Shark Shack - Waveside Eats and Treats
Last inspected: Jul 17, 2025
70
Score
SHARK SHACK - WAVESIDE EATS AND TREATS, located at 7650 Lanier Islands Pkwy in Buford, GA, underwent a moderate risk inspection on July 17, 2025. This inspection identified three major violations and one minor violation, including issues with adequate handwashing facilities and the cleaning and sanitization of food-contact surfaces. The facility has a history of mostly low-risk inspections across its four recorded evaluations.
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Inspections
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Critical latest
3
Major latest
1
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jul 17, 2025
Routine
3 major violations. 1 minor violation. 3 corrected on site.
70
Apr 22, 2025
Routine
No violations found.
100
Jul 17, 2024
Routine
1 minor violation.
95
Apr 24, 2024
Initial
1 minor violation.
95
Violations — Jul 17, 2025 Inspection
2-2D - adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: 511-6-1.07(3)(a) - Handwashing Cleanser, Availability (Pf) (3) Numbers and Capacities. (a) Handwashing Cleanser, Availability. Each handwashing sink or group of two adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with a supply of hand cleaning liquid, powder, or bar soap. Pf Note: Observed hand washing area to be missing soap to properly wash hands at time of inspection. PIC placed a bottle of soap on hand sink during inspection to COS.
511-6-1.07(3)(a)
2-2D - adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: 511-6-1.07(3)(b) - Hand Drying Provision (Pf) (b) Hand Drying Provision. Each handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks shall be provided with: 1. Individual, disposable towels; Pf 2. A continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel; Pf 3. A heated-air hand drying device; Pf or 4. A hand drying device that employs an air-knife system that delivers high velocity, pressurized air at ambient temperatures. Pf Note: No paper towels were observed in hand washing area at time of inspection. PIC placed new paper towels in dispenser to COS.
511-6-1.07(3)(b)
4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
(corrected on site)
Inspector notes: 511-6-1.05(6)(n) - Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization-Temperature, pH, Concentration, Hardness (P,Pf) (n) Manual and Mechanical Warewashing Equipment, Chemical Sanitization - Temperature, pH, Concentration, and Hardness. A chemical sanitizer used in a sanitizing solution for a manual or mechanical operation at contact times specified under subsection (8)(b)3 of this Rule shall meet the requirements specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.07(6)(g), shall be used in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered label use instructions P, and shall be used as follows: 1. A chlorine solution shall have a minimum temperature based on the concentration and pH of the solution as listed in the following chart; P Note: Observed a bottle of chemical bl...
511-6-1.05(6)(n)
17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean
Inspector notes: 511-6-1.07(5)(a),(b) - Good Repair, physical facilities maintained; Cleaning, Frequency & Restrictions, cleaned often enough to keep them clean (C) (5) Maintenance and Operation. (a) Good Repair. All physical facilities shall be maintained in good repair. (b) Cleaning, Frequency and Restrictions. 1. The physical facilities shall be cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean and by methods that prevent contamination of food products. 2. Except for cleaning that is necessary due to a spill or other accident, cleaning shall be done during periods when the least amount of food is exposed, such as after closing. 3. Note: Observed dirt accumulation on floors and walls of facility. PIC instructed to ensure that they are cleaned regularly in such a way to prevent excessive accumulatio bui...
511-6-1.07(5)(a)
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