Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities. Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in May 2010:
Bagel Works of Bel Air
15 E. Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Bonefish Grill
696 A Bel Air Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be properly cooled.
Boston Market #939
600 Marketplace Drive
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Bruce Bitner’s Cafe & Grill
2235 Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Buon Gusto Pizzeria & Grill
2424 Whiteford Road
Whiteford, MD 21160
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Clarence’s Taste of New Orleans
2131 Old Edgewood Road
Edgewood, MD 21040
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be properly cooled.
Enotria Restaurant & Grill
2 Newport Drive
Forest Hill, MD 21050
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Giant Food Store #365
3229 Emmorton Road
Abingdon, MD 21009
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Gus’ Pizza
1928 B Pulaski Highway
Edgewood, MD 21040
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Havre de Grace Bridge Diner
801 Pulaski Highway
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be properly cooled.
Havre de Grace Save-A-Lot
200 Congress Avenue
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Herb’s On The Curb
4000 Chapel Road
Hvre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Hing Wah II
804 Conowingo Road #G
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potable hot and cold running water must be provided.
Italian Sensations – Bel Air
225 Brierhill Drive, Suite D
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violations: Potentially hazardous food must be properly cooled. Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Little Caesars Pizza
5 Red Pump Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Quizno’s Subs – Fallston
2316D Bel Air Road
Fallston, MD 21047
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Redner’s Warehouse Market – Joppa
1009 Joppa Farm Road
Joppa, MD 21085
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Royal Farm Store #95
3606 Conowingo Road
Street, MD 21154
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Slices Pizzeria and Grill
549 Baltimore Pike
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
St. John Gourmet/Laurrapin Grille
209 North Washington Street
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Subway Churchville Rd
2438 Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Sun and Moon Cafe
300 Edgewood Road
Edgewood, MD 21040
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
WaWa Food Market #582
2300 Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Weedon Elliott Post #8126 VFW
300 Lodge Lane
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be adequately reheated to the appropriate temperature.
Wendy’s #192
2308 Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Wm. Paca/Old Post Rd., E.S. – Old Post
2706 Philadelphia Road
Abingdon, MD 21009
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Clearly holding food at the proper temperature is not useful information for the public since nobody can do it. Perhaps this information could be formulated into quarterly and annual reports, or a running talley, with # of violations per establishment? It might then at least approach usefulness.
http://www.harfordcountyhealth.com/ViewPage.cfm?Sub2ID=87
Thanks for the link. Plenty of useful information there, but still not real data for comparitive purposes, since virtually everywhere has some violations. All that data needs to be organized and presented in a different way to be really useful to a consumer.
These totally useless reports continue to be issued. If Joe’s Slop Joint is serving cat instead of chicken we need to know it. The health department continues to issue these silly science lessons. “Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.” is about as useful as telling me that what goes up must come down. When will this department quit trying to justify its existence and give us data by which we can make a judgment?
Have to agree with Dave on this. What is the “potentially hazardous food” that was not properly chilled or warmed? A bottle of ketchup on the counter? Please! I think it would be more helpful too me to know which food establishments inspected were in total compliance with the law.
On another note. Has anyone ever seen a Health Inspection report prominently displayed in any food service activity that wasn’t a 100%.
A county drone with a food thermometer determined that their mayonnaise was a little too warm or their spaghetti sauce was a little too cool. Fairly innocuous violations, unless its you becoming reacquainted with your Wawa tuna salad hogie.
Does anyone have any information on how many employees the Harford County Health Department has, what their salaries are, and what their general mandate is?
‘Too much’ is the easiest way to answer that. Ask somebody in the farming community what they think about them, and how many pointless hoops they make them jump through for everything from farmers markets to petting zoos.
Unfortunately the Health Dept. is a state agency. So there’s not a whole lot our local officials can do to help.