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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Clayton Coffee Shop Receives Fourth Complaint on Employee Hand Washing

Java Plus passed inspection after St. Louis County Health Department found no evidence to support the allegations.

A complaint about the hand washing practices of a specific employee have brought St. Louis County Health Department inspectors back to a Clayton eatery that has received several related complaints in the past few months. Earlier this year three Java Plus customers submitted anonymous complaints that a female employee handles several food items with bare hands, or the same pair of protective gloves. Hands that handled money were not washed before going back to prepare food, according to complaints. An inspector who visited the eatery in January did not find evidence to support the complaints.  The St. Louis County Health Department received another complaint in February that a female employee was eating salad with her hands before serving …

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Clayton Coffee Shop Passes Inspection After Three Complaints

Multiple complaints were filed with the St. Louis County Health Department but inspectors found no evidence to support the allegations.

Following multiple complaints to the St. Louis County Health Department about the hand washing practices of a specific employee, a Clayton eatery earned a perfect score on its most recent restaurant inspection. Three Java Plus customers, who submitted the complaints anonymously but indicated they lived or worked nearby, said a female employee handles several food items with bare hands, or the same pair of protective gloves. Hands that handled money were not washed before going back to prepare food, according to the complaints. Two stated they felt that verbal comments to the manager weren’t taken seriously. “I used to eat at the Java Plus very often until their new hire,” one person wrote. “She made my salad and when she took my debit card…

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