Food wasn’t protected from contamination during a recent routine inspection at a Bangladeshi restaurant in Chamblee.
Raw lamb and raw fish were being prepped in dish sinks before the sinks had been cleaned and sanitized, according to the DeKalb County health inspector.
The fish was in the dish sink while dishwater was in an adjacent sink. And a box of raw ginger root was stored next to the lamb while it was being prepped.
Also, the sink basins had a heavy and wet scum-like buildup, the inspector said. And the produce prep sink basin was dirty with accumulated food residue.
The inspector said a fan heavy with dust buildup was blowing on an uncovered container of cooked spinach that was cooling in the kitchen. Cooked spinach was also cooling by an open back door.
Purnima Bangladeshi Cuisine, 4646 Buford Highway, Chamblee, scored 58/U on the routine inspection. The restaurant had previous scores of 85/B and 88/B.
The inspector threw out approximately 75 chicken samosas that had been cooling too long and were not within a safe temperature range. The samosas were in a pan spread three layers deep, the inspector said.
Among other violations, employees were not using proper procedures to protect food from contaminants. One employee used a gloved hand instead of a utensil to scoop cooked rice onto a customer’s plate.
Points were also taken off because a food handler put on a hair net, patted hair then returned to prepping raw lamb with bare hands.
Purnima Bangladeshi Cuisine will be re-inspected.
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