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Licensee
Name: LA RUMBITA RESTAURANT License Number: SEA3911403
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2017
Primary Status: Closed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 7801 N NEBRASKA AVE
TAMPA, FL 33604

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 03/28/2016 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
36-40-5    Basic - Attached equipment soiled with accumulated dust, grease, or food debris. Oven/stove top **Warning**
23-04-4    Basic - Build-up of mold-like substance on nonfood-contact surface. WIC door frame **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 2 dead on dry storage shelf **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
14-10-4    Basic - Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Can opener heavy rusted **Warning**
36-11-4    Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. WIC **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-21-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-07-4    Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 80°F, **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-31-4    Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Thank you bag **Warning**
35B-05-4    Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-20-4    Basic - Ripped/worn tin foil used as food-contact shelf cover. Wic **Warning**
24-18-4    Basic - Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
23-05-4    Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior reach in cooler/ chest freezer **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Reach in cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
33-34-4    Basic - Storage area not maintained clean and organized. Outside **Warning**
23-10-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up. **Warning**
14-17-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Cooks line **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk bin **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. **Warning**
09-01-4    High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure.server cutting limes with bare hands **Warning**
50-17-1    High Priority - Hotel and Restaurant license is expired. **Warning**
35A-02-5    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. In kitchen/ back near WIC **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
41-05-4    High Priority - Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Raid **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit sausage 45°F, salsa 45°F, chicken 45°F, black beans 47°F, fish 46°F, milk 47°F, **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-10-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler. Chicken **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 2 live on dry storage shelf, 1 live on beans container **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Approximately 40-50 semi soft fresh droppings under steam table, 8 dry droppings next to WIC, approximately 30 dry dropping under dry storage near WIC, 10 droppings on top of reach in cooler, 3 droppings on electrical outlet, approximately 45 plus semi soft fresh dropping on shelf above reach in cooler/ chest freezer, approximately 25 untested droppings present on unused toaster oven on shelf. **Warning**
35A-18-4    High Priority - Rodent rub marks present along walls/ceilings. In dry storage prep room **Warning**
22-22-4    Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Warning**
22-30-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach in freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue. **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
05-08-4    Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. **Warning**
02C-04-4    Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. **Repeat Violation** **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. Bean, chicken , salsa, various items in WIC **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-18-4    Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. Sugar container **Warning**
14-76-5    Intermediate - Walk-in cooler not maintained in good repair. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is repaired. **Warning**
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