Fredericksburg Restaurant Inspections: 1 Temporary Shutdown

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Officials from the Rappahannock Area Health District inspected multiple food storage and preparation businesses in the Fredericksburg area on March 7 and March 8, including three restaurants with violations.

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many inspections are being conducted virtually. So, the listed violations may not be an all-encompassing rundown of all the violations at a particular establishment.
Violations at restaurants typically focus on factors that can contribute to food contamination. The local health department also performs a re-inspection to ensure that possible violations have been corrected.

For every observed violation, the inspector provides a specific corrective action that can be completed to rectify the violation. Sometimes these are simple, and violations can be corrected during the course of the inspection.

Here are the three locations that were inspected on March 7 and 8.

• Taqueria El Habanero Feliz, LLC, 203 Lansdowne Road Fredericksburg, VA 22401
  • Date inspected: March 8
  • Permit issued
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 2
  • Violations
    • The person in charge could not produce a thin probe measuring device for measuring the temperature of thin foods, such as hamburger patties.
    • There was no thermometer in the reach-in cooler.
• Caroline County Little League, 15496 Paige Rd. Woodford, VA 22580
  
  • Date inspected: March 8
  • Permit issued.
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 1
  • Violations:
    • Direct connection exists between the drain line of the sanitizing basin of the 3-vat sink and the sewer line. Person in charge the facility recently had plumbing work done to repair an overflowing pipe. EHS provided a sample flyer to the PIC to show examples of an approved air break.
• Decatur’s Crabs (Blue Unit), 15 St. Johns Court Stafford, VA 22554
  
  • Date inspected: March 7
  • Temporary closure, establishment can't operate until corrective actions are taken
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 7
  • Violations:
    • (REPEAT) The food establishment could not provide certification of a certified food manager during the inspection. The owner reported they have one (son) but could not provide documentation
    • The food establishment did not have a hand drying provision at the only handsink on the mobile unit.
    • The person in charge could not provide a thin-probed food thermometer to measure thin masses of foods.
    • The person in charge could not provide a Chlorine test kit to monitor the concentration of Chlorine sanitizing solution.
    • The person in charge could not provide food grade sanitizer during the inspection. The owner reported he will be using Chlorine bleach.
    • The person in charge could not provide an approved food grade hose to fill fresh water tank.
    • The person in charge could not provide a backflow prevention device (hose bib connector) to prevent backflow when filling the fresh water tank.