Pho Ngon So 1 fails inspection

A Vietnamese restaurant in Clayton County recently failed a routine health inspection for food handling and temperature issues among other violations. Pho Ngon So 1 in Morrow received a score of 62/U on Dec. 27. Scores of 69 or less are considered failing.

According to the report, the inspector observed employees switching between working with raw food and working with readyto-eat food without washing hands and before donning gloves to initiate a task that involves working with food without washing hands. The inspector also saw an employee rinse hands with water and no soap. COS: Educated employee to wash hands with soap and had employee return to sink to wash hands with soap.

An employee was thawing pork in a microwave and then moved it to a walk-in cooler. The pork was at a temperature of 61 degrees. The person in charged was advised on the proper way to thaw meat. Pork was cooled down in the walk-in cooler.

Another food temperature violation involved chicken broth stored on a shelf at a temperature of 98 degrees. The inspector advised staff to heat the chicken broth up to 179 degrees and hold it hot on the stove top.

Several cooked items were stored in the walk-in cooler and reach-in cooler without the proper date marking. Health code rules dictate that cooked foods must be date marked and kept no more than 24 hours.

Although a follow-up wasn’t listed on the report, most restaurants with failed scores are re-inspected within 10 business days.