Loudoun County Health Department
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Lucia's Italian Ristorante & Italian Store

20789 Great Falls Plaza #188 Sterling, VA 20165
Status: Permitted

Full Service Restaurant | Routine

August 9, 2022
Score & Grade: Grade:
Observations & Corrective Actions

16: 1770 (A) Several lids and spoons/spatulas were found stored with visible food debris on them.
Corrective Actions: Food contact surfaces of equipment shall be clean to the sight and touch. Utensils/lids were moved to the three basin sink to be rewashed.

23: 830 Several containers of cooked pasta, and a container of lasagna in the walk-in cooler was observed with no date marking.
Corrective Actions: When keeping time/temperature control, ready to eat (TCS/RTE) foods longer than 24 hours, a date label marking the day that the food was prepared/opened, or a discard date not to exceed 7 days from the date that the food was prepared/opened shall be marked on the food items package/container. Person in charge had all pasta and lasagna date marked during inspection.

37: 900 Foods that are prepared and packaged within the facility have labels that are missing ingredient information.
Corrective Actions: Foods packaged in a food establishment shall list all ingredients and sub ingredients if made from 2 or more ingredients, including a declaration of any artificial flavors or colors, and chemical preservatives. Ingredients shall also list any/all allergens that may be contained in them unless that ingredient is included in the common name of the food. Include this information on all foods that are prepared, packaged and sold within the facility (premade pastas/dinners in the reach-in cooler that allow consumer access)

Additional Comments

Mark ALL chemical spray bottles with the common name of the material contained within.

Food Temperatures
Description Temperature State of Food
Cut tomato - Pizza Station 40 °F Cold Holding
Spinach Lasagna 40 °F Cold Holding
Meatball 167 °F Hot Holding
Marinara 41 °F Cold Holding
Beef Stock - walk-in 40 °F Cold Holding
Pesto - Basil 41 °F Cold Holding
Cut tomato - Salad Station 40 °F Cold Holding
Lasagna 40 °F Cold Holding
Meatballs 41 °F Cold Holding
Chicken 40 °F Cold Holding
Cut tomato - Main Line 38 °F Cold Holding
Pizza Sauce 41 °F Cold Holding
Fresh Mozzarella 41 °F Cold Holding
Cooked Pasta 41 °F Cold Holding
Meatball Mix 132 °F Cooling
Cut romaine lettuce 41 °F Cold Holding
Ham 41 °F Cold Holding
No records found
Warewashing Temperatures
Machine Name Sanitization Method Thermo Label PPM Sanitizer Name Sanitizer Type Temperature
Wiping Bucket Chemical 200 Quat
Low Temperature Dish machine Chemical 25 Chlorine 121 °F
3 Basin Sink Chemical 200 Quat
No records found
Equipment Temperatures
Description Temperature
No records found
Observations
Demonstration of Knowledge
IN
1 Person in charge present, demonstrates knowledge, and performs duties.
Compliant
Observations
IN
2 Certified Food Protection Manager
Compliant
Observations
Employee Health
IN
3 Management awareness, policy present.
Compliant
Observations
IN
4 Proper use of reporting, restriction & exclusion.
Compliant
Observations
IN
5 Procedures for responding to vomiting and diarrheal events
Compliant
Observations
Good Hygenic Practices
IN
6 Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use.
Compliant
Observations
IN
7 No discharge from eyes, nose, and mouth.
Compliant
Observations
Preventing Contamination by Hands
IN
8 Hands clean & properly washed.
Compliant
Observations
IN
9 No bare hand contact with RTE foods or approved alternate method properly followed.
Compliant
Observations
IN
10 Adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible.
Compliant
Observations
Approved Source
IN
11 Food obtained from approved source.
Compliant
Observations
NO
12 Food received at proper temperature.
Compliant
Observations
IN
13 Food in good condition, safe, & unadulterated.
Compliant
Observations
NA
14 Required records available: shellstock tags, parasite destruction.
Compliant
Observations
Protection from Contamination
IN
15 Food separated & protected.
Compliant
Observations
OUT
16 Food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized.
COS
Observations
IN
17 Proper disposition of returned, previously served, reconditioned, & unsafe food.
Compliant
Observations
TCS Food Time/Temperature
NO
18 Proper cooking time & temperatures.
Compliant
Observations
NO
19 Proper reheating procedures for hot holding.
Compliant
Observations
IN
20 Proper cooling time & temperatures.
Compliant
Observations
IN
21 Proper hot holding temperatures.
Compliant
Observations
IN
22 Proper cold holding temperatures.
Compliant
Observations
OUT
23 Proper date marking & disposition.
COS
Observations
NA
24 Time as a public health control: procedures & record.
Compliant
Observations
Consumer Advisory
NA
25 Consumer advisory provided for raw or undercooked foods.
Compliant
Observations
Highly Susceptible Populations
NA
26 Pasteurized foods used, prohibited foods not offered.
Compliant
Observations
Chemical
NA
27 Food additives: approved & properly used.
Compliant
Observations
NO
28 Toxic substances properly identified, stored & used.
Compliant
Observations
Conformance with Approved Procedures
NA
29 Compliance with variance, specialized process, & HACCP plan.
Compliant
Observations
Food Identification (0 points)
OUT
37 Food properly labeled, original container.
Repeat
Observations
Clean Air Act Compliance
IN
99 Clean Air Act Compliance
Compliant