Restaurant Inspections: Little Italy Deli, Einstein Bagels

Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health visited several restaurants in or near Burke area this week.

Little Italy Deli
13850-E Braddock Road
Date of inspection: August 5
Upon discussion with the person-in-charge, one or more of the elements of an effective employee health policy is either missing or incomplete. A complete employee health policy is required to be in place at the food establishment.
 
Cheogajip Chicken
13814 Braddock Road
Date of inspection: August 2
Employees are not properly trained in food safety as it relates to their assigned duties. Three vat sink not set up correctly.
 
Einstein Brothers Bagels #2680
8317 Old Keene Mill Road
Date of inspection: August 2
Observed food employees using improper hand washing procedures. Observed a food worker wash hands at hand sink with only a less than 5 second soap and rinse, without scrubbing hands.

About these inspections: 

"Ideally, an operation would have no critical violations, or none which are not corrected immediately and not repeated. In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," according to department of health website.

The site continues: "Keep in mind that any inspection report is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. On any given day, a restaurant could have fewer or more violations than noted in the report. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long term cleanliness of an establishment."

Full reports can be accessed on the Health Department's website.

• A core item "usually relates to general sanitation, operational controls, sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs), facilities or structures, equipment design, or general maintenance."
• A priority item is "a provision in this Code whose application contributes directly to the elimination, prevention or reduction to an acceptable level, hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury and there is no other provision that more directly controls the hazard," and "includes items with a quantifiable measure to show control of hazards such as cooking, reheating, cooling, handwashing."
• A priority foundation item "includes an item that requires the purposeful incorporation of specific actions, equipment or procedures by industry management to attain control of risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury such as personnel training, infrastructure or necessary equipment, HACCP plans, documentation or record keeping, and labeling."