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Licensee
Name: BAJA CANTINA License Number: SEA6007407
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 12/01/2021
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 201 NW 1 AVE
BOCA RATON, FL 33432

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 12/21/2015 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
23-15-4    Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink. At Handwash sink in rear prep area. **Warning**
16-23-4    Basic - Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine. **Warning**
14-22-4    Basic - Can opener blade rusted. **Warning**
24-05-4    Basic - Clean plates not stored inverted or in a protected manner in rear prep area shelving. **Warning**
40-07-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Personal bag stored on top of bean container in rear prep area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
35B-01-4    Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back doors with large gaps to the outside , doors not tight fitting or sealing **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Onions on floor in rear prep area. Onions elevated off the floor. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
36-31-4    Basic - Hole in ceiling. In rear prep area above prep table, hole in ceiling in water heater room. **Warning**
36-24-5    Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole in wall in water heater room, hole in wall by walkin cooler, holes in wall in dry storage room outside. **Warning**
08B-53-4    Basic - Ice making machine located outside. No overhead protection. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-08-4    Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. At bar. Handle elevated. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
38-07-4    Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. Rear prep area by glass door TRAULSEN Cooler and in dry storage room outside and by liquor room. **Warning**
29-08-4    Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Waste line at soda gun holsters in bar clogged. **Warning**
25-06-4    Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Takeout boxes not inverted in wait station. **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. At Ascend freezer in rear prep area. **Warning**
08B-17-4    Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed jalapeƱos over cut avocados at walkin cooler. Foods moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Flour container in dry storage room by liquor room. **Warning**
41-07-4    High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Stored in Avanti cooler with food used for customers. Medicine moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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. 0 ppm chlorine. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed over stacked pork at 50° F, overstacked sour cream at 50° F, and over stacked cut tomatoes 48° F-51° F at Cookline flip top cooler. Over stack removed and placed inside cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03E-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Rice from 94° to 113° F within 1 hour , reheating for a total of 3 hours. Rice discarded. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp over spinach dip at glass door Traulsen cooler in rear prep area. Foods moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 21 live roaches under handwash sink at bar. **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Observed approximately 64 fresh rodent droppings on the bottom shelving of the prep table where rice and beans containers are stored in the rear prep area, 8 fresh droppings on top of containers of rice and beans in rear prep area, 16 dry rodent droppings on top of dishmachine, 10 fresh rodent dropping in container with onions in rear prep area, 28 dry and 39 fresh rodent droppings in coffee filter storage in front of walkin cooler, 100 dry and 100 fresh rodent droppings in water heater room, 15 dry rodent droppings in ice machine room, 30 fresh and 50 dry rodent droppings in storage area by liquor room, 10 fresh and 30 dry rodent droppings by wait station, 10 fresh rodent droppings on shelving where fajita wood boards are stored and 7 fresh rodent droppings in rolled utensils in bar area. **Warning**
35A-18-4    High Priority - Rodent rub marks present along walls/ceilings. Near hole with soda lines by walkin cooler **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. 409 cleaner next to pots in rear prep area and degreaser by beans in rear prep area. Chemicals moved and properly stored. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
11-07-4    Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. Reviewed Big Five with operator. Emailed Big Five poster. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
31A-13-4    Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink at the bar. **Warning**
03D-15-4    Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. batter from 48° F to 52° F within 1.5 hrs at current rate of cooling batter will not cool to 41° F within 4 hrs. Put batter in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. In wait station. Paper towels provided. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-17-4    Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Glass cleaner bottles in dining area. Bottles labeled. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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