A Henry County health official said employees and management at Traxx Lounge & Grill did not have good hygiene practices when working with food during a recent inspection.
An employee was observed touching face and hair, then proceeding to touch produce and other foods as well as clean equipment without washing hands. In another incident, an employee was handling maintenance equipment then handling beverage bottles without washing hands.
Points were also taken off because an employee was prepping lemons with her bare hands. The hand-washing sink was being used to wash produce, the inspector observed.
Traxx Lounge & Grill, 716 Highway 155 , McDonough, failed the routine inspection with 47/U. Its previous score was 91/A.
The inspector said the restaurant needs a written employee health policy, and employees need to know what symptoms and illnesses could affect food safety.
In other code violations, two containers of salsa were about three weeks past their expiration dates and should have been discarded.
Other food items were missing discard dates. Some sliced American cheese, cut tomatoes, cooked wings and other items in a cooler, and milk in a bar cooler all needed to be date marked, the inspector said.
Traxx Lounge & Grill will be re-inspected. [Editor's Note: Traxx Lounge & Grill passed the follow-up inspection with 89/B.]
In other news: Another recently featured Henry County restaurant,Fuji Express, 1465 Hudson Bridge Road, Stockbridge, scored 80/B to pull up its score with a follow-up inspection. And in Gwinnett County, recently featured Man Hong Chinese Restaurant, 1291 Old Peachtree Road, Suwanee, scored 90/A on a follow-up inspection.
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