Gwinnett Chick-Fil-A fails health inspection with 67

DULUTH, Ga. — Some regulars at a Gwinnett County Chick-fil-A were stunned that the fast-food restaurant failed a health inspection.

Violations at the restaurant along Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth include how lemons that are used to make lemonade were handled.

The Chick-fil-A at Howell Station got a health inspection score of 67 on April 3.

Chick-fil-A has long been a hit in metro Atlanta and beyond. The local-based chain started in the 1940s and now has hundreds of restaurants in the U.S.

Some of the violations in the recent inspection include an employee slicing lemons for lemonade without putting on gloves and using lemons that weren’t washed first.

The inspector also noted fruit flies were present throughout the facility.

One customer told Channel 2's Carol Sbarge she's gone to that Chick-fil-A for years and the food has always been excellent.

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The Howell Station Chick-fil-A was inspected twice in 2016. Both times it got an “A.”

Sbarge contacted Chick-fil-A to find out what happened to lead to such a big drop in the score and to find out how the violations are being corrected.

A Chick-fil-A spokesperson sent her a statement saying, "Food safety and cleanliness is our utmost priority at Chick-fil-A at Peachtree Ind. & Pleasant Hill. Our most recent inspection score was an isolated incident and was resolved immediately, as we take concerns identified in the health department’s inspection report very seriously. We received a 91 in December of 2016 and five 100s in a row prior to that.”

Upon re-inspection, the restaurant received a 100 score.

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