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Licensee
Name: SQUARE PLATE RESTAURANT License Number: SEA6216560
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2017
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 9131 US HWY 19 N
PINELLAS PARK, FL 33782

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 08/22/2014 Facility Temporarily Closed
Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
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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
35A-06-4    Basic - Accumulation of dead flies and spiders in hall near back door. **Warning**
16-21-4    Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine and associated pipes, legs, screens. **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on underside of prep table and on two bay sink, especially section under the edge if the adjacent prep table. Soiled lower prep shelves in dish wash area and cooks line. **Warning**
08B-45-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. (Several boxes and containers.) **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-14-4    Basic - Clean knives stored between equipment and wall by slicer. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-07-4    Basic - Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. (Large pots hung on wall, not inverted and have water pooled in them.) **Warning**
14-10-4    Basic - Container cut down, in half, and used to hold flour. **Warning**
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture by 2 bay sink is peeling from wall. Area is wet and has build up of glue/debris. **Warning**
36-15-4    Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor at 2 bat sink and adjacent prep table. **Warning**
23-20-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven, low boy cooler drawers, and fryer. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. (Bag of onions observed on kitchen floor. Bouillon containers on floor at cooks line.) **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-24-4    Basic - Hole in wall at corner of mop sink towards 2 bay sink. Hole in wall just above cove moulding near server station rolling cart near soda boxes. **Warning**
10-07-4    Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. (Two scoops in 84°F water at cooks line.) **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture under 2 bay sink. Bucket collecting water is nearly full and water has a soiled film in it. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Observed 38 dead roaches on black dry storage shelves in kitchen below pass thru window. Canned goods, clean plates, partially used biscuit package, condiment bottles, batter mixes are stored on this shelf. 1 dead roach on floor behind pepsi glass door cooler. **Warning**
25-05-4    Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. (Take out containers not inverted at cooks line.) **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02D-08-4    Basic - Spray bottle containing a food product not labeled. (Purple chemical in kitchen spray bottle stored on floor.) **Warning**
14-41-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket does not properly seal at cooler door. When door is shut, light can be seen coming from cooks line at lower door area. **Warning**
36-26-4    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated black debris in dishwashing area. (Lower area) **Warning**
02D-01-4    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. (Flour in container on shelf over stove. Multiple cottage cheese containers reused to hold Canadian bacon, berries, and other foods in sandwich prep table.) **Warning**
01B-37-4    High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. (Canadian bacon heated and cooled last night. Cook discarded immediately.) **Warning**
01B-03-4    High Priority - Food discarded due to adulteration of food product. (Live roach on opened package of biscuits. Biscuits discarded immediately.) **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-05-4    High Priority - Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. (Ortho Home Defense Mac Insect Killer.) **Warning**
03D-05-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. (Canadian bacon in make table at 48°F discarded immediately.) **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw chicken over raw sliced beef in walk in unit. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by two live roaches on floor near slicer table, one live roach on underside of prep table next to 2 bay sink. Four line roaches on underside of prep table at leg of table. One live roach on plastic wrap of opened biscuit tray in kitchen. Eight live roaches in stack of black plastic baskets on can shelf below microwave. One live roach on wall below dish machine. **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. (Partially used milk in walk in cooler.) **Warning**
22-22-4    Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Warning**
22-23-4    Intermediate - Encrusted, soiled material on slicer. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
05-06-4    Intermediate - Probe thermometer not accurate within plus or minus 2 degrees Fahrenheit. (44°F in ice bath. Unable to get nut to turn with wrench for calibration.) **Warning**
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. (In walk in cooler, coleslaw, cooked onions, cooked rice, cooked lasagna and several other cooked foods.) **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-60-4    Intermediate - Vegetable chopper/dicer/shredder/peeler soiled with old food debris (food processor stored onlower shelf below slicer.) **Warning**
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