As part of its duties, the Whitley County Health Department conducts routine public health inspections of various entities, including restaurants, stores, schools, mobile home parks, swimming pools, etc.
Some of the most recent inspections include:
Food Establishment
• Little Mart, 4039 N HWY 25, Williamsburg – food service: 89 retail: 97. Sept. 18 regular inspection. Comments: food service – missing food manager certification and food handler certification; missing blood and body fluid cleaning kit; personal item placed on food prep areas “clean surface”; bottom shelf of chicken warming station temped (internally) at 110 degrees (must be 135 degrees or warmer); not using date marking for TCS foods being held over. Retail – missing blood and body fluid clean up kit; structure of area around walk-in cooler/freezer in poor condition. Follow-up inspection required.
• Little Mart, 4039 N HWY 25, Williamsburg – food service: 99 retail: 99. Sept. 25 follow-up inspection. Comments: food service – missing food manager certification and food service workers missing food handler certifications. Retail – structure of area around walk-in cooler/freezer in poor condition.
• Dollar General #4535, 1512 18th St., Corbin – 97. Sept. 22 regular inspection. Comments: missing thermometers in coolers; woman’s restroom is out of service due to leaking toilet and sink coming off the wall; ceiling tiles show signs of roof leak.
• Friendly Mart, 40 HWY 6, Woodbine – food service: 98 retail: 99. Sept. 22 regular inspection. Comments: food service – foods not covered to protect from contamination. Retail – coffee stir straws not protected from contamination.
• Laurel Lake Camp Store, 80 Rob Blair HWY, Corbin – food service: 98 retail: 100. Sept. 22 regular inspection. Comments: hand wash sink in kitchen being used to store stuff; no hand drying towels available at hand wash sink; missing quat test strips for quat sanitizer.
• Harts Bee Creek Market, 2635 Bee Creek Rd., Corbin – 98. Sept. 25 regular inspection. Comments: live and dead roaches observed. Follow-up inspection required.
• Harts Bee Creek Market, 2635 Bee Creek Rd., Corbin – 99. Oct. 2 follow-up inspection. Comments: floor in poor condition. Roaches were observed in the previous inspection but problem was corrected.
• Fast Trax, 12125 US 25W, Williamsburg – 98. Sept. 30 regular inspection. Comments: single use coffee stir straws not protected from contamination; water leaking onto floor by mop sink.
• Stop + Save, 443 N HWY 25W, Williamsburg – food service: 98 retail: 100. Sept. 30 regular inspection. Comments: handwash sink not supplied with drying towels; soiled wiping cloths not stored in sanitizer between uses.
