Folkston, Charlton County

QUICK CHICK OF FOLKSTON

4173 SECOND ST FOLKSTON, GA 31537

Food
Latest score
90
Nov 17, 2025
City
Folkston
County
Charlton
Inspections
3

Score history

Inspection scores over time for this facility.

Inspection history

Georgia inspection history is score-based, with violations grouped under each recorded inspection.

Nov 17, 2025

Routine

Score: 903 violations

1-2B - certified food protection manager

Regulation: 511-6-1.03(3)(a) - food safety manager certification (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

No Certified Food Manager for establishment.

10D - food properly labeled; original container

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(7)(c) - food labels (pf, c)

3 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Foods removed from original packaging not labeled in reach-in-freezer (RIF).

CA: Charlton EH told owner to make sure to label all foods removed from original packaging.

16A - hot and cold water available; adequate pressure

Regulation: 511-6-1.06(1)(g),(h) - water supply, capacity; pressure (pf)

2 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: Yes

No hot water supply in employee/guest bathrooms.

CA: Charlton EH told owner to have hot water line serviced.

Sep 10, 2024

Routine

Score: 869 violations

2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting

Regulation: 511-6-1.03(4)(a)(b)(c)(e)(f) - responsibility of permit holder, pic, and conditional employees (p), (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

The person in charge (PIC) could not provide documentation or otherwise satisfactorily demonstrate during the inspection, that all 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.

PIC was also unable to answer foodborne illness questions.

CA: Charlton EH sent Employee Health Policy Red Book for FSE to have employees sign.

2-2D - adequate handwashing facilities supplied & accessible

Regulation: 511-6-1.06(2)(o) - using a handwashing sink- operation & maintenance (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No

Observed a red Sani bucket in the hand wash sink preventing access unless moved.

COS: Charlton EH removed Sani bucket and instructed PIC to ensure hand wash sink is available at all times and used for no other purpose.

11D - thermometers provided and accurate

Regulation: 511-6-1.05(2)(x) - tmd, located in refrigerators/ hot holding (pf, c)

3 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

No conspicuously located thermometer in cold and hot holding units (freezers, warmers/heat lamps in front by registers).

CA: Charlton EH instructed PIC to place thermometers in cold and hot holding units. On food service establishment's (FSE's) previous inspection, this was brought up that they needed thermometers in cold holding units but not cited.

12A - contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(q) - food storage (c)

3 ptsCorrected: YesRepeat: No

Observed three (3) boxes of food stored on the floor in the walk-in-cooler (WIC) and observed eggs in shell (one eggshell cracked) on shelf above a container of tea in WIC.

COS: Food stored on floor discarded by PIC and eggs moved to prevent contamination of ready to eat (RTE) foods.

12B - personal cleanliness

Regulation: 511-6-1.03(5)(j) - hair restraints (c)

3 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed two food preps with no hair restraint on while working with raw meat.

CA: Charlton EH instructed PIC that all food preps must have hair restraints on.

16A - hot and cold water available; adequate pressure

Regulation: 511-6-1.06(1)(g),(h) - water supply, capacity; pressure (pf)

2 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

No hot water available at any bathroom sink.

CA: Charlton EH instructed PIC to have hot water lines serviced to provide a supply of hot water to the bathrooms earlier this year.

15A - food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used

Regulation: 511-6-1.05(1)(i) - nonfood-contact surfaces (c)

1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed raw wood in the kitchen for a food prep table, a shelf of raw wood in the WIC, and some shelves in the kitchen made of raw wood.

CA: Earlier this year and at previous inspection, Charlton EH instructed PIC to replace the raw wood food prep table with a metal NSF table and to paint the other pieces of raw wood found in the kitchen and WIC, neither of which has been done.

Observed severely rusted items in the WIC.

CA: Discard rusted items.

15C - nonfood-contact surfaces clean

Regulation: 511-6-1.05(7)(d) - nonfood-contact surfaces (c)

1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed severe grease build-up on the exhaust hood surfaces, some of the grease build-up was bubbling due to the heat and dripping down.

Observed grease build-up on the floor and walls (especially around fryers) and some on ceiling as well as build-up on and in electrical sockets and some on breaker box.

Observed accumulations on a pot in the back kitchen area that PIC stated was from boiling water and only water is boiled in that pot, no food is placed in it.

CA: Charlton EH instructed PIC to have grease cleaned up and to install grease filters that are completely missing at exhaust hood. Charlton EH instructed PIC to clean the pot of accumulations.

17C - physical facilities installed, maintained, and clean

Regulation: 511-6-1.07(5)(a),(b) - good repair, physical facilities maintained; cleaning, frequency & restrictions, cleaned often enough to keep them clean (c)

1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed two holes in the ceiling: one in main kitchen near fryers and another in the back where the water heater supply goes into the ceiling.

CA: Charlton EH instructed PIC to have holes fixed.

Oct 24, 2023

Routine

Score: 835 violations

4-2B - food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized

Regulation: 511-6-1.05(7)(b) - food contact surfaces and utensils - cleaning frequency (p, c)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed extensive mold build-up in falling ice machine. CA: Ordered PIC to immediately stop using the ice, discard it, clean or replace the machine, and to use only store bought, bagged ice.

6-2 - proper date marking and disposition

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(6)(g) - ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food, date marking (pf)

4 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: Yes

No date marking observed on potentially hazardous foods removed from original containers. CA: Told PIC that all PHF foods removed from original container and held on site more than 24 hours must be date marked.

10D - food properly labeled; original container

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(d) - food storage containers identified with common name of food (c)

3 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Food items in storage containers were not identified with the common name of the food item . CA: Told PIC that all food items removed from original containers must be labeled with common name of the food item.

12A - contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display

Regulation: 511-6-1.04(4)(t) - food preparation (c)

3 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

Observed PHF being prepared on and adjacent to raw, exposed wood. CA: Told PIC to paint/seal wood or replace tables with NSF approved tables to prevent contamination.

Observed insect control device installed over food preparation area. CA: PIC told to remove pest control devices over food prep area in the back storage area.

13A - posted: permit/inspection/choking poster/handwashing

Regulation: 511-6-1.02(1)(d) - displaying of the inspection report (c)

1 ptsCorrected: NoRepeat: No

The most current inspection report was not displayed. CA: PIC told to display current inspection report.