Smyrna, Cobb County

PITA MEDITERRANEAN STREET FOOD

3240 S COBB DR SE STE 1100 SMYRNA, GA 30080-4168

Food
Latest score
89
Mar 18, 2025
City
Smyrna
County
Cobb
Inspections
2

Score history

Inspection scores over time for this facility.

Inspection history

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

Mar 18, 2025

Routine

Score: 892 violations

6-1A - proper cold holding temperatures

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(6)(f) - time/temperature control for safety; cold holding (p)

9 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: Yes

Observed several foods (raw salmon, raw shrimp, raw marinating chicken, cooked steak, cooked beef, raw chicken on the skewer) at the front service area in the cooling drawers holding above 41F. Observed several foods at the prep top unit located in the front service area holding above 41F Observed a large tray of cooked beef in the WIC in the main kitchen holding above 41*F C/A Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food, Hot and Cold Holding. Except during preparation, cooking, or cooling, or when time is used as the public health control, time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 41°F (5°C) or below or 135°F (57°C) or above, except that roasts cooked to a temperature and for a time specified in subsection (5)(a)2 of this Rule and reheated using the same temperature and time conditions as cooking may be held at a temperature of 130°F (54°C) or above. P COS PIC DISCARDED THE ITEMS

6-1D - time as a public health control: procedures and records

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(6)(i) - time as a public health control (tphc) (p, pf, c)

9 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed the condiment sauces at the prep top unit at the front service area being held on TPHC without a written procedure. C/A The food may have an initial temperature of 70°F (21°C) or less if;

(I) It is a ready-to-eat fruit or vegetable that upon cutting is rendered a time/temperature control for safety food, or

(II) It is a ready-to-eat hermetically sealed food that upon opening is rendered a time/temperature control for safety food,

(III) The food temperature does not exceed 70°F (21°C) within a maximum time period of 4 hours from the time it was rendered a time/temperature control for safety food; and

(IV) The food is marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is rendered a time/temperature control for safety food as specified in paragraph 2.(ii)(I) and (II).

(iii) The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control;Pf PIC HAS 10 DAYS TO PROVIDE A WRITTEN PROCEDURE OR STOP USING TPHC

Apr 5, 2024

Routine

Score: 822 violations

4-1A - food separated and protected

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii) - packaged & unpackaged food separation, packaging, and segregation (p, c)

9 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No

Observed raw chicken stored above cooked shredded beef in reach-in cooler 2 (front service). Observed raw chicken stored above red onions and falafels in walk-in cooler (main kitchen).

C/A: Food shall be protected from cross contamination by:

(i) Except as specified in paragraph (i)(III) of this subsection, separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from:

(I) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, P and

(II) Cooked ready-to-eat food; and P

(III) Frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food.

(ii) Except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by:

(I) Using separate equipment for each type, P or

(II) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented, P and

(III) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas; P

(iii) Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils;

(v) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible soil before opening;

(vi) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened;

(vii) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the food service establishment separate from food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles; or

(viii) Separating fruits and vegetables, before they are washed from ready-to-eat food.

COS: Rearranged

6-1A - proper cold holding temperatures

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(6)(f) - time/temperature control for safety; cold holding (p)

9 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No

Observed several TCS foods in cooler drawers (front service) cold holding above 41F. C/A: Time/temperature control for safety food shall be maintained at 41°F (5°C) or below at all times. COS: Discarded.