E-Gyu Revolving in Atlanta receives a 57% on their recent health inspection

E-Gyu Revolving, located at 5979 Buford Highway Suite A-2 in Atlanta, received a score of 57 points out of a possible 100 points during their 03/19/2026 inspection by the Georgia Department of Public Health.

The violations noted by the inspector were:

Violation #1:
2-2A – management knowledge, responsibilities, reporting
511-6-1.03(4)(a)(b)(c)(e)(f) – responsibility of permit holder, pic, and conditional employees (p), (pf)
Points: 4
Corrected during inspection?: No
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed food employee unable to provide employee health agreement. CA: Advised PIC The permit holder shall require food employees and conditional employees to report to the CFSM and person in charge, information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. A food employee or conditional employee shall report the information in a manner that allows the CFSM and person in charge to reduce the risk of foodborne disease transmission, including providing necessary additional information, such as the date of onset of symptoms and an illness, or of a diagnosis without symptoms, if the food employee or conditional employee: 1. Has any of the following symptoms: (i) Vomiting, P (ii) Diarrhea, P (iii) Jaundice, P (iv) Sore throat with fever, P or (v) A lesion containing pus such as a boil or infected wound that is open or draining and is: (I) On the hands or wrists, unless an impermeable cover such as a finger cot or stall protects the lesion and a single-use glove is worn over the impermeable cover as specified under subsection(5)(g) of this Rule, P (II) On exposed portions of the arms, unless the lesion is protected by an impermeable cover, P or (III) On other parts of the body, unless the lesion is covered by a dry, durable, tight-fitting bandage; P 2. Has an illness diagnosed by a health practitioner due to: (i) Norovirus, P (ii) Hepatitis A virus, P (iii) Shigella spp., P (iv) Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, P (v) Salmonella Typhi; P or (vi) nontyphoidal Salmonella; CA: PIC has been advised to provide an update with the signed forms via email (business card provided)

Violation #2:
2-2B – proper eating, tasting, drinking, or tobacco use
511-6-1.03(5)(k)1&2 – eating, drinking, or using tobacco (c)
Points: 4
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed an employees single-use cup stored on the prep table without a lid next to a cutting board with beef being prepped. CA: Advised PIC Employees shall consume food only in approved designated areas separate from food preparation and serving areas, equipment or utensil areas and food storage areas. However, drinking from a single service beverage cup with a secure lid and straw that is handled to prevent contamination of the employee’s hands, the container, exposed food, clean equipment, utensils and linens, unwrapped single-service and single-use articles will be allowed. COS: PIC removed the cup and sanitized the contact surface

Violation #3:
3-1D – required records: shellstock tags, parasite destruction
511-6-1.04(5)(g) – records, creation, & retention (pf)
Points: 9
Corrected during inspection?: No
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed PIC unable to provide documentation on site for parastate destruction. CA: Advised PIC Except as specified in subsections (2) and (5)(f) of this Rule, if raw, raw-marinated, partially cooked, or marinated-partially cooked fish are served or sold in ready-to-eat form, the person in charge shall record the freezing temperature and time to which the fish are subjected and shall retain the records of the food service establishment for 90 calendar days beyond the time of service or sale of the fish. CA: PIC has been advised to provide documentation via email

Violation #4:
4-1A – food separated and protected
511-6-1.04(4)(c)1(i)(ii)(iii)(v)(vi)(vii)(viii) – packaged & unpackaged food separation, packaging, and segregation (p, c)
Points: 9
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed raw salmon stored on a shelf above sticks and tubs of butter, observed butter stored on top of raw grouper and raw salmon, Observed raw salmon on top of cooked eggs in the prep top cooler and salmon stored above butter in the prep top cooler, and raw beef, imitation crab and pot stickers stored directly in contact together inside the walk-in cooler. CA: Advised PIC Food shall be protected from cross contamination by: (i) Except as specified in paragraph (i)(IV) of this subsection, separating raw animal foods during storage, preparation, holding, and display from: (I) Raw ready-to-eat food including other raw animal food such as fish for sushi or molluscan shellfish, or other raw ready-to-eat food such as fruits and vegetables, P and (II) Cooked ready-to-eat food; and P (III) Fruits and vegetables before they are washed; P (IV) Frozen, commercially processed and packaged raw animal food may be stored or displayed with or above frozen, commercially processed and packaged, ready-to-eat food. (ii) Except when combined as ingredients, separating types of raw animal foods from each other such as beef, fish, lamb, pork, and poultry during storage, preparation, holding, and display by: (I) Using separate equipment for each type, P or (II) Arranging each type of food in equipment so that cross contamination of one type with another is prevented, P and (III) Preparing each type of food at different times or in separate areas; P (iii) Cleaning and sanitizing equipment and utensils; (v) Cleaning hermetically sealed containers of food of visible soil before opening; (vi) Protecting food containers that are received packaged together in a case or overwrap from cuts when the case or overwrap is opened; (vii) Storing damaged, spoiled, or recalled food being held in the food service establishment separate from food, equipment, utensils, linens and single-service and single-use articles; or (viii) Separating fruits and vegetables, before they are washed from ready-to-eat food. COS: PIC rearranged food items during time of inspection

Violation #5:
4-2A – food stored covered
511-6-1.04(4)(c)1(iv) – packaged & unpackaged food, food stored covered(c)
Points: 4
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed several containers of food stored uncovered inside the reach-in cooler. CA: Advised PIC Except as specified under paragraph 2. of this subsection and when cooling as specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(6)(e)2.(ii), storing the food in packages, covered containers, or wrappings, except for loosely covered or uncovered containers in which food is being cooled if protected from overhead contamination. COS: PIC covered food items

Violation #6:
4-2B – food-contact surfaces: cleaned & sanitized
511-6-1.05(7)(a)1 – equipment, food-contact surfaces,& utensils (pf)
Points: 4
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: observed knives stored as clean along a magnetic strip and inside of a knife holder unclean to sight and a microwave unclean to sight. CA: Advised PIC . Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils shall be clean to sight and touch. COS: Knives were removed and placed in the 3-compartmet sink

Violation #7:
6-1D – time as a public health control: procedures and records
511-6-1.04(6)(i) – time as a public health control (tphc) (p, pf, c)
Points: 9
Corrected during inspection?: No
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed facility unable to provide documentation for time as public health (TPHC) for revolving sushi. CA: Advised PIC f time without temperature control is used as the public health control for a working supply of time/temperature control for safety food before cooking, or for ready-to-eat time/temperature control for safety food that is displayed or held for sale or service, written procedures shall be prepared in advance, maintained in the food service establishment, and made available to the regulatory authority upon request that specify: Pf (i) Methods of compliance with paragraphs 2(i) – (iv) or 3(i) through (v) of this subsection; and (ii) Methods of compliance with the cooling of time/temperature control for safety food that is prepared, cooked, and refrigerated before time is used as a public health control. Pf 2. If time without temperature control is used as the public health control up to a maximum of 4 hours: (i) Except as specified in paragraph 2.(ii) of this subsection, the food shall have an initial temperature of 41°F (5°C) or less when removed from cold holding temperature control, or 135°F (57°C) or greater when removed from hot holding temperature control;P (ii) The food may have an initial temperature of 70°F (21°C) or less if; (I) It is a ready-to-eat fruit or vegetable that upon cutting is rendered a time/temperature control for safety food, or (II) It is a ready-to-eat hermetically sealed food that upon opening is rendered a time/temperature control for safety food, (III) The food temperature does not exceed 70°F (21°C) within a maximum time period of 4 hours from the time it was rendered a time/temperature control for safety food; and (IV) The food is marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is rendered a time/temperature control for safety food as specified in paragraph 2.(ii)(I) and (II). (iii) The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate the time that is 4 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control;Pf (iv) The food shall be cooked and served, served at any temperature if ready-to-eat, or discarded, within 4 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from temperature control;P and (v) The food in unmarked containers or packages, or marked to exceed a 4-hour limit shall be discarded.P 3. If time without temperature control is used as the public health control up to a maximum of 6 hours: (i) The food shall have an initial temperature of 41°F (5°C) or less when removed from temperature control and the food temperature may not exceed 70°F (21°C) within a maximum time period of 6 hours; P (ii) The food shall be monitored to ensure the warmest portion of the food does not exceed 70°F (21°C) during the 6-hour period, unless an ambient air temperature is maintained that ensures the food does not exceed 70°F (21°C) during the 6-hour holding period; Pf (iii) The food shall be marked or otherwise identified to indicate: Pf (I) The time when the food is removed from 41°F (5°C) or less cold holding temperature control, Pf and (II) The time that is 6 hours past the point in time when the food is removed from cold holding temperature control; (iv) The food shall be: (I) Discarded if the temperature of the food exceeds 70°F (21°C), P or (II) Cooked and served, served at any temperature if ready-to-eat, or discarded within a maximum of 6 hours from the point in time when the food is removed from 41°F (5°C) or less cold holding temperature control; P and (v) The food in unmarked containers or packages, or marked with a time that exceeds the 6-hour limit shall be discarded. P 4. A food service establishment that serves a highly susceptible population may not use time as the public health control for raw eggs.

Violation #8:
9-2 – compliance with variance, specialized process and haccp plan
511-6-1.02(5)(a)(b) – when a haccp plan is required (c)
Points: 4
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed food employee vacuum sealing raw beef without a HAACAP plan. CA: Advised PIC Before engaging in an activity that requires a HACCP plan, a permit applicant or permit holder shall submit to the local Health Authority for joint review by the State Office of Environmental Health and the local Health Authority, a properly prepared HACCP plan as specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.02(6) and the relevant provisions of this Code if: 1. Submission of a HACCP plan is required according to the Chapter; 2. A variance is required as specified DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(5)(a)4(iv), 511-6-1-.04(6)(j), or 511-6-1-.05(2)(v)2; 3. The local Health Authority determines that a food preparation or processing method requires a variance based on a plan submittal specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.02(4)(b), or an inspectional finding, or a variance request. (b) Before engaging in Reduced Oxygen Packaging without a variance as specified in DPH Rule 511-6-1-.04(6)(k), a permit applicant or permit holder shall submit a properly prepared HACCP plan to the Health Authority. COS: PIC discarded vacuum sealed beef and was advised to cease operation during time of inspection

Violation #9:
12A – contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
511-6-1.04(4)(h) – ice used as exterior coolant, prohibited as an ingredient (p)
Points: 3
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed a black plastic bag with a soda bottle stored inside the ice machine in direct contact with ice. CA: Advised PIC . 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 burned the ice with hot water during time of inspection

Violation #10:
12A – contamination prevented during food preparation, storage, display
511-6-1.04(4)(z) – miscellaneous sources of contamination (c)
Points: 3
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed a food employee vacuum sealing raw beef off of a cart inside the employee bathroom. CA: Advised PIC 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: Food employee discarded beef during time of inspection

Violation #11:
12B – personal cleanliness
511-6-1.03(5)(g) – jewelry (c)
Points: 3
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed food employees handling food with watches and bracelets on. CA: Advised PIC Except for a plain ring such as a wedding band food employees may not wear jewelry including medical information jewelry on their arms and hands while preparing food. COS: Food employees removed jewelry and washed hands

Violation #12:
12C – wiping cloths: properly used and stored
511-6-1.04(4)(m) – wiping cloths, use limitation (c)
Points: 3
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed wet wiping clothes stored on prep tables not in-use. CA: Advised PIC Cloths in-use for wiping food spills from tableware and carry-out containers that occur as food is being served shall be held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a concentration specified under DPH Rule 511-6-1-.05(6)(n); . COS: Wiping cloths were removed and surfaces were sanitized

Violation #13:
17D – adequate ventilation and lighting; designated areas used
511-6-1.07(4)(b) – designated areas for employee activity, located to prevent contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, & single service articles (c)
Points: 1
Corrected during inspection?: Yes
Repeat: No
Inspector Notes: Observed several employee personal drinks and food stored mixed in with facility food items inside reach-in coolers. CA: Advised PIC . Areas designated for employees to eat, drink, use tobacco products and electronic devices shall be located so that food, equipment, linens, and single-service and single-use articles are protected from contamination.

Additional remarks:
Observed Norovirus clean-up kit

Provided new employee health agreement form

Provided educational fact sheets for date marking, food storage and cooling

Provided new food code rules

Provided TPHC documentation for revolving sushi (TIME AS PUBLIC HEALTH CONTROL)

Discussed with PIC (Potential future violations)

-chemical bottle labeling
-scoop storage
-boxes stored improperly in walk-in cooler
-dump sink usage
-cooling methods
-thawing methods

511-6-1-.10 Compliance Procedures: (o) (1) Voluntary Closure. A food service establishment that is graded as a “U” and does not earn at least a grade “C” within ten (10) days of receiving the “U” will be requested to voluntarily close until all violations are corrected and/or have enforcement action taken to suspend or revoke the food service permit.

511-6-1-.10 Compliance Procedures: (o) (2) Voluntary Closure. A food service establishment that is graded as a “U” on two consecutive routine inspections will be asked to voluntarily close until all violations are corrected and/or have enforcement action taken to suspend or revoke the food service permit.

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