Leesburg Restaurant Inspections: 8 Violation at 2 Locations

LEESBURG, VA — Officials from the Loudoun County Health Department inspected multiple restaurants across the Leesburg area from May 11 to May 14, including two locations that amassed eight 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.

• Xuan Saigon, 15 Fort Evans Road NE Leesburg, VA 20176
  • Date inspected: May 12
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 2
  • Violations:
    • Signage at sink in kitchen is missing that informs employees to wash hands.
    • Several prepared food items in walk-in do not have date/label indicating when item was prepared or seven-day use-by date.
• Moe's Southwestern Grill #282, 667 Potomac Station Dr , Leesburg
  
  • Date inspected: May 18
  • Total violations and corrective actions: 6
  • Note: This is a follow-up inspection
  • Violations:
    • Observed the person-in charge did not have active managerial control. The PIC did not maintain daily oversight of food temperatures, sanitation of equipment or cleaning of food contact surfaces.
    • The following food contact surfaces were observed not clean to site and touch: salute pan, salsa blender, metal plastic food container, hold metal spatula., plastic storage container for sauces. Additional food contact surfaces that were observed not clean to site and touch on 5/18 include, yellow and green cutting boards, metal food containers, and extra large plastic containers.
    • The following food contact surfaces were observed not sanitized, only washed and rinsed: plastic food containers and metal containers. EHS asked PIC on duty to re-sanitized and employee did not submerge plastic or metal food containers. EHS tested liquid that was left on food contact surfaces, that was recently put on drying rack. Quat test strip was at 0 ppm.
    • Observed no probe temperature measuring device that was readily accessible for use to ensure proper temperature during hours of operations. EHS observed infrared temperature device being carried around and used to measure temperatures. Infrared temperature device was left at hot holding line area after employees were done using device. EHS asked PIC about where the probe temperature measuring device was and PIC ran to the manager's office to grab a new probe temperature device that was in unopened original packaging. PIC attempted to calibrate probe temperature measuring device, with ice bath. EHS never observed PIC using probe temperature measuring device after ice bath.
    • Observed flies in the back of the kitchen by 3 basin sink.
    • Observed 3 basin sink's waste water plumbing in disrepair with duck tape around the one pipe for far right basin. EHS took pictures of the disrepair. Strong odor was observed around the 3 basin sink. Waste water going into waste water piping was observed standing on the floor due to piping in poor repair.