Expired milk, unwashed hands concern inspectors

Six restaurants or stores required follow-up visits in early December, but nearly all violations had been corrected when Wayne County Health Department inspectors returned a few days later.

Shortly before the holidays, Wayne County Health Department found seven new concerns during recent routine inspections at food establishments. One inspection took place after a visitor reported a complaint to the health department about products in the store.

The classification of being in or out of compliance replaces the health department’s previous terminology of critical and noncritical violations. Compliance is based on the number of risk factor or intervention violations and whether there are repeated issues.

WCHD conducted these assessments between Dec. 4-20.

Violations

• Dec. 11: Reid Health Cafe at Twelve Hundred, 1100 Reid Parkway, Richmond. Three concerns. Employee observed without a hair net. Employee didn’t wash hands between glove changes. Both corrected during inspection. Cooler doors were dirty and needed cleaning. FOLLOW-UP: During the Dec. 12 visit, no problems were found with the cooler doors.
• Dec. 9: Thai Thara Restaurant, 1000 Chester Blvd., Richmond. Two concerns. The establishment didn’t have an employee health policy, which was to be corrected by Dec. 12. Floors under fryer and stove were soiled and needed cleaning, which was to be corrected by Dec. 16. FOLLOW-UP: During a Dec. 11 visit, the health policy had been corrected. No violations were found.

Follow-ups

• Dec. 10: Inn Zone, 1001 N. E St., Richmond. During the Dec. 3 routine inspection, two violations were found. No test strips were available to check sanitizer levels, which was to be corrected by Dec. 21, and no paper towels were at the hand sink, which was corrected during inspection. During the return visit, both had been corrected.
• Dec. 10: LV Pantry, 1101 S. E St., Richmond. During the Dec. 3 routine inspection, two violations were found: The floor was observed with syrup residue, dirt and debris under soda syrup box storage holding shelves, and there was no thermometer in the hot holding case for sandwiches. Both were to be corrected by Dec. 10. On that date, both items had been corrected.
• Dec. 10: El Trebol, 1625 E. Main St., Richmond. During the Dec. 5 routine inspection, 10 issues were found. There was no documented employee health policy, labeling on wrapped baked goods, or a consumer advisory on its menu or placard about items that could be served undercooked. Tamales and soup were too cold; tomatoes and lettuce were stored too warm. A spray hose wasn’t protected from backsiphonage. An uncovered beverage was in the food prep area. Flooring and ceiling were chipping and nonabsorbent. Mops weren’t hung when drying. Some issues were corrected during the initial inspection. During the follow-up visit, no issues were found.
• Dec. 8: Tiffin-Indian American Restaurant, 1480 N. Indiana 1, Cambridge City. During the Dec. 5 routine inspection, four issues were found (yogurt containers and yogurt-based dishes weren’t date-marked, no thermometer in two coolers, four containers of unknown food were found without labels/ingredients). During the Dec. 8 follow-up, one violation was found. The back door to the food storage room was propped open. It was corrected during that inspection.
• Dec. 8: El Bronco, 2515 Chester Blvd., Richmond. During the Dec. 4 routine inspection, three violations were found: An employee’s drink was in the food preparation area without a lid, an employee hand sink was inaccessible because of a knife stored within the basin, and an in-use container of raw chicken was unprotected from potential splash from adjacent employee hand sink. All were corrected during the initial inspection. On the return visit, no violations were repeated.

Complaint

• Dec. 17: Rose City Shell, 1304 Industries Road, Richmond. Complaint about product not having labeling. Milk was observed to have expired and with no label. Management pulled all product during inspection.

No violations

• Cambridge City: Big Boyz Pizza, Dougherty Orchards, Winding Branch Golf Course
• Centerville: Americana Pizza, Casey’s General Store, 5 Arch Brewing, Ruby Red Farms
• Fountain City: Pizza King
• Richmond: Applebee’s Grill + Bar, Biggie Spudz, Mercurio’s Pizza, Richmond Evening Optimist, Texas Roadhouse, Walmart
• Temporary permits: Coffee Junction (Eaton, Ohio), Morning Munchies (New Paris, Ohio), Southern Fizz (Hagerstown)