RESTAURANT INSPECTIONS: Desiderio Cited for Food Storage Violations

The Prince William Health District recently cited Desiderio in Gainesville for 13 violations of the health code, which include storing food at an improper temperature.

Desiderio, located at 7960 Crescent Park Drive, was previously cited for four violations Sept. 20, 2013.

According to the Sept. 12 Health District report, the critical violations included:

Critical Repeat (Corrected During Inspection): Milk in small counter top cooler at 47 degrees for an unknown period of time.

Critical Repeat (Corrected During Inspection): Milk at improper cold holding temperature.

Other non-critical violations include:

• No towels at beverage station hand sink.
• Small counter-top cooler in beverage station area at 47 degrees.
• Repeat: There were no thermometers in the small counter-top cooler, the bar coolers, or the coolers and freezer at the cooking line.
• Corrected During Inspection: Cook's in-use utensils improperly stored in a container of sanitizer.
• Racks of clean glassware next to dishwasher area handsink.
• Repeat: Heavy ice on freezer section of small counter-top cooler.
• Broken door gasket on 2-door work-top cooler opposite top-loading freezer.
• Heavy dust on back of walk-in cooler refrigeration coils.
• Rinse-arm leaking.
• Dead/missing bulbs in exhaust hoods.
• Less than 10 foot candles of light was noted in the rear of the walk-in cooler. Measured 6 foot-candles.-

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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 violations are observed 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), the Health District 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.”