Acworth, Cobb County

BEST WESTERN ACWORTH INN - FOOD

5155 COWAN RD ACWORTH, GA 30101-5198

Food
Latest score
95
Jan 22, 2026
City
Acworth
County
Cobb
Inspections
3

Score history

Inspection scores over time for this facility.

Inspection history

Georgia inspection history is score-based, with violations grouped under each recorded inspection.

Jan 22, 2026

Routine

Score: 952 violations

2-2D - adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible

Regulation: 511-6-1.07(3)(b) - hand drying provision (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No

Observed no paper towels at hand sink in electrical room.

CA: Each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with individual, disposable towels.

COS: Employee replaced paper towels.

13A - posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing

Regulation: 511-6-1.02(1)(d) - displaying of the inspection report (c)

1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Facility does not gave food inspection posted in public view.

CA: The most current inspection report shall be prominently displayed in public view at all times, within fifteen feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor and in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away.

Jun 12, 2024

Routine

Score: 1000 violations
No violations recorded for this inspection.

Nov 28, 2023

Routine

Score: 935 violations

2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting

Regulation: 511-6-1.03(1)(c)2,3 - demonstration (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

PIC was unable to list the 5 symptoms that are transmissible through food.

CA: PIC must be able to describes the symptoms associated with the diseases that are transmissible through food.

2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting

Regulation: 511-6-1.03(2)(o) - person-in-charge duties (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed no employee health policy that verifies the employees knowledge to report to the PIC or Manager when they have one of the 5 symptoms and 6 foodborne illnesses

CA: Food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report in accordance with the Chapter, to the person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food

EHS sending employee health policy document

2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting

Regulation: 511-6-1.03(4)(a)(b)(c)(e)(f) - responsibility of permit holder, pic, and conditional employees (p), (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

PIC unable to list 5 symptoms or 6 foodborne illnesses that are transmissible through food. PIC was not aware of responsibility to report illnesses to health authority.

The permit holder shall require food employees and conditional employees to report to the CFSM and person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. A food employee or conditional employee shall report the information in a manner that allows the CFSM and person in charge to reduce the risk of foodborne disease transmission, including providing necessary additional information, such as the date of onset of symptoms and an illness, or of a diagnosis without symptoms, if the food employee or conditional employee:

  1. Has any of the following symptoms:

(i) Vomiting, P

(ii) Diarrhea, P

(iii) Jaundice, P

(iv) Sore throat with fever, P or

(v) A lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is:

(I) On the hands or wrists, unless an impermeable cover such as a finger cot or stall protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over the impermeable cover, P

(II) On exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is protected by an impermeable cover, P or

(III) On other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage; P

  1. Has an illness diagnosed by a health practitioner due to:

(i) Norovirus, P

(ii) Hepatitis A virus, P

(iii) Shigella spp., P

(iv) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, P

(v) Salmonella Typhi; P or

(vi) nontyphoidal Salmonella;

The CFSM or person in charge shall notify the Health Authority when a food employee is:

  1. Jaundiced, Pf or

  2. Diagnosed with an illness due to Norovirus, Hepatitis A virus, Shigella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, or Salmonella Typhi.

2-2D - adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible

Regulation: 511-6-1.07(3)(b) - hand drying provision (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No

Observed no paper towels at employee hand sink in electrical room in breakfast area.

CA: Each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with individual, disposable towels.

COS: Employee replaced paper towels.

12A - contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(q) - food storage (c)

3 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed water bottles, plates, and cups in packaging being stored on the floor.

CA: Food must be protected from contamination by storing food/single service items at least 6 inches off the floor.