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Licensee
Name: PHO QUEEN VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT License Number: SEA6216961
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2024
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 29000 US HWY 19 N
CLEARWATER, FL 33761

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 10/07/2015 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
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Cove molding separating from wall in numerous areas in kitchen.
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. Observed 3. Two next to ice machine, one beneath dry storage shelving. **Corrected On-Site**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone on back food storage shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
36-11-4    Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Worn grout in multiple areas of kitchen and dishwashing area.
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Beef in walk-in cooler, beef and fish in walk-in freezer. **Corrected On-Site**
36-14-4    Basic - Grease/food accumulated on kitchen floor and/or under cooking equipment.
36-24-5    Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Large hole beneath bar area 3 compartment sink.
10-17-4    Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
10-01-4    Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Sugar. **Corrected On-Site**
05-09-4    Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cook line reach-in coolers. **Repeat Violation**
14-31-4    Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Greens in walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
21-06-4    Basic - Paper towel used as liner for food container. Egg rolls. **Corrected On-Site**
14-67-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
23-05-4    Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Bell on cook line counter. **Corrected On-Site**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
21-21-4    Basic - Sponge used to clean and sanitize food-contact surface. Bar area. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-13-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Lettuce in walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food.
09-20-4    High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - ready-to-eat food intended to be heated as a sole ingredient not immediately heated to 145 degrees F after bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Beef.
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On counter: noodles 73°, garlic in oil 85°, lettuce 79°; sprouts in reach-in cooler 48°. All items moved to walk-in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 12 on castors to reach-in coolers on both cook lines.
29-34-4    High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Between dry storage shelves in front of kitchen.
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. Large quantity of beef. **Corrected On-Site**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Bag in back kitchen sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
22-16-4    Basic - Intermediate - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris.
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