China Cafeteria in Decatur recovered after failing two consecutive routine health inspections, the latest a 58/U earned earlier in February.
Employees were not washing their hands after contamination, according to the DeKalb County health inspector. An employee picked up trash off the floor with gloved hands then started touching clean dishes without taking the gloves off and washing hands.
Another employee went outside then re-entered the facility and went back to work without washing. The employee moved onions off the prep table and touched the slicer that had been cleaned and sanitized.
In addition, the employee hand-sink couldn’t be used because it had a container of raw chicken pieces stored inside. A large trash can and a large bulk container were also blocking the hand-sink so it was not accessible to employees.
Because China Cafeteria, 2910 Rainbow Drive, failed an earlier inspection, management was asked to meet with health officials on food safety. Afterwards, the facility was re-inspected and earned a 90/A.
In other code violations on the routine inspection, ribs, chicken wings and egg rolls were in the walk-in cooler without date marking labels.
Some foods were stored inappropriately in the coolers. Raw chicken wings and raw chopped chicken was stored above cooked chicken wings and egg rolls in one cooler. In another, raw meat batter was stored with ready-to-eat foods.
Points were also taken off because raw, chopped chicken was stored inside the fruit and vegetable sink. A container of nail polish remover was on the same shelf as food condiments and dry ingredients. [Editor's Note: China Cafeteria passed the follow-up inspection with 90/A.]
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