Restaurant Inspections: 63, or U, For Chin Chin

The Cherokee County Environmental Health Department conducted food service inspections Jan. 3-10 at the following establishments:

Brooklyn Joe's Pizza (Food Service Inspections)
2060 CUMMING HWY STE 700 CANTON, GA 30114
View inspections: January 4, 2018 Score: 94, Grade: A

Butts and Barley Smokehouse (Food Service Inspections)
11474 CUMMING HWY CANTON, GA 30115
View inspections: January 5, 2018 Score: 92, Grade: A

Chin Chin (Food Service Inspections)*
9820 HWY 92 STE 170 WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
View inspections: January 9, 2018 Score: 63, Grade: U

• Person in charge lacks awareness in key areas of risk factor control or good retail practices for establishment. CA: Persons in charge, managers or CFSM must be properly trained or retrained.
• Observed employee eating and drinking while packing soy sauce. Corrected onsite by moving away after telling him that he is not supposed to eat while packing the food.
• Observed improper horizontal and vertical separation of raw from raw and raw from ready to eat foods. Corrected onsite by rearranging the foods. The higher the cook temperature the lower it must be stored.
• Observed food stored uncovered in the walk in cooler and in the kitchen. Corrected onsite by covering with lids.
• Observed potentially hazardous food such as noodles, fried chicken, cooked chicken not date marked. These foods will be used for 2 to 3 days. Corrected onsite by writing dates and discarding the foods that have expired.
• Must label the sauces and spices.
• Observed fried chicken left for cooling at room temperature on the food preparation table. The temperature is 138 degrees. Corrected onsite by putting the chicken in the walk in cooler in shallow pans.
• Observed pineapple in the opened cans. Corrected onsite by transferring it into a food grade container.
• Observed knives stored in the gaps of the lid of the prep top cooler. Corrected onsite by removing the knives and cleaned.
• Clean the kitchen thoroughly- coolers, floors especially behind the equipment.
• Must store personal items/food in a designated area. Label the rack as "personal items" or "employee items."
• Went over employee health policy and response procedures for vomiting and diarrheal events.
• A follow-up inspection will be held, but no date was provided.

Chipotle (Food Service Inspections)
2026 CUMMING HWY STE 110 CANTON, GA 30114
View inspections: January 4, 2018 Score: 99, Grade: A

Family Tradition of Rose Creek (Food Service Inspections)
4379 TOWNE LAKE PKWY STE 130-140 WOODSTOCK, GA 30189
View inspections: January 4, 2018 Score: 100, Grade: A

Great Wall (Food Service Inspections)
8014 CUMMING HWY STE 406 CANTON, GA 30115
View inspections: January 5, 2018 Score: 94, Grade: A

Hacienda Vieja Restaurant (Food Service Inspections)
290 MOLLY LN WOODSTOCK, GA 30189
View inspections: January 9, 2018 Score: 90, Grade: A

Krystal (Food Service Inspections)*
6261 HIGHWAY 92 ACWORTH, GA 30102
View inspections: January 5, 2018 Score: 89, Grade: B

• Observed employees drinking from open cups in the food preparation area. Corrected onsite by discarding the cups. Informed them that they should drink only from closed cups with a straw.
• Observed potentially hazardous food stored for more than 24 hours not date marked. Corrected onsite by writing the dates.
• All the boxes in the storage area must be 6 inches off the floor.

McDonald's (Food Service Inspections)
2070 CUMMING HWY CANTON, GA 30114
View inspections: January 8, 2018 Score: 91, Grade: A

Pollo Tropical (Food Service Inspections)
188 MOLLY LN WOODSTOCK, GA 30188
View inspections: January 9, 2018 Score: 95, Grade: A

Thai Ginger (Food Service Inspections)
5399 BELLS FERRY RD STE 200 ACWORTH, GA 30102
View inspections: January 9, 2018 Score: 99, Grade: A

Waffle House 924 (Food Service Inspections)*
5685 BELLS FERRY RD ACWORTH, GA 30102
View inspections: January 5, 2018 Score: 87, Grade: B

• Observed potentially hazardous food cold held above 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrected onsite by discarding the food.
• Observed raw eggs were not marked with time stickers. Corrected onsite by writing the time.
• Observed facility has no probe thermometer to check the temperature of the foods.
• Observed one of the reach in cooler in the front food preparation area not maintaining the temperature below 41 degrees. Corrected onsite by moving the foods to a different cooler.
• Observed water in the walk in cooler. The manager told that the water (rain water) is from a leak in the roof. Planning to get the leak fixed and also replace the floor of the walk in cooler. Called in the maintenance guy for the reach in cooler.
• Went over employee health policy and response procedure for vomiting and diarrheal events.

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