Restaurant Inspections: KFC, Woodlands Restaurant

Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health Visited several restaurants in or near Burke and Fairfax Station this week. See a sampling of those results below, and visit the health department's website for a complete list of recent inspections.
 
KFC #K071151
9402 Old Burke Lake Road
Date of inspection: May 6
No critical violations, 1 non-critical violation
Observed that the walls and ceiling tiles in not maintained in good repair. Holes were noted around beverage tubes near the soda fountain near the drive through window and openings were also noted around a snail electrical box near the serving counter. Missing ceiling tile noted in the one of the small storage closets. Some of the ceiling tiles have signs of moisture damage.
 
Robinson High School
5035 Sideburn Road
Date of inspection: May 6
2 critical violations, 1 non-critical violations
Due to improper operation of the hot water, mechanical ware washing machine, the thermo label did not turn black, indicating that food-contact surfaces of equipment and utensils are not being adequately sanitized.
 
Woodlands Restaurant
4078 Jermantown Road
Date of inspection: May 6
No violations were found during the inspection
 
Starbucks at Safeway
9525 Braddock Road
Date of inspection: May 3
4 non-critical violations
Boxes of single service items such as paper cups and lids were noted stored directly on the floor in the dry storage room.

"Ideally, an operation would have no critical violations, or none which are not corrected immediately and not repeated. In our experience, it is unrealistic to expect that a complex, full-service food operation can routinely avoid any violations," according to department of health website.

The site continues: "Keep in mind that any inspection report is a 'snapshot' of the day and time of the inspection. On any given day, a restaurant could have fewer or more violations than noted in the report. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long term cleanliness of an establishment."

Full reports can be accessed on the health department's website.

• A core item "usually relates to general sanitation, operational controls, sanitation standard operating procedures (SSOPs), facilities or structures, equipment design, or general maintenance."
• A priority item is "a provision in this Code whose application contributes directly to the elimination, prevention or reduction to an acceptable level, hazards associated with foodborne illness or injury and there is no other provision that more directly controls the hazard," and "includes items with a quantifiable measure to show control of hazards such as cooking, reheating, cooling, handwashing."
• A priority foundation item "includes an item that requires the purposeful incorporation of specific actions, equipment or procedures by industry management to attain control of risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury such as personnel training, infrastructure or necessary equipment, HACCP plans, documentation or record keeping, and labeling."