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Licensee
Name: EL RANCHITO MEXICAN RESTAURANT III License Number: SEA1901059
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2020
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 2645 E GULF TO LAKE HIGHWAY
INVERNESS, FL 34453

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 07/10/2014 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
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Raw chicken in walk in cooler. **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of buckets in walk in cooler. **Warning**
12B-04-4    Basic - Designated employee eating/drinking/smoking area located in a food preparation or other restricted area causing possible cross contamination. Back kitchen area. **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On cart containing food containers.
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone and calculator sitting on top of syrup containers. **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pots above three compartment sink. Cups above front wait station. **Warning**
23-23-4    Basic - Floor/table fan has accumulation of food debris/dust/grease/soil residue. Floor dirty in kitchen area. **Warning**
23-19-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of reach-in cooler/refrigerator. Back kitchen area. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Raw chicken stored on floor, garlic. Sour cream in walk in cooler. Oil behind kitchen. **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Reach in cooler. **Warning**
10-06-4    Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. Scoop handle touching cut greens. **Warning**
16-46-4    Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Above three compartment sink. **Warning**
25-32-4    Basic - Reuse of single-service articles. Filters coffee containers used to store cheese sauce. **Warning**
08B-13-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Tortillas not covered. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Front wait station. **Warning**
08B-02-4    High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Lemons front wait station. Taco shells not protected. Food on steam table not protected. **Warning**
12A-18-4    High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee dried hands on apron. **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. Employee touched tortilla with bare hands. **Warning**
35A-02-4    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in food preparation area. **Warning**
14-15-4    High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Rubbermaid containers used for chips. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Milk at 54, hot dogs at 60 in back kitchen area reach in cooler. Corrective action: moved to walk in cooler. Milk cooled to 49, hot dogs cooled to 48. **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over tortillas. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-09-4    High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Went from raw chicken to dishes with no glove change or hand wash. **Warning**
01B-02-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Cheese sauce 51 and salsa verde 49. **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Windex next to margarita mix on top of reach in cooler in main dining area. **Warning**
14-74-4    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. **Warning**
02C-03-4    Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Hot dogs. **Warning**
12A-03-4    Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Three compartment sink. **Warning**
53A-03-5    Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. **Warning**
31A-11-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Dumping liquid from containers. Storing dirty dishes front wait station. **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Back kitchen area. **Warning**
03D-16-4    Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. Milk and hot dogs covered while covered.
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