Restaurant Inspections: Health District Cites Maaza 29 for 8 Violations

New Gainesville Ethiopian and Italian restaurant Maaza 29, located at 14630 Lee Highway, was recently visited by the Prince William Health District for a routine inspection. The restaurant was cited for eight violations.

According to the Health District report, the June 6 critical violations include:

Critical (Corrected During Inspection): Food handler changes tasks without washing hands.

Critical (Corrected During Inspection): Raw shell eggs stored over ready-to-eat foods.

Other non-critical violations include:

• Corrected During Inspection: No towels at kitchen handsink.
• Corrected During Inspection: No soap at kitchen handsink.
• No handwashing signage at kitchen handsink.
• Large accumulation of abandoned / unnecessary equipment in rear storage room.
• Refrigeration units installed without legs or castors.
•  No trash can at kitchen handsink.

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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.”