Lumber City Care Center
Last inspected: Oct 28, 2025
74
Score
Lumber City Care Center has been inspected five times since 2024. Lumber City Care Center was last inspected on Oct 28, 2025. The medium risk tier sits in the middle: not spotless, but not alarming either.
Performance has remained roughly level over recent inspections, averaging near four violations each time.
“Proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use” comes up most often, recorded two times in the inspection record.
Compared to other Georgia restaurants (averaging 88), there's room to close the gap. The full record sits in fairly typical territory for a working restaurant.
5
Inspections
0
Critical latest
1
Major latest
4
Minor latest
Inspection History
Oct 28, 2025
Routine
1 major violation. 4 minor violations. 3 corrected on site.
View 5 violations
4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed 3-compartment sink quaternary ammonium sanitizer not registering on test strips. Quat sanitizer supply container was found empty. CA: Chemical sanitizers must be used at proper concentrations per manufacturer’s label and maintained to effectively sanitize food-contact surfaces and utensils. Failure to maintain the correct concentration can result in inadequate sanitization and potential contamination of cleaned utensils and dishes. COS: Person in charge replaced the empty quat sanitizer container and re-sanitized all dishes at the time of inspection.
511-6-1.05(6)(n)
14C - single-use/single-service articles: properly stored, used
Inspector notes: Observed single-service items (cups and plates) stored on floor in the office and back dry storage. Single-service items must be stored 6" off of the floor.
511-6-1.05(10)(e)
2-2B - proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table and an opened bottled soda stored above food items in dry storage. CA: Employees may only drink from a single-service beverage cup with a secure lid and straw that is handled in a manner to prevent contamination of hands, food, and food-contact surfaces. Open beverage containers pose a risk of contaminating food and clean equipment. COS: Person in charge voluntarily removed the open beverages from food preparation and storage areas at the time of inspection.
511-6-1.03(5)(k)
12C - wiping cloths: properly used and stored
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed wet wiping cloths throughout the kitchen not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. CA: In-use wiping cloths used for cleaning counters and equipment surfaces must be held in a properly prepared sanitizer solution between uses to prevent the growth and spread of bacteria. Cloths left out at room temperature can become a source of cross-contamination. COS: Person in charge prepared a sanitizing solution and placed all wet wiping cloths in the solution at the time of inspection.
511-6-1.04(4)(m)
13A - posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
Inspector notes: The permit is not posted in a location in the food service establishment that is conspicuous to the consumers.
511-6-1.02(1)(f)(1)
74
May 8, 2025
Routine
1 major violation. 5 minor violations. 3 corrected on site.
View 6 violations
2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: The PIC could not provide documentation or otherwise satisfactorily demonstrate during the inspection, that newer food employees and conditional employees are informed of their responsibility to report to management information about their health and activities as it relates to diseases that are transmissible through food. COS - Employee went over employee health policy during inspection.
511-6-1.03(2)(o)
2-2B - proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table. Employee drinks must be stored in a designated area or in a cup with a lid and straw in food preparation areas. COS - Drink removed.
511-6-1.03(5)(k)
12B - personal cleanliness
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed food employee wearing jewelry (bracelet/watch) other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. cos - Jewelry removed.
511-6-1.03(5)(g)
12B - personal cleanliness
Inspector notes: Observed employee with no hair restraint. Observed employee with no beard guard/restraint.
511-6-1.03(5)(j)
12C - wiping cloths: properly used and stored
Inspector notes: Wet wiping cloths throughout the kitchen not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
511-6-1.04(4)(m)
13A - posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing
Inspector notes: The most current inspection report is not prominently displayed in public view, within 15 feet of the front or primary public door and between five feet and seven feet from the floor or in an area where it can be read at a distance of one foot away.
511-6-1.02(1)(d)
70
Sep 12, 2024
Routine
1 critical violation. 1 minor violation. 1 corrected on site.
View 2 violations
2-1B - hands clean and properly washed
Inspector notes: Observed employee switch from working with raw food (chicken) to ready-to-eat food (cooked chicken) without washing hands. COS - I stopped the employee immediately and had them wash their hands before continuing. I notified the PIC afterwards of the incident.
511-6-1.03(5)(c)
11A - proper cooling methods used: adequate equipment for temperature control
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed food (meat and egg puree) being cooled by nonapproved method. Both were in sealed containers in the walk-in cooler when observed to still be hot and steaming. They were prepared within the last hour, but the PIC chose to discarded them and inform the employee that prepared them of the correct way to cool down food.
511-6-1.04(6)(e)
82
Jul 16, 2024
Initial
No violations found.
100
Jun 6, 2024
Issued Provisional Permit
2 minor violations.
View 2 violations
15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used
Inspector notes: Plate warmer is in disrepair. Equipment must be in goof repair.
511-6-1.05(6)(a)
17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
Inspector notes: Floors in front of the kitchen entrance are missing floor tiles. Wall around the handwash sink and the ceiling especially around the over/fryer is heavily discolored. Recommend finishing FRP installation. There are two holes on the walls of dry storage needing to be patched. All raw wood must be properly covered.
511-6-1.07(2)(a)
90
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Lumber City Care Center last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Lumber City Care Center on file is from Oct 28, 2025. The public record contains five inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Lumber City Care Center?
Across the inspection record, “proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use” has been cited two times, more than any other issue at Lumber City Care Center.
Has Lumber City Care Center's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Lumber City Care Center have averaged around four violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a medium risk rating mean?
A medium risk rating at Lumber City Care Center means the most recent inspection turned up a handful of issues that the health department wrote up but did not classify as critical.
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