Fredericksburg Restaurant Inspections: Qdoba

FREDERICKSBURG, VA — One location in the Fredericksburg area was cited with violations during a recent inspection from the Rappahannock Area Health District. The inspection occurred on Jan. 31.

The number of in-person inspections has decreased to start the year. Many restaurants in the region have received virtual training visits from the health department. Inspection reports noted that inspectors have used the training visits to warn about risk factors as a result of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases caused by the omicron variant.

Violations at restaurants 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.

Depending on the results of the inspection, the health department can pursue several actions. They can issue a permit for the restaurant to continue serving food, they can schedule a follow-up inspection to determine if violations have been rectified, or they can temporarily shut down an establishment until certain issues are solved.

Here are the most recent violations as listed by the Rappahannock Area Health Department:

• Qdoba, 1865 Carl D. Silver Parkway Fredericksburg, VA 22401
  • Date inspected: Jan. 31
  • Total violations: 7
    • The person in charge could not provide an employee health policy for the food employees working in the kitchen. EHS provided a sample copy of the employee health policy. The person in charge had the food employees sign the policy.
    • Observed food employees apply soap and scrub hands under running water for less than 10 seconds. EHS demonstrated proper handwashing procedure. Food employees rewashed their hands before returning to work.
    • Observed several stainless steel food containers stacked stored while wet.
    • Observed rusted shelves over 3 compartment sink and rolling storage shelves.
    • Observed a leaking faucet at the 3 compartment sink.
    • Observed the fan in the walk in cooler and vent near the front hand washing sink are in need of cleaning.
    • Observed the light shield over the 3 compartment sink is cracked and the tile floor coving of both men and women's bathroom in need of repair.

Six other locations also received routine violations during the most recent week of reports published by the health department. None of them recorded any violations.

• Taqueria El Habanero Feliz (VA 187 204 TM)
• McDonald's Restaurant
• Food 2 Go
• EHDmin TEST Continental B-fast
• Faith Christian Center
• HomeSpun