Manassas Health Inspections: 20 Violations At 1 Restaurant

MANASSAS, VA ? Several facilities in the Manassas area recorded violations during recent health department inspections between May 17 and May 23.

Most COVID-19 restrictions have relaxed around the state, and health inspectors are returning to conduct many restaurant and other health inspections in person. However, some visits, such as those for training purposes, can be conducted virtually.

Violations typically focus on factors that can contribute to food contamination. The local health department can also perform 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. Other violations are addressed later, and an inspector may conduct a follow-up inspection to ensure compliance.

Here are the most recent inspections from the Manassas area, according to the Prince William Health District.

• Long Time No Sea, 10352 Festival Ln Manassas, VA 20109
  • Date inspected: May 17
  • Total violations: 7
    • The Person In Charge (PIC) was not able to provide documentation that all food employees or conditional employees were trained and informed of their responsibilities to report symptoms or diagnosis of, or exposure to, diseases transmissible through food.
    • The food establishment does not have written procedures for cleaning up vomiting or diarrheal events that happen in the facility.
    • A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before engaging in food preparation, after touching bare human body parts, after coughing, sneezing, eating, after handling soiled utensils, or after engaging in any activity that could contaminate the hands.
    • The tags for the oysters are not being retained for 90 days.
    • Uncovered food ( broccoli, baked potato) in the 2 door display refrigerator were observed.
    • Raw egg stored over ready-to-eat food baked potato in 2 door display refrigerator.
    • The raw chicken on walk in cooler is stored in a manner that may cause cross contamination of ready-to-eat food as of raw oyster.
• Lorena's Deli, 10997 Nokesville Rd Manassas, VA 20110
  
  • Date inspected: May 17
  • Total violations: 20
    • There was no verifiable employee health policy was not available at the time of the inspection.
    • There was no procedure available during the inspection to show how to clean vomit and diarrhea.
    • An employee was drinking out of an uncovered cup in the kitchen.
    • The hand sink in the back was being used to dump coffee and food debris.
    • A hand washing sign was not posted at the hand sink in the bathroom.
    • Asked the an employee to set up 3 compartment sink and the person in charge explained that they wash, rinse, sanitize, then rinse again before placing items to air dry.
    • There were food items in the reach in cooler that had dates that were held in cold holding over 7 days from preparation, foods include fresh salsa, chicken, pork, yuca, steak.
    • The establishment allows customers to order eggs undercooked, but does not have a consumer advisory giving warning of potential foodborne illness.
    • There was a visible infestation of fruit flies around the kitchen.
    • There were was a huge container of masa flour in a non-food grade container.
    • Employees was observed working with food without a proper hair restraint on.
    • In between use utensils were placed into containers of water at room temperature
    • The slicer was observed to be clean but not covered.
    • There was a wooden paddle cooking utensil was visibly had been used.
    • Some of the metal tables were rusted, not smooth and easily cleanable.
    • There were not 3 stoppers to hold water in the 3 compartment sink basin.
    • The faucet at the hand sink in the kitchen was leaking, also the faucet at the 3 compartment sink was leaking.
    • The pipe from the 3 compartment sink did not have an air gap leading to the floor drain.
    • There was no covered receptacle in the bathroom indicated for use by women.
    • Mops were laying inside the mop bucket full of water no actively being used.
• Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, 9945 Sowder Village Sq Manassas, VA 20110
  
  • Date inspected: May 17
  • Total violations: 2
    • There was lettuce and various cuts of tomatoes that were to be discarded before the time of the inspection that was still in the walk in cooler.
    • Several sanitizer buckets were stored on the floor.
• Weems Elementary School, 8750 Weems Rd Manassas, VA 20110
  
  • Date inspected: May 19
  • Total violations: 2
    • Several sanitizer buckets were stored on the floor.
    • The clean water hose was laying inside the dirty water basin below the flood level rim.
• Dean Elementary School, 9601 Prince William St Manassas, VA 20110
  
  • Date inspected: May 19
  • Total violations: 1
    • The door for the walk in cooler was not securely closing because of ice build-up in and around the seal.

The following facilities did not record any violations:

• George C. Round Elementary School
• Osbourn High School
• Cracker Barrel of Manassas #238
• Mullen Elementary School
• Bennett Elementary School
• Parkside Middle School
• Haydon Elementary School
• Sudley Elementary School
• Lions Den Smoothie Plus
• Birmingham Green #1
• The Omelette Cafe