Each month the Harford County Health Department conducts routine inspections of 1,893 food service facilities (936 permanent food service facilities and 957 temporary food service facilities). Some pass, some fail. These are their stories…
Below are all the critical health inspection violations for Harford County in April 2011:
Baldwin’s Seafood Restaurant
525 Pulaski Highway
Joppa, MD 21085
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Bel Air Double T Diner
543 Market Place Drive
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be properly cooled.
Blue Crab House
3501 Ady Road
Street, MD 21154
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
China Haste Restaurant
1401 D Pulaski Highway
Edgewood, MD 21040
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Fallston Seafood Restaurant
2108 Fallston Road
Fallston, MD 21047
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Famous City Buffet
1845-B Pulaski Highway
Edgewood, MD 21040
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Forest Lakes Elementary School
100 Osborne Parkway
Forest Hill, MD 21050
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Hong Kong Carry-Out
303 South Main Street
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violations: Food workers must practice effective hand washing procedures. Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Klein’s Shoprite Cardiff
1606 Dooley Road
Whiteford, MD 21160
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
La Cucina
103 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.
La Tolteca – Churchville
2350 E. Churchville Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Magnolia Elementary School
901 Trimble Road
Joppa, MD 21085
Violations: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Potentially hazardous food must be adequately cooked to the proper temperature.
North Bend Elementary School
1445 North Bend Road
Jarrettsville, MD 21084
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
North Harford Elementary School
120 Pylesville Road
Pylesville, MD 21132
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Outback Steakhouse
615 Bel Air Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Pat’s Pizzeria-Bel Air
804 Conowingo Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violations: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Savona Fine Italian Foods & Wine
2 North Main Street
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Season’s Pizza
866 Ostego Street
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Southampton Middle School
1200 Moores Mill Road
Bel Air, MD 21014
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Subway #7434
5 Bel Air South Parkway
Bel Air, MD 21015
Violations: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature. Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
Subway/TCBY
3434 Emmorton Road
Abingdon, MD 21009
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper cold temperature.
Weis Markets, Inc., #193
943 Pulaski Highway
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
Violation: Potentially hazardous food must be held at proper temperature. Food must be held at proper hot temperature.
The full food facility inspection report is available here.
The delay in publication of this report was due to an internal web server issue within the Harford County Health Department.
Seems like all the ‘violations’ are for the same thing (temp related.)maybe the dagger, or the health dept, could provide some detail; what are we to do with this info? are these places serving tainted food? should we shun them and drive them out of business? or is this a bogus, catch-all BS kind of charge? there are some pretty trusted names listed here, just how serious are these ‘violations’? is food poison rampant in harford county eateries? is the health dept insp. routine a lot of baloney? do they need to get their thermometers calibrated? i ate at two of these places last week, am i going to get sick and die?
OMG! Say it isn’t so! Magnolia Elem, N.Bend Elem, N.Harford Elem; “Potentially hazardous food – held @ proper temp?”
They’re serving our kids ‘hazardous’ food? And not even @ the right temperature? Who is responsible? How can we allow “hazardous” food to be shovelled out to our kids and make ’em eat it cold too? Or was the hazardous food not chilled properly or warmed to the ‘proper’ temp? What er, is the Health Dept. recommended proper temp for hazardous food? Is there a safe temp for ‘non-hazardous’ food? was that pizza I ate last week hazardous? I dunno, I’m beginning to feel a little green around the gills. . .
Folks don’t to upset about this your own kitchens would not pass these inspections. Even your fridges or freezers aren’t always at the right temps. Oh and how long does your hot food sit out while you eat dinner???
There were several public schools on the violations list for April, so The Dagger reached out to Gary Childress, HCPS supervisor of food and nutrition, for an explanation. Here’s his emailed response:
The violations noted were corrected immediately and were due to foods being held outside of the proper temperatures according to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) protocols for those items. The HCPS Food Service Department consulted with the Harford County Health Department in implementing new procedures along with revised HACCP requirements. Since that time, a decline in violations has been noted. The safety of the students and staff was not compromised and that remains our highest priority.
The stock photo used with this posting each month is a little misleading. It looks like it was taken in NYC & it suggests that the infractions are much more serious. I can’t recall reading any of these reports where the business has been “closed”.
It does seem odd that all the charges are always the same. It’s hard to believe that nothing else is being cited. To see the same exact charge for over 20 inspections makes me question the process.
I agree with happygrannie….what everyone has to remember is that these businesses are held to STRICT guidelines as far as food safety. I currently work at one of these establishments. All of us eating daily at home would NOT pass these inspections in our own homes…we do not keep our hot foods at a certain holding temp at dinner time and our fridges are not kept at the same temp as we go in and out of them daily. And think about buying groceries and bringing them home…well if inspector stopped you on the way, you would fail because your food has warmed beyond our standards. At work we have to ensure proper temps are maintained at all times with no fluctuations keeping hot foods HOT and cold foods COLD. These violations could be noted due to a 1 degree difference…all done for your safety.