Sarku Japan

4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Atlanta, GA 30346
Japanese / Sushi
License: Food Service
Last inspected: Dec 9, 2025
64
Score
Medium Risk

SARKU JAPAN, located at 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Rd in Atlanta, GA, had a moderate-risk inspection on December 9, 2025. The inspection identified one critical, two major, and two minor violations. These included issues with management knowledge, proper handwashing, and preventing contamination during food preparation and storage.

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Critical latest
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Inspection History
Dec 9, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 2 minor violations. 3 corrected on site.
64
Jun 10, 2025
Routine
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations. 1 corrected on site.
70
Dec 10, 2024
Routine
1 major violation. 1 minor violation. 2 corrected on site.
86
Violations — Dec 9, 2025 Inspection
2-2A - management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: PIC cannot demonstrate in a verifiable manner that food employees are/ were informed of their responsibility to report symptoms and/or illness. CA:Food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report in accordance with the Chapter, to the person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food; Pf and COS: PIC had multiple blank employee reporting agreement forms and had all employees sign them.
511-6-1.03(2)(o)
2-1B - hands clean and properly washed
Inspector notes: Observed an employee drop a bottle of oil on the floor, pick it up and continue cooking on the grill without washing their hands. CA:1. Food employees shall clean their hands and exposed portions of their arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, and unwrapped single-service and single-use articles P and: (i) After touching bare human body parts other than clean hands and clean, exposed arms; P (ii) After using the toilet room; P (iii) After caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals; P (iv) After coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or disposable tissue, using tobacco products or electronic devices that simulate tobacco smoking, eating or drinking, except for drinking from a closed beverage...
511-6-1.03(5)(c)
12A - contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed employee drop a squeeze bottle on the floor and place it back on the prep surface without washing it. CA:(z) Miscellaneous Sources of Contamination. Food shall be protected from contamination that may result from a factor or source not specified under paragraphs (a) through (y) of this subsection. COS:PIC removed and properly washed and sanitized the bottle.
511-6-1.04(4)(z)
12C - wiping cloths: properly used and stored (corrected on site)
Inspector notes: Observed sanitizer buckets below 200-400 ppmm quat. CA:(m) Wiping Cloths, Use Limitation. 1. Cloths in-use for wiping food spills from tableware and carry-out containers that occur as food is being served shall be: (i) Maintained dry; and (ii) Used for no other purpose. 2. Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces shall be: (i) Held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a concentration specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.05(6)(n); and (ii) Laundered daily. 3. Cloths in-use for wiping surfaces in contact with raw animal foods shall be kept separate from cloths used for other purposes. 4. Dry wiping cloths and the chemical sanitizing solutions in which wet wiping cloths are held between uses shall be free of food debris and visible soil. 5. Containers of chem...
511-6-1.04(4)(m)
15B - warewashing facilities: installed, maintained, used; test strips
Inspector notes: Observed incorrect test strip being used to test sanitizer. CA:(h) Temperature Measuring Devices, Manual and Mechanical Warewashing. 1. In manual warewashing operations, a temperature measuring device shall be provided and readily accessible for frequently measuring the washing and sanitizing temperatures. Pf 2. In hot water mechanical warewashing operations, an irreversible registering temperature indicator shall be provided and readily accessible for measuring the utensil surface temperature. Pf (i) Sanitizing Solutions, Testing Devices. A test kit or other device that accurately measures the concentration in mg/L of sanitizing solutions shall be provided. Pf j) Cleaning Agents and Sanitizers. 1. Cleaning agents that are used to clean equipment and utensils as specified under section...
511-6-1.05(3)(h)
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