Wasabi received a score of 96 and a grade of A during a Georgia Department of Public Health inspection conducted October 26, 2026. The score reflects conditions observed during that inspection.
Inspection details
Establishment: Wasabi
Location: 5413 WHITTLESEY BLVD UNIT 500 COLUMBUS, GA 31909, Muscogee County
Inspection date: October 26, 2026
Inspection purpose: Routine
Score and grade: 96/A
Inspector: Brenna Maize
Permit number: FSP-106-000565
Inspection findings
12B – personal cleanliness
Rule citation: 511-6-1.03(5)(j) – hair restraints (c)
Official point value: 3
Corrected during inspection: Yes
Repeat violation: No
Inspector notes and corrective action: Observe food service employee preparing salad without appropriate hair covering. Rule: 1. Employees preparing or handling food shall use effective and clean, disposable or easily cleanable nets or other hair restraints approved by the Health Authority, worn properly to restrain loose hair. Corrective Action: Food service employee donned hair net.
14A – in-use utensils: properly stored
Rule citation: 511-6-1.04(4)(k) – in-use utensils, between-use storage (c)
Official point value: 1
Corrected during inspection: Yes
Repeat violation: No
Inspector notes and corrective action: Observed large scoop stored in cornstarch, sugar and salt with handle touching food. Rule: 2.In food that is not time/temperature control for safety food with their handles above the top of the food within containers or equipment that can be closed, such as bins of sugar, flour, or cinnamon; Corrective Action: PIC removed scoops from containers.
About the report
The Georgia Department of Public Health report documents conditions observed during this inspection. The score should not be interpreted as a guarantee of conditions before or after the inspection.
Vincent Caldwell
News Now Georgia
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