Newton County Medical Center in Covington overcame a recent failing food service inspection to pull its health score back up to an 89/B.
Earlier in December, the food service department scored a 56/U on a routine inspection. The inspector said food temperatures were out of range on the self-service line, and other food items were either not date-marked for disposal or were held past the expiration date.
Points were taken off because potentially hazardous food items in the self-service line were not at safe temperatures. Some cold sandwiches as well as some hot foods were discarded.
Several prepared foods and open food containers in the cooler were not date-marked. Pre-cooked ham, shrimp, bologna, turkey and cooked roast were all discarded. Also, commercially prepared food items had passed their expiration dates. The inspector said eight containers of pasta and a container of college cheese should have already been discarded.
Five dented cans found in the dry storage area were also discarded.
Points were taken off because food contact surfaces were not clean. The inspector said the slicer, dicers, storage containers, scoops and lips all had food debris present. They were cleaned during the inspection.
Newton County Medical Center, 5126 Hospital Drive, corrected these code violations before its Dec. 28 follow-up inspection. This time, points were taken off because a roast and meat sauce had been cooling too long in the walk-in cooler. They were discarded.
In other news, these recently featured Gwinnett County restaurants also pulled up their health scores on follow-up inspections: Jang Su Jang Restaurant, 3645 Satellite Blvd., Duluth, 99/A; Oriental J, 2590 Hamilton Mill Road, Buford, 86/B; Humble House, 2300 Pleasant Hill Road, Duluth, 99/A.
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