Woodbridge Health Inspections: Joe's Place, Kleber's Restaurant

WOODBRIDGE, VA — A pair of facilities in the Woodbridge area recorded violations during health inspections between Oct. 12 and Oct. 18.

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 Woodbridge area, according to the Prince William Health District.

• Kleber's Restaurant, 13634 Jefferson Davis Hwy Woodbridge, VA 22191
  • Date inspected: Oct. 17
  • Total violations: 4
    • There were several food items removed from originally containers into another without proper name.
    • Foil is covering food contact surfaces.
    • There were no sanitizer concentration test strips.
    • The overall facility needs some cleaning to the floors, and the walls need repair.
• Joe's Place, 13275 Gordon Blvd. Woodbridge, VA 22191
  
  • Date inspected: Oct. 18
  • Total violations: 13
    • 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.
    • This food establishment has not established written procedures for responding to vomiting or diarrheal events that happen in the facility.
    • The following food item(s) were observed cold holding at improper temperatures using a calibrated food temperature measuring device: cut tomatoes and sliced cheese on the prep unit in the back.
    • There were no ambient air temperature measuring devices (thermometers) in the pizza prep refrigerator up front, in the prep refrigerator in the back or in the chest freezer up front.
    • Clean floor mixer is stored below and adjacent to the handwashing sink up front. It is exposed to splash from handwashing sink when hands are being washed.
    • Aluminum foil was used to line equipment throughout the kitchen; grocery bags were used to store raw foods in the freezer.
    • There is no test kit located in the facility for monitoring the concentration of the chemical sanitizing solution in the warewashing machine or 3 compartment sink (chlorine).
    • The faucet at the 3 compartment sink is in disrepair and leaking.
    • Extensions have been placed on the original wastewater pipes of the 3 compartment sink and on the floor drain, extending up, thus eliminating the required air gaps.
    • The dumpster or outside refuse container was open.
    • Litter was stored outside of the building and adjacent to the outside waste receptacles/dumpster.
    • The floor in back hallway leading to the walk-in refrigerator is in disrepair with visible holes that hold standing water.
    • Observed that there were several pieces of equipment in disrepair or not in use, such as the steam table and the ice machine.

The following facilities did not record any violations:

• Montclair Elementary School
• Swans Creek Elementary School
• Minnieland Academy