NORTHWESTERN LAN ZHOU RAMEN receives B in Gwinnett County health inspection

1. 01

   Food separation and protection

   Item 4-1A ↗

   (vi)(vii)(viii)Observed raw beef stored above ready to eat sauces in walk in cooler. Unwashed potatoes stored above ready to eat foods in walk in cooler. Raw meat stored on top of prep top table with bulk sugar stored underneath. //3rd CONSECUTIVE VIOLATION// Food shall be protected from cross contamination by: (i) Except as specified in paragraph (i)(IV) of below, separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from: (I) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, (P) and (II) Cooked ready-to-eat food; and (P) (III) Fruits and vegetables…

   Inspector’s full note +

   Code .04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v)

   (vi)(vii)(viii)Observed raw beef stored above ready to eat sauces in walk in cooler. Unwashed potatoes stored above ready to eat foods in walk in cooler. Raw meat stored on top of prep top table with bulk sugar stored underneath. //3rd CONSECUTIVE VIOLATION// Food shall be protected from cross contamination by: (i) Except as specified in paragraph (i)(IV) of below, separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from: (I) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, (P) and (II) Cooked ready-to-eat food; and (P) (III) Fruits and vegetables before they are washed; (P) (IV) Frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food. (ii) Except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by: (I) Using separate equipment for each type, (P) or (II) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented, (P) and (III) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas; (P) (iii) Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils; (v) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible soil before opening; (vi) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened; (vii) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the food service establishment separate from food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles; or (viii) Separating fruits and vegetables, before they are washed from ready-to-eat food. Corrective Actions: PIC relocated foods to designated areas.

   Official report · Item 4-1A ↗
   No correction or repeat marker recorded.
2. 02

   Food storage and contamination

   Item 12A ↗

   Large pot of chili oil stored on the floor. 3rD CONSECUTIVE VIOLATION OF SAME CODE PROVISION*** Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food: 1) in a clean dry location; (C) 2) where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination; (C) and 3) at least 6 inches (15 cm) above the floor. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC relocated off the floor.

   Inspector’s full note +

   Code .04(4)(q)

   Large pot of chili oil stored on the floor. 3rD CONSECUTIVE VIOLATION OF SAME CODE PROVISION*** Food shall be protected from contamination by storing the food: 1) in a clean dry location; (C) 2) where it is not exposed to splash, dust, or other contamination; (C) and 3) at least 6 inches (15 cm) above the floor. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC relocated off the floor.

   Official report · Item 12A ↗
   No correction or repeat marker recorded.
3. 03

   Personal cleanliness

   Item 12B ↗

   Food handlers handling food without hair restraint and no facial hair restraints. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch (1/2"). (C) Corrective Actions: Employee donned hat, and other employee donned beard guard.

   Inspector’s full note +

   Code .03(5)(j)

   Food handlers handling food without hair restraint and no facial hair restraints. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair including beards and mustaches longer than one half inch (1/2"). (C) Corrective Actions: Employee donned hat, and other employee donned beard guard.

   Official report · Item 12B ↗
   No correction or repeat marker recorded.
4. 04

   Required permits and notices

   Item 13A ↗

   Latest copy of inspection not posted. The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC given the latest inspection to post.

   Inspector’s full note +

   Code .02(1)(d)

   Latest copy of inspection not posted. The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC given the latest inspection to post.

   Official report · Item 13A ↗
   No correction or repeat marker recorded.
5. 05

   Ventilation and lighting

   Item 17D ↗

   Personal employee belongings such as earbuds, phone stored above prep top cooler. Massager stored above container of oils. Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be located in a designated room or area where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles cannot occur. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC relocated personal employee belongings into designated employee areas.

   Inspector’s full note +

   Code .07(4)(b)

   Personal employee belongings such as earbuds, phone stored above prep top cooler. Massager stored above container of oils. Lockers or other suitable facilities shall be located in a designated room or area where contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles cannot occur. (C) Corrective Actions: PIC relocated personal employee belongings into designated employee areas.

   Official report · Item 17D ↗
   No correction or repeat marker recorded.

Correction and repeat labels quote the report. An absent label leaves correction status unknown; a deadline does not confirm a correction.