FREDERICKSBURG, VA — Recent restaurant inspections by the Rappahannock Area Health District uncovered violations at more than two dozen locations around Fredericksburg and Stafford. The inspections were conducted between Dec. 15 and Dec. 21.

As coronavirus restrictions continue to fluctuate around the state, health inspectors are returning to conduct some restaurant inspections in person. However, some visits, such as those for training purposes, can be conducted virtually.

Violations at restaurants typically focus on factors that can contribute to food contamination. The local health department can also perform a re-inspection to ensure that possible violations have been corrected.

For every observed violation, the inspector provides a specific corrective action that can be completed to rectify the violation. Sometimes these are simple, and violations can be corrected during the course of the inspection.

Depending on the results of the inspection, the health department can pursue several actions. They can issue a permit for the restaurant to continue serving food, they can schedule a follow-up inspection to determine if violations have been rectified, or they can temporarily shut down an establishment until certain issues are solved.

Here are the most recent violations as listed by the Rappahannock Area Health Department:

However, not all the restaurants that the health department visited had violations. Here are a list of locations that were visited, but had no violations. Some were visited as part of pre-opening inspections, while others received routine or follow-up visits.

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