The following are among the food service establishments inspected from Sept. 11-17 by the Hall County Environmental Health Department. New rules and regulations for food service began on Dec. 1, 2007. Food service establishments will now be given a letter grade that coincides with a percentile: "A" (90-100), "B" (80-89), "C" (70-79), "U" 69 and below. Inspections (frequency of) a food service establishment will be conducted based on risk categorization. The risk type shall be determined by the menu items served, the food preparation processed performed, and the previous food safety history in the food service establishment.
A new food service establishment that has never served food must score 100 (A) to receive a food service permit to operate. When a restaurant changes ownership, a new food service permit must be issued. To be issued a food service permit for a change of ownership, the establishment must score a 95 (A) or above with all Foodborne Illness Risk factors and Public Health Interventions in compliance. Permits must be posted in public view at all times. Food service establishments with drive-through windows will also be required to have the top one-third of a copy of the most current inspection report visible through each window allowing customers to easily read the score, date of inspection and establishment information, in addition to the copy posted inside the establishment. Copies of the new rules are available at the Hall County Environmental health Office. The rules and regulations are also available online at health.state.ga.us/programs/envservices/index.asp.
To register a complaint against a food service establishment, contact the Hall County Environmental Health Department at 770-531-3973.
Sept. 11
Woody’s Pharmacy
5226 Dahlonega Highway, Clermont
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Donna Black
Waffle House No. 1211
4395 Cornelia Highway, Lula
Score: 80, Grade: B
Cook touching raw meats, cracking raw eggs with gloved hands, then proceeding to touch toast without washing hands. Cook touching ready-to-eat foods with bare hands. No paper towels at front or back hand sink. All cloths must stay in sanitizer between uses and not laying on counters. Test strips missing for sanitizer.
Inspector: Black
Sept. 14
Gainesville RYDC
450 Crescent Drive,
Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Kathleen McDuffie
Mellow Mushroom
700 Green St., Gainesville
Score: 100, Grade: A
Inspector: Laurie Wentworth
Domino’s Pizza
Limestone Parkway,
Gainesville
Score: 77, Grade: C
Ham, cheese, beef, etc., in top half of prep cooler with temps 55-58 degrees; cooler not working. Cloths laying on counters and in hand sinks. Most current inspection not posted. Knife, can opener in dirty container that has glue, gloves, etc. Pans that are clean need to be turned upside down so that water will drain away from pans. Repair damaged counter laminate and have repair done on top half of make line cooler. Numerous black gnats in kitchen and getting into foods.
Inspector: Black
Lakehouse Bar & Grille
5466 McEver Road, Flowery Branch
Score: 89, Grade: B
Several utensils stored with food residue. Cloths laying on counters and one across employee’s shoulder. Knives stored underneath top of prep cooler and in-between menu and papers. Test strips missing from sanitizer. Floors dirty underneath dish area and other places in kitchen.
Inspector: Black
Happy China
2458 Limestone Parkway, D, Gainesville
Score: 92, Grade: A
Cups on prep tables without lids and straws. Cloths laying on tables and prep surfaces.
Inspector: Black
Brenau University Dining Room
1 Centennial Circle,
Gainesville
Score: 93, Grade: A
Build-up on soda dispenser nozzles; mold, mildew on ice machine baffle. Bulk, milk container dispensing tubes too long, not cut on angle. Dish room has mold, mildew on ceiling and floors. Floors throughout need better cleaning.
Inspector: McDuffie
Sept. 15
Wild Wing Cafe
311 Jesse Jewell Parkway, Gainesville
Score: 96, Grade: A
All employees that prep foods must wear hair restraints when handling foods. Only a plain wedding band can be worn in kitchen — no bracelets or watches or other rings. All cloths must stay submerged in sanitizer in between uses.
Inspector: Black
Family Cafe Chinese Restaurant
601 S. Enota Drive,
Gainesville
Score: 85, Grade: B
Raw chicken, beef, fish stored on top of ready-to-eat foods. Cloths must stay in buckets of sanitizer between uses and not on prep surfaces, grills, etc. Repair leak in drain pipe at ice bin area.
Inspector: Black
Blonde
212 Spring St., S.W.,
Gainesville
Score: 87, Grade: B
Hot-water sanitizing dish machine with final rise pressure above required 15-25 psi, running 40 psi. Ice machine chute with buildup of mold. Numerous spray cleaner bottles with unlabeled contents. Cook without proper hair restraint. Salad prep cooler leaking condensation into cooler box. Dumpster with bored-out drain plug. Floor needs cleaning in back wait station under soda dispenser and under equipment in bar.
Inspector: Wentworth
Scott’s On The Square
110 Main St., Gainesville
Score: 80, Grade: B
Food stored in bottom of make line Sept. 6, Sept. 10 out of temperature. Crab dip prepped on Sept. 6. Unmarked spray bottles. Shrimp and fish thawing in standing water at 77 F.
Inspector: McDuffie
Sept. 16
Monterrey Mexican Restaurant
5745 Old Winder Highway, Braselton
Score: 90, Grade: A
Dish machine out of sanitizer. Cloths not in sanitizer buckets, being rinsed off at hand sink and kept tucked into pants.
Inspector: Black
Sept. 17
Keith Bridge Petro
2808 Gillsville Highway, Gainesville
Score: 91, Grade: A
Bottle of soda in ice with containers of prepared cilantro, radishes, onions, etc. Shelf with tortillas too close to hand sink; can receive splash from hand washing. Food handler without proper hair restraint. Food handler washing gloves after cleaning dirty, used single-service items from counter service area. Reach-in cooler door gasket separating from door.
Inspector: Wentworth
Jennifer Messer