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Licensee
Name: LA CASITA GROCERY & RESTAURANT License Number: SEA3917166
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 101 W SHELL POINT RD
RUSKIN, FL 33570

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 07/15/2014 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
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bulk food containers **Warning**
23-04-4    Basic - Build-up of mold-like substance on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of glass reach in doors of walk in cooler **Warning**
36-74-4    Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment. **Warning**
08B-45-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. **Warning**
33-25-4    Basic - Dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. On pallets **Warning**
40-07-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Purses by clean pans **Warning**
36-18-4    Basic - Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Shortening **Warning**
10-19-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle. **Warning**
21-10-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Warning**
31B-04-4    Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Front counter **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-48-4    Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment not designed and constructed in a durable manner. Barewood under shelving above chest freezers **Warning**
42-03-4    Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment in areas that may result in cross contamination. Mop bucket needs to be dumped **Warning**
42-04-4    Basic - Storage of tools on shelf above or with food. Screwdriver on dry storage shelf **Warning**
33-31-4    Basic - Unnecessary items on the premise. Bike in storage room **Warning**
25-02-4    Basic - Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. Spoons on prep table **Warning**
36-72-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler floor soiled. **Warning**
23-12-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
36-25-4    Basic - Wall in disrepair. Under prep table by front counter **Warning**
03A-14-4    High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese THIS MUST BE CORRECTED BY: July 16, 2014 **Warning**
03A-09-4    High Priority - Cooked fruits/vegetables cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Corn, vegetables, roasted peppers THIS MUST BE CORRECTED BY: July 16, 2014 **Warning**
03A-08-4    High Priority - Cooked meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Steak, chicken, chorizo THIS MUST BE CORRECTED BY: July 16, 2014 **Warning**
03A-10-4    High Priority - Cooked rice/pasta cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice THIS MUST BE CORRECTED BY: July 16, 2014 **Warning**
14-15-4    High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
41-05-4    High Priority - Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs on ham **Warning**
08A-19-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in chest freezer - all products not commercially packaged. Beef over vegetables **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 under chemical storage shelf, 4 on sticky trap between chest freezers, 1 on sticky trap between chest freezers, 1 under steam table cutting board, 1 by oven, 2 on floor by meat slicer table by front counter, 3 on window air conditioning unit, 1 on cutting board by steam table **Admin Complaint** **Repeat Violation**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Lighter with salt packets, lawn mower by bottled drinks **Warning**
29-34-4    High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. By propane tank **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Utensils **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Front counter **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
53B-13-4    Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **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. Not consistent **Warning**
53B-09-4    Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Photocopy **Warning**
14-76-4    Intermediate - Walk-in cooler not 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. THIS MUST BE CORRECTED BY: July 16, 2014 **Warning**
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