Ann's Soul Food, 216 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219 - Full Service Restaurant inspection findings and violations



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Restaurant: Ann's Soul Food
Address: 216 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219
Type: Full Service Restaurant
Phone: 804 643-5337
Total inspections: 11
Last inspection: 01/12/2016

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Inspection findings

Inspection date

Type

  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the "can goods of fruits" in walk in box has heavy accumulations of grime and debris.
    Correction: Clean the surface at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues that become encrusted or attract insects and rodents.
  • Light Bulbs Protective Shielding
    Observation: Light bulb in walk in box have not shielded, coated, or otherwise shatter-resistant.
    Correction: Shield or replace light bulb with a coated or shatter-resistant bulb.
01/12/2016Routine
No violation noted during this evaluation.09/17/2015Risk Factor
  • Wood, Use Limitation (corrected on site)
    Observation: Wood the hold 3 vat sink observe with accumulation of grime and debris
    Correction: Discontinue use of wood or wood wicker for this purpose. All food contact surfaces must be smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent, to prevent deterioration and to maintain an easily cleanable surface. Wood, if used, shall be hard maple or an equivalently hard, close-grained wood.
  • Equipment - Cutting Surfaces
    Observation: The cutting board(s) along the Kitchen are heavily scratched and scored. The food contact surface is no longer easily cleaned and sanitized due to condition.
    Correction: Resurface or discard and replace the cutting boards to provide a food contact surface that is smooth, easily cleaned and sanitized.
05/21/2015Routine
  • Thawing
    Observation: Improper methods used to thaw Pork meat seat on prep table on room temperature
    Correction: Thaw potentially hazardous foods by either of the following methods: 1. Under refrigeration that maintains food temperature at 41°F (45°F) 2. Completely submerged under running water at a temperature of 70°F or below with sufficient water velocity to agitate and float off loose particles in an overflow. Ready-to-eat food shall not exceed 41°F and raw animal foods shall not exceed 41°F for more than four hours 3. As part of the cooking process
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair
    Observation: Physical structure is not maintained in good repair observe floor of walk in box in need of repair rust and cracks all over the floor
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
01/28/2015Routine
  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces (repeated violation)
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the Stove floors has accumulations of grime and debris & encrust grease.
    Correction: Clean the surface at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues that become encrusted or attract insects and rodents.
10/10/2014Routine
  • Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: The woman cook was eating in areas where they may contaminate food, clean equipment, utensils or other items needing protection.
    Correction: Provide a designated area where employees may eat and drink so as not to contaminate exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, or unwrapped single-service and single-use articles, or other items needing protection.
  • Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site)
    Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use Cloths not under chemical sanitizer.
    Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
07/14/2014Routine
  • Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: The line cook is drinking coffee from an uncovered container in the food preparation area.
    Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands, (2) The container, and (3) Exposed food, clean equipment, utensils, and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
  • Non-Food Contact Surfaces (corrected on site)
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the Under-Top of Microwave has accumulations of grime and debris.
    Correction: Clean the surface at a frequency necessary to preclude accumulation of soil residues that become encrusted or attract insects and rodents.
03/10/2014Routine
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Raw foods of animal origin stored over ready-to-eat (RTE) food in the refrigeration unit.
    Correction: Separate raw foods of animal origin during storage, preparation, holding, and display from raw RTE food including foods such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw RTE food such as vegetables, and cooked RTE food.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Sliced turkey, sliced ham, burger meat, chicken and fish in the Pepsi cooler cold holding at improper temperatures
    Correction: Relocate food to a refrigeration unit that is capable of maintaining food storage at 41°F or below.
  • Critical: Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Disposition* (corrected on site)
    Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) rice in the refrigeration unit is not labeled with a ""consume by"" date. (Dated 9/19)
    Correction: Discard the food at this time. Ensure all prepared RTE food is mark with the name and ""consume by"" date on the container at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served, sold or discarded within 7 calendar days or within 4 calendar days if held at 45°F. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
  • Critical: Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils* (corrected on site)
    Observation: The following equipment food-contact surfaces were observed soiled to sight and touch: cake plate - soiled with a dead roach on the surface.
    Correction: Clean and sanitize these surfaces for food contact.
09/30/2013Risk Factor
  • Critical: Eating, Drinking, or Using Tobacco* (corrected on site)
    Observation: In use open drinking containers stored in a manner that may contaminate food, food contact surfaces or utensils.
    Correction: Employees may drink from a closed beverage container if the container is handled to prevent contamination of (1) The employee's hands (2) The container and (3) Exposed food clean equipment, utensils, and linens and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination. (raw ground beef stored over raw fish)
    Correction: Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by the following: (a) Using separate equipment for each type. (b) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented. (c) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Hot Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Green beans hot holding at improper temperatures.
    Correction: Rapidly reheat the food to 165°F and maintain at 135°F or above through the hot holding period.
  • Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - Corrosion Resistant/Nonabsorbent (repeated violation)
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the FOLLOWING is not corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and/or smooth:
    -CABINETS UP FRONT
    -COUNTER TOP BEHIND THE 3-VAT SINK

    Correction: Nonfood contact equipment that is exposed to splash, spillage, food soiling, or requires frequent cleaning must be smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent.
  • Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils
    Observation: Observed accumulations of dust, dirt, food residue or other debris on the following nonfood-food contact surfaces:
    -EXTERIOR OF ALL REFRIGERATION
    -EXTERIOR OF ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT
    -SHELVES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN
    -SHELVES THROUGHOUT THE FRONT AREA
    -ICE BUILD UP IN THE BACK FREEZERS

    Correction: Maintain nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment clean.
  • Hand Drying Provision (corrected on site)
    Observation: No disposable towels were provided at the hand washing lavatory in the kitchen or serving area.
    Correction: Hand drying devices such as individual disposable paper towels, a continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel or heated air hand drying device must be provided at all hand washing lavatories to encourage proper hand washing and avoid employees to drying their hands on their clothing or other unclean materials
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: Floor tiles in the back is not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions
    Observation: Floors walls and ceiling throughout the facility noted in need of cleaning.
    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter
    Observation: Front area is cluttered with papers and back areas (dry storage) has unused equipment and clutter. Facility is storing unnecessary items to the operation or maintenance of the establishment.
    Correction: Clean and reorganize these areas. Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
03/05/2013Routine
  • Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - Corrosion Resistant/Nonabsorbent (repeated violation)
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the CABINETS UP FRONT is not corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and/or smooth. (PAINT IS CHIPPING)
    Correction: Nonfood contact equipment that is exposed to splash, spillage, food soiling, or requires frequent cleaning must be smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: The floor tiles throughout the facility are not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
02/09/2012Follow-up
  • Critical: Hands - When to Wash* (corrected on site)
    Observation: A food employee failed to wash his or her hands before donning new gloves.
    Correction: Instruct food employees to clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and during food preparation, as often as necessary to remove soil and contamination and to prevent cross contamination when changing task.
  • Hair Restraints - Effectiveness
    Observation: Employees observed working in the food service area without proper hair restraints.
    Correction: Ensure all employees wear hair restraints such as hats, hair coverings or nets, beard restraints, and clothing that covers body hair, that are designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from contacting exposed food clean equipment, utensils, and linens, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles.
  • Critical: Food - Packaged and Unpackaged - Separation, Packaging, and Segregation* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Different types of raw animal foods stored in such a manner that may cause cross contamination. (RAW CHICKEN STORED ABOVE RAW FISH AND EGGS)
    Correction: Separate types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by the following: (a) Using separate equipment for each type. (b) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented. (c) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas. (STORE CHICKEN BELOW FISH AND SHELL EGGS)
  • Cloths - Wiping Cloths - Use Limitation (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Wiping cloths improperly stored between use.
    Correction: Ensure wet wiping cloths are stored in a chemical sanitizer at the proper concentration between use.
  • Critical: Food - Potentially Hazardous Food - Cold Holding* (corrected on site) (repeated violation)
    Observation: Margarine, relish, chicken, sliced turkey, sliced ham & meatloaf cold holding at improper temperatures.
    Correction: Cold hold potentially hazardous food at 41°F or below to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria. Repair the lowboy and the Pepsi reach in. Relocate TCS\PHF foods to the walk in until the units are repaired.
  • Critical: Date Marking - Ready-to-Eat - Potentially Hazardous Food - Date Marking* (corrected on site)
    Observation: The prepared ready-to-eat (RTE) sliced turkey, ham, meatloaf in the refrigeration unit is not properly dated for disposition.
    Correction: Mark the name and "consume by" date on the container of RTE foods at the time of preparation if the food is to be held for more than 24 hours. If the food is held at 41°F or below the food shall be served or sold within 7 calendar days. Some harmful bacteria continue to grow even at refrigeration temperatures so limiting the amount of time in storage limits the amount of growth allowed for these bacteria.
  • Nonfood-Contact Surfaces - Corrosion Resistant/Nonabsorbent
    Observation: The nonfood contact surface of the CABINETS UP FRONT is not corrosion resistant, nonabsorbent, and/or smooth. (PAINT IS CHIPPING)
    Correction: Nonfood contact equipment that is exposed to splash, spillage, food soiling, or requires frequent cleaning must be smooth, durable, and nonabsorbent.
  • Temperature Measuring Devices (repeated violation)
    Observation: The temperature measuring device located lowboy refrigerator is not easily readable.
    Correction: Provide an easily readable thermometer so employees can accurately read the thermometer.
  • Equipment - Good Repair and Proper Adjustment
    Observation: The lowboy refrigerator was observed in a state of disrepair and damaged.
    Correction: Repair the Lowboy refrigerator to restore a state of condition that allows for proper operation, accuracy, functioning, maintenance, and cleanability per Part IV, Article 1 and 2 of this chapter. If unable to repair the lowboy refrigerator, replace it with one that meets the specifications of Part IV, Article 1 and 2 of this chapter.
  • Equipment - Food Contact Surfaces, Nonfood Contact Surfaces, and Utensils (repeated violation)
    Observation: Observed accumulations of dust, dirt, food residue or other debris on the following nonfood-food contact surfaces:
    -INTERIOR OF THE LOWBOY REACH IN
    -EXTERIOR OF THE LOWBOY REACH IN
    -INTERIOR OF CABINETS UP FRONT
    -INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE
    -EXTERIOR OF THE PREP TABLE UNDER AND AROUND THE KNIFE STORAGE MAGNET
    -SHELVES THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN
    -INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF THE PEPSI REACH IN ON THE COOK LINE AND THE PEPSI REACH IN BY THE REGISTER
    -THE FRYERS (ACCUMULATIONS OF DEBRIS)

    Correction: Maintain nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment clean.
  • Physical Facilities in Good Repair (repeated violation)
    Observation: The floor tiles throughout the facility are not maintained in good repair
    Correction: Maintain physical facilities in good repair. Poor repair and maintenance compromises the functionality of the physical facilities.
  • Physical Facilities - Cleaning Frequency and Restrictions (repeated violation)
    Observation: The following noted in need of cleaning:
    -FLOOR THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN ESPECIALLY BEHIND COOKING AND REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT ON COOK LINE
    -WALLS THROUGHOUT THE KITCHEN

    Correction: All floors, walls, and ceilings must be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean. Cleaning of the physical facilities is an important measure in ensuring the protection and sanitary preparation of food. A regular cleaning schedule should be established and followed to maintain the facility in a clean and sanitary manner.
  • Pests - Removing Dead or Trapped Birds - Insects, Rodents, and other Pests
    Observation: Dead roaches observed in the cabinets.
    Correction: Remove dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, and other pests from control devices and the premises at a frequency that prevents their accumulation, decomposition, or the attraction of pests.
  • Premises - Maintaining Premises - Unnecessary Items and Litter (repeated violation)
    Observation: The following areas observed cluttered:
    -UNDER THE COUNTER AT THE REGISTER
    -THE DISPLAY CASE WHERE THE FRUIT TRAY IS
    -THE MAIL PILE ON TOP OF THE MICROWAVE

    Correction: Remove all unnecessary items from the facility. The presence of unnecessary articles, including equipment which is no longer used, makes regular and effective cleaning more difficult and less likely. It can also provide harborage for insects and rodents.
01/30/2012Routine

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