Restaurant Inspection: Local Eatery Scores 30; Permit Suspended

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A Gwinnett County health inspector virtually threw the book in suspending the permit of a restaurant near Peachtree Corners Tuesday.

Citing violations from lack of managerial control, food temperature and holding practices, and employee handwashing, the inspector gave the DQ Grill & Chill an ultra-low score of 30 (out of 100). The restaurant is located at 4890 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

The inspector’s report, which is available online, included the following in all capital letters:

“YOUR PUBLIC HEALTH PERMIT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED FOR MORE THAN 9 RISK FACTOR/PUBLIC HEALTH INTERVENTION VIOLATIONS.”

The inspector’s remarks and observations took more than two pages in the report.

Some of the violations included:

• No active managerial control. Violations for hand washing, knowledge of the employee health policy, food in good condition safe & unadulterated, food separation and protection, food stored covered, cleaning & sanitizing food contact surfaces, reheating for hot holding, cold holding (amongst other good retail practices) were observed today.
• Employee donned gloves to work with food without washing his hands first; then touched the trash can, and picked up bags of food & single-use utensils.
• Multiple employees, including the PIC, were not using proper cleaning procedure when washing their hands.
• Ice & condensation from the interior top surface of the upright freezer, was leaking directly onto ice cream (uncovered), hamburgers & chicken (which were in opened plastic bags).
• Open bags of raw hamburgers were stored above opened bag of pre-cooked chicken & French fries in the upright freezer.
• Ice cream, hamburgers, chicken stored uncovered in the upright cooler. Open bags of food found in the walkin cooler & in the walkin freezer.
• Mold-like buildup inside the ice machine.
• While I was typing the inspection report, the PIC was actively cleaning the dining tables with the blue glass cleaner. I advised her not to use glass cleaner to clean the dining tables.
• Potentially hazardous foods reheated for hot-holding not reheated so that all parts of the food reach a temperature of at least 165F for 15 seconds.
• Cold-held potentially hazardous foods not maintained below 41F; no time controls/documentation in place.
• Single-use milks found past manufacturer date in 2 coolers.
• Food stored in locker rooms, toilet rooms, dressing rooms, garbage rooms, under unshielded sewer lines, under leaking water lines, under open stairwells, or under other sources of contamination. Covered & uncovered food was stored directly under condensation leak & ice buildup in the upright freezer & in the ice cream walkin cooler.
• Boxes of cakes were stored on the walkin freezer floor. Bags of bread were stored on racks adjacent to the hand sink, where it is exposed to splash from that hand sink; water droplets found on the bread bags.
• Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring while preparing food: bracelets.
• Plumbing system not maintained in good repair.

See the entire report here

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