County Jail Receives Failing Score from Health Inspectors

You might not expect the food to be gourmet at the county jail, but failing a health inspection is another story.

According to the health department, the kitchen at the Gwinnett County Detention Center received a failing score recently by a county health inspector.

The score: 58 (failing is 69 or below).

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The Dec. 11 inspection at the center, located at 2900 Ga. Highway 316, cited numerous violations, including live roaches, unprotected food and employees failing to follow personal sanitary procedures.

Here’s a look at the inspector’s observations:

• Person in charge not demostrating responsibilities to prevent public health risk factors. Educated person in charge on responsibilities.
• Observed employees touch and adjust hair then begin prepping food without changing gloves and washing hands.
• Observed employee drinking from a water bottle then returned top to bottle before handling foil.
• Several storage pans and serving trays not cleaned to sight and touch.
• Sanitizing solution for dishwashing procedure not meeting adequate concentration.
• Hot-held potentially hazardous foods (hamburgers, turkey soup, and chicken wings) not maintained above 135F.
• Potentially hazardous foods prepared from products at ambient temperature (chicken salad, egg salad, sliced tomatoes, and tuna salad) not cooled to 41F within 4 hours.
• Several working bottles of chemicals not labeled with common name.
• Potentially hazardous foods not properly cooled by effective methods (shallow pans, ice water bath, adding ice as an ingredient, etc.).
• Food on display not protected from contamination. Food relocated under protective devices.
• Dispensing utensils not adequate for several self-service items.
• No public notice informing consumers to use clean tableware for self service. A public notice informing consumers to use clean tableware shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the self-service area.
• Several employees observed wearing jewelry (watches) other than a plain ring while preparing food.
• After cleaning and sanitizing, several pans and utensils stacked wet.
• No hot water at hand washing sink.
• Observed several live roaches inside hot-hold unit.

Gwinnett Food Facility Inspection Report by bernardepatch