So. Bruns. Township health officer says restaurant is clean
By charles w. kim
Staff Writer
The Chutney Manor restaurant on Route 1 passed its latest health inspection with flying colors, according to South Brunswick officials.
"A satisfactory rating in South Brunswick means they are clean," township Health Officer Stephen Pappenberg said this week.
The facility was last inspected June 23 and received the satisfactory rating, according to the report.
Pappenberg said that he was pleased with the inspection and that things are improving there.
Health inspector Bob Urik said that the establishment was inspected on May 23, and received the conditionally satisfactory rating for problems with a dishwasher and for the observation of three insects on a wall behind it.
"No other insects were seen," Urik said following that inspection.
Pappenberg said that the recent inspection showed no signs of insects.
Any insect problem has been taken care of, Pappenberg said, adding, "The staff demonstrated proper sanitizing procedures."
The Township Council, acting as the Board of Health, has been closely monitoring the restaurant for the last two months following a string of conditionally satisfactory ratings.
The facility appeared before that board just last month after having four conditionally satisfactory ratings in a 12-month period.
A township ordinance states that a business that receives three of those ratings must appear before the board to determine if that body should suspend or revoke its food-handling license.
Following the last hearing, the restaurant was told that another conditionally satisfactory rating would automatically bring it back for another hearing.
The board voted unanimously to allow the restaurant to remain open as long as it is closely monitored over the next six months.
The township will inspect it at least once a month during the next half year. The business will be billed for those inspections which are estimated at $100 each.
If one of those inspections again rates the facility as conditionally satisfactory, the business will face another hearing.
Health inspectors conducted three inspections of the restaurant between December and April, finding violations dealing with food temperatures and the sanitation of utensils.
Pappenberg said this week that most of the previously reported problems have now been solved.
The business was also previously inspected in October and passed, according to Urik.
This was the first inspection since last month’s hearing.