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Licensee
Name: GIVENESS CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT License Number: SEA6020945
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 12/01/2014
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 1459 S CONGRESS AVE
DELRAY BEACH, FL 33445

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 01/14/2013 Follow-up Inspection Required
Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
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Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below. The department cites violations of Florida's sanitation and safety laws, which are based on the standards of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Code. High Priority violations are those which could contribute directly to a foodborne illness or injury and include items such as cooking, reheating, cooling and hand-washing. Intermediate violations are those which, if not addressed, could lead to risk factors that contribute to foodborne illness or injury. These violations include personnel training, documentation or record keeping and labeling. Basic violations are those which are considered best practices to implement. While most establishments correct all violations in a timely manner (often during the inspection), the division's procedures are designed to compel compliance with all violations through follow-up visits, administration action or closure when necessary.
Violation    Observation
32-21-4    Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing. ... Employee Restroom. **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. ... Exteriors of kitchen equipment, fixtures, and shelving **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. ... Kitchen staff. **Warning**
23-21-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. **Warning**
36-14-4    Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor. --- throughout kitchen. **Warning**
22-19-4    Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
05-09-4    Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. **Warning**
51-18-4    Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available. **Warning**
31B-04-4    Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. ... Kitchen **Warning**
08B-26-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in chest freezer. ... chicken, pork, and shrimp **Warning**
08B-13-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. ...in walk in cooler, cooked pork uncovered, cooked macaroni partly covered. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
50-05-4    High Priority - License expired more than 30 days, but not more than 60 days, after expiration date. **Warning**
03A-08-4    High Priority - Cooked meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. ... In Walk In Cooler, TCS/PHF's below we're cooked yesterday and are now at the following temperatures: cooked chicken 61?. Cooked pork 59?. Conch 62? cooked pork 62? **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Warning**
09-01-4    High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. ... Cook slicing RTE Cooked Meats and vegetables handling with bare hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
04-01-4    Intermediate - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. ... Walk In Cooler not maintaining foods at 41 degrees or below. **Warning**
53B-16-4    Intermediate - Employee has not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by the inability to answer basic food safety questions. ... Cook has no knowledge of what hot or cold holding temperatures should be. **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in freezers in hallway opposite 3 compartment sink soiled with accumulation of food residue. **Warning**
53A-01-4    Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. ... Kitchen. **Warning**
53B-01-4    Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
02C-04-4    Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. ... in Walk In Cooler, chicken, conch, macaroni, and pork cooked yesterday is not labeled or dated. **Warning**
31B-05-4    Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. ... Employee Restroom **Warning**
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