Restaurant Inspections: Great Harvest Bread Co., Terminal Road Deli, Gyro Factory

Inspectors from the Virginia Department of Health Visited several Lorton restaurants this month. See a sampling of those results below, and visit the health department's website for a complete list of recent inspections.

A "critical violation" is one that "poses a direct or immediate threat to the safety of the food being served." Non-critical violations are generally related to cleaning or maintenance.

Inspections

• Critical Violation: An employee was seen eating over a slicer in the kitchen area (Corrected during inspection). 
  
• Critical Violation: Cooked rice was being held at an improper temperature (Corrected during inspection). 
  

• Critical: An employee did not was their hands before preparing food (Corrected during inspection). 
  
• Critical: Yogurt was being held at an improper temperature (Corrected during inspection). 
• Non-Critical: Paper towels were not provided at each handwashing sink (Corrected during inspection). 
• Non-Critical: An employee sink for hand washing was blocked (Corrected during inspection). 
• Non-Critical: Soap was not found in a sink for employees (Corrected during inspection). 

• Critical: No certified food manager was present at the beginning of the inspection (Corrected during inspection). 
• Critical: An employee health policy manual was missing or incomplete.
• Critical: An employee did not wash their hands before preparing food (Corrected during inspection). 
• Non-Critical: Hand soap was not provided at each handwashing sink (Corrected during inspection).