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Licensee
Name: EXPO RESTAURANT License Number: SEA6200341
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2020
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 1185 N HERCULES AVE
CLEARWATER, FL 33765

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 08/12/2014 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
36-57-4    Basic - Ceiling fan had accumulation of dust/debris. Dish washing area.
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone on shelf over prep table, cell phone in shelf over dish washing area.
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cutting board on cook line heavily damaged. Walk-in cooler not holding temp.
35B-01-4    Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside.
10-19-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle.
21-10-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board.
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid.
08B-55-4    Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to cutting/shredding. Cabbage.
14-67-4    Basic - Reach-in and walk-in cooler gaskets torn/in disrepair.
25-06-4    Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers on cook line.
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in and walk-in cooler gaskets.
42-01-4    Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
41-07-4    High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Acetaminophen on shelf over dish washing area.
03D-01-4    High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Stuffing cooked at 8:15. at beginning of inspection at 97° in walk-in cooler at 9:20, retemped at 10:55 at 80°. Missed cooling window.
22-41-4    High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 0ppm. **Admin Complaint**
12A-27-4    High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands.
12A-06-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food.
12A-12-4    High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands.
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 touched toast with bare hands and placed on plate for service.
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef 45°, cut melon 50°, cole slaw 48°, tuna 51°, gravy 48°, gravy 45°, shelled eggs on cook line 85°, butter 58°, tuna 57°, beef 45°.
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Eggs over multiple ready-to-eat items in cook line reach-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-21-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Eggs over beef.
29-37-4    High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. 3 comp sink.
01B-02-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Sausage and stuffing not properly cooled.
29-42-4    High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet. Either faucet.
22-20-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
09-17-4    Intermediate - Employee using bare hand contact with nonready-to-eat food (such as raw animal food or flour) unnecessarily without the use of gloves, deli paper, scoops, tongs or other utensils. Cabbage.
22-23-4    Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer.
02C-02-4    Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple items.
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