Labels, lids and a little coughing: Health inspections serve up mixed results

Wayne County Health Department found one market with 10 violations and restaurants with as many as four issues during recent routine inspections.

Inspectors found a total of 22 issues during visits to local food establishments.

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 Nov. 13-Dec. 5.

Violations

• Dec. 5: Tiffin Indian American Restaurant, 1480 N. Indiana 1, Cambridge City. Four issues. Forty yogurt containers and seven raita (yogurt-based dishes) were not date-marked (had been made the previous night per manager). No thermometer in yogurt reach-in cooler. Four containers of unknown food product observed without labels and ingredients. Those were corrected during inspection. No thermometer in reach-in cooler. No employee health policy on site. Both to be corrected by Dec. 8.
• Dec. 5: El Trebol Mexican Market, 1625 E. Main St., Richmond. Ten issues. Establishment doesn’t have a documented employee health policy. Spray hose in basement storage area isn’t protected from backsiphonage. Food items that may be served or sold undercooked aren’t disclosed to consumers by placard or identified on menu by asterisking along with an asterisked Consumer Advisory footnote. All three to be corrected by Dec. 9. An employee’s uncovered beverage container was observed in food prep area. Tamales and soup stored at rear of establishment measured 127 and 121 degrees Fahrenheit rather than 135F. Items reheated to 165. Sliced tomatoes and shredded lettuce stored in reach-in cooler at prep line measured 45F and 48F rather than 41F or below. Items placed in ice. All three items corrected during inspection. Flooring and ceiling in the basement food prep area are chipping and no longer nonabsorbent. Mops aren’t being hung when drying. Wrapped baked goods don’t provide labeling information. Four issues to be corrected by March 5. Staff said they could get those items corrected within a month.
• Dec. 4: El Bronco, 2515 Chester Blvd., Richmond. Three issues. 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. An in-use container of raw chicken was unprotected from potential splash from adjacent employee hand sink. All corrected during inspection.
• Dec. 3: Inn Zone, 1001 N. E St., Richmond. Two issues. No test strips to check sanitizer levels. To be corrected by Dec. 21. No paper towels at hand sink. Corrected during inspection.
• Dec. 3: LV Pantry, 1101 S. E St., Richmond. Two issues. Floor observed with syrup residue, dirt, debris under soda syrup box storage holding shelves. No thermometer in hot holding case for sandwiches. Both to be corrected by Dec. 10.
• Nov. 13: Whistle Stop of Richmond, 648 S. H St., Richmond. One issue. Rear door needed repair. To be corrected by Feb. 13.

Follow-ups

• Dec. 1: Great Wall, 1731 National Road W., Richmond. A follow-up visit was conducted regarding six priority violations from the Nov. 14 inspection, when a total of 17 violations had been noted. All six priority violations had been corrected. (Those earlier priority violations were: No paper towels at hand sink, tubs of raw fish and pork stored over containers of cooked chicken and ready-to-eat shrimp, heavily soiled can opener, employee entering work and handling clean utensils without first washing hands, employee rinsing hands rather than washing at correct sink, employee handling ready-to-eat foods with bare hands rather than with utensil and sticky fly trap hanging over food prep table).
• Dec. 1: McDonald’s, 1725 E. Main St., Richmond. Follow-up on one item, which was corrected. (The scrapper hose at the three-bay sink was hanging below the flood rim).

Complaint

• Dec. 1: Wendy’s, 2324 Chester Blvd., Richmond. Complaint about sick/coughing employee. Employee was observed with mask and coughing into it. Recommended no contact with food or customers. Employee moved to back and went home.

Pre-operational

• Dec. 2: Wawa, 2600 Williamsburg Pike, Richmond. Establishment appears to meet state requirements. OK to open pending approval of all agencies.

Reopening

• Dec. 2: JoAnn’s Cafe, 723 S. Fifth St., Richmond. OK to operate pending all other agencies’ approval.

No violations

• Cambridge City: J&M Poultry Farm, One and 70 Shell, Pizza 3.14, Recovery Works, Village Pantry, Winding Branch Golf Course
• Centerville: Casey’s General Store
• Fountain City: Northeastern Elementary School
• Greens Fork: Farmer Brad LLC
• Jacksonburg: Level Gavel Auctions
• Pershing: Boys & Girls Clubs’ of Wayne County’s Wayne Bank Unit
• Richmond: Druids Lodge, Fricker’s, Gateway Hunger Relief, KFC (National Road East), Knights of St. John, La Luz Del Mundo, Mercurio’s Pizza, Seldom Scene Bed & Breakfast, Texas Roadhouse, The Down Under (200 S. Ninth St.)
• Temporary: Southern Fizz (Hagerstown), Coffee Junction (Eaton, Ohio)