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Licensee
Name: FAR EAST RESTAURANT License Number: SEA3912469
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 5022 E 10 AVE
TAMPA, FL 33619

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Food-Licensing Inspection 09/03/2015 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
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
14-05-4    Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact/non food contact shelves. Under cutting board, dry storage shelving **Warning**
36-32-5    Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Water damaged acoustic ceiling tiles **Warning**
24-07-4    Basic - Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Knives between wall and prep table **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 10+ by mop sink, 2 on wall by Three compartment sink **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
52-12-4    Basic - Establishment advertised no MSG used in the food, but a large quantity of MSG was present in establishment. **Warning**
33-19-4    Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Shared **Warning**
33-20-4    Basic - Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. **Warning**
36-47-5    Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease, dust or food debris. . **Warning**
42-02-4    Basic - Improper storage of maintenance equipment that interferes with cleaning. Empty mop bucket after each use **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Warning**
14-31-4    Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. To go bags **Warning**
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid. Shared **Warning**
12B-13-4    Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. **Warning**
25-43-4    Basic - Plastic jug cut in half and reused as scoop. **Warning**
06-05-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Shrimp and chicken **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-67-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
25-32-4    Basic - Reuse of single-service articles. **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. **Warning**
08B-13-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler/freezer **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
12A-16-4    High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. **Warning**
50-08-5    High Priority - Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 30 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 1940 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. To apply online or obtain an application for license visit www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr. **Warning**
22-48-4    High Priority - Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. Does not say food contact service sanitizer on label **Warning**
22-45-4    High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Strainer **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked pork 54°f reached 34°f, spare ribs 43-45°f reached 33-43°f, cut cabbage 83-88°f reached 37°f put into freezer **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03B-01-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Soup 101°f reheated to 199°f **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over sauces **Warning**
08A-22-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler. Raw beef behind raw shrimp in reach in cooler **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Approximately 2 on pipe by mop sink, approximately 6 under three compartment sink, approximately 8 under prep table, approximately 40 between prep table and wall **Warning**
35A-23-4    High Priority - Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Back of prep tables **Warning**
35A-18-4    High Priority - Rodent chew marks present along walls/ceilings. Room by back door **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Bleach/cleaner on shelf with food **Warning**
53A-06-5    Intermediate - No proof of a certified food manager for the establishment at the time of the licensing inspection. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. **Warning**
53B-07-5    Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided at the time of the licensing inspection. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR 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. **Warning**
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