PANERA BREAD received an A, scoring 96 out of 100, in a Gwinnett County food-service inspection on Sep 1, 2026. The official report lists two findings. [1]
The inspector observed two employees with beards longer than 1/2" that were not wearing beard restraints. [2]
The report states: “&(3)Observed unwrapped, single-use forks and spoons that were stored for customer use with the food/lip contact ends towards the customers rather than handles towards customers.” [3]
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Observed two employees with beards longer than 1/2" that were not wearing beard 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: Employees donned bearded nets.
Code .03(5)(j)
Observed two employees with beards longer than 1/2" that were not wearing beard 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: Employees donned bearded nets.Official report · Item 12B ↗
&(3)Observed unwrapped, single-use forks and spoons that were stored for customer use with the food/lip contact ends towards the customers rather than handles towards customers. Single-service and single-use articles and cleaned and sanitized utensils shall be handled, displayed, and dispensed so that contamination of food-and lip-contact surfaces is prevented. (C) Single-service articles that are intended for food- or lip-contact shall be furnished for consumer self-service with the original individual wrapper intact or from an approved dispenser. (C) Corrective Actions: Spoons and forks rearranged so that handles are encountered first when customers grab utensils.
Code .05(10)(g)(1)
&(3)Observed unwrapped, single-use forks and spoons that were stored for customer use with the food/lip contact ends towards the customers rather than handles towards customers. Single-service and single-use articles and cleaned and sanitized utensils shall be handled, displayed, and dispensed so that contamination of food-and lip-contact surfaces is prevented. (C) Single-service articles that are intended for food- or lip-contact shall be furnished for consumer self-service with the original individual wrapper intact or from an approved dispenser. (C) Corrective Actions: Spoons and forks rearranged so that handles are encountered first when customers grab utensils.Official report · Item 14C ↗
Correction and repeat labels quote the report. An absent label leaves correction status unknown; a deadline does not confirm a correction.
Gwinnett County · Sep 1, 2026
02 / Same facility ↗Official inspection historyAvailable records for this official facility
03 / How scoring works ↗Georgia’s food-service rulesScores and findings describe the dated inspection, not current operating conditions. A correction deadline does not establish whether an issue remained unresolved afterward.
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