letter grades assigned are A for totals of 100 to 90 points, B for 89 to 80, C for 79 to 70, and U for less than 70.