RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: MAAZA 29 Cited for Food Temperature Issues

In a recent inspection, the Prince William Health District cited Maaza 29 for food temperature and sanitation violations.

The restaurant, located at 14630 Lee Highway in Gainesville, was inspected Oct. 21 and two "priority" and three "priority foundation" violations were reported.

According to the Health District report, the priority violations include:

Priority (Corrected During Inspection): Raw beef and lamb, RTE mashed potatoes, chicken wings (comfit), and lamb shanks cold holding at improper temperatures

Priority: Chlorine sanitizing solution used was not at an acceptable concentration. (10 ppm)

Priority foundation violations include:

• Priority Foundation (Corrected During inspection): There is no properly working test kit provided in the facility for monitoring the concentration QUAT Sanitizer.
• Priority Foundation (Corrected During inspection): The temperature of the in-use wash water solution was observed at less than 120 degrees.

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“Restaurant inspections are normally scheduled for one to four inspections per year, depending on the complexity of the menu, how much food is made from raw products, and how much is made in advance rather than cooked-to-order,” the agency states on their website.

When inspectors observe violations during a routine inspection, they are detailed in a report and classified as either critical (posing a direct or immediate threat to consumers) or non-critical (a failure of cleaning or maintenance), they said.

These inspections are considered by the Health District as a snapshot of a specific day of operation.

According to the agency, “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.”