A Perrysburg restaurant that had its operating license suspended may face criminal charges after it continued to serve food.
After an executive session, the Wood County Board of Health on Thursday unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the county prosecutor’s office to take criminal and injunctive action against Yum Yummy, 10677 Fremont Pike, in order to enforce the revocation of its operating license.
An administrative hearing was held July 27, and Yum Yummy received a letter Aug. 12 notifying that its license had been revoked, explained Beth Peery, public health information manager for the Wood County Health Department.
Since then, the department received a complaint and upon investigation, it was discovered the restaurant was still serving food, Peery said.
“This is now in the hands of the prosecutor,” she said.
The health board in April had suspended Yum Yummy’s operating license for two weeks.,
There were 22 violations in January, followed by an administrative hearing on March 6.
The restaurant reopened in May after passing an inspection with zero violations.
At its most recent inspection, in June, there were four critical and two non-critical violations.
Critical were written procedures and plans were not maintained and implemented; food employee(s) did not wash hands when required (observed person handling raw chicken with bare hands and did not properly wash hands with soap before other duties); food equipment surfaces not cleaned at required frequency (repeat); and no air gap or approved backflow prevention device on the plumbing system.
Non-critical violations were food employee(s) not wearing a hair restraint; and re-use of single-service or single-use articles (repeat) (the inspector observed multiple used paper towels being held for reuse).
Peery said it has been several years since the department revoked a food service license.
“It’s not at all common,” she said.
