Anne Arundel County health inspectors temporarily closed four food-service establishments because of problems uncovered during a series of inspections between July 16 and 31. Six places were cited for multiple food safety violations.

Mira's Waterbury Inn, 324 Magothy Beach Road in Pasadena, was closed because of a lack of hot water.

Unsatisfactory water supply resulted in the closing of three places: Deep Creek Restaurant and Marina, 1050 Deep Creek Ave. in Arnold; Family Grocery, 2 West Friendship Road in Friendship; and Angelo's Pizza Inc., 657 Deale Road in Deale.

Manchu Wok, 7900 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie, was cited for not properly cooling food, not holding food at proper temperatures and ineffective hand washing.

Hunan Restaurant, 1957 West St. in Annapolis, was cited for ineffective hand washing and not holding food at proper temperatures.

Mo's Seafood Factory, 7146 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie, was cited for not properly cooling food and not holding food at proper temperatures.

Wendy's, 433 Revell Highway in Annapolis, and House of Canton, 8470 Fort Smallwood Road in Pasadena, each were cited for not holding food at proper temperatures and ineffective hand washing.

Terry's Place, 5725 Ritchie Highway in Brooklyn Park, was cited for not properly cooling food or holding it at proper temperatures and for cross-contamination of ready-to-serve food.

A total of 162 facilities were inspected during the period.

Pub Date: 8/09/98