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Licensee
Name: CHOPSTICKS SUPER BUFFET License Number: SEA6213049
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2021
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 2543 COUNTRYSIDE BLVD #1
CLEARWATER, FL 33761

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 01/06/2016 Follow-up Inspection Required
Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
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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
16-21-4    Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. **Warning**
23-15-4    Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink. At kitchen entrance **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
32-04-4    Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. Employee bathroom does not self close **Warning**
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup in soy sauce bucket in dry storage areas. Cup was removed from bucket **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On rolling cart on the cook line **Warning**
14-05-4    Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Cardboard under cutting board on cooks line **Warning**
08B-45-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Buckets of sauce, buckets with raw beef **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-14-4    Basic - Clean utensils stored between equipment and wall. Knives stuck between walls and equipment **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
32-12-4    Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. None in women's but 1 in men's was switched and put in women's **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach in unused oven. Was cleaned up immediately **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12B-12-4    Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Many locations **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table Drink on shelf by exit door **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans in kitchen cups at wait station **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Rolling rice cart bottom broken and in disrepair **Warning**
35B-01-4    Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-22-4    Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Grout is wore and standing water in grout lines **Warning**
23-23-4    Basic - Floor/table fan has accumulation of food debris/dust/grease/soil residue. On shelf over prep table **Warning**
23-20-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven. Cooler hinges on cook line and make table Equipment on cooks line **Warning**
08B-27-4    High Priority - Basic - Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Broccoli was washed and then stored back in its original box **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-38-4    Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Broken lexans **Warning**
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. Scoop in ice at soda station Scoop handle in chicken base Scoop handle laying in flour Spoon handle laying in raisins **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-02-4    Basic - In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Knife tongs and whisk on cooksline shel all greasy **Warning**
14-34-4    Basic - Interior of ice machine with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
22-08-4    Basic - Interior of oven has heavy accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. **Warning**
40-01-4    Basic - No suitable facilities provided to store employee clothing and other possessions. Employee clothes on shelves in dry storage area and on shelves over cooks line **Warning**
29-08-4    Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Hand wash sink dripping at sushi bar Server wait station stripped hot water handle *corrected on site* **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
06-04-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature. Crab legs left on back table at room Temperature Boxes of chicken left in boxes at room temperature **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
06-05-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Chicken in standing water on back prep table **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-38-4    Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. 2 locations **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White granular substance in soy sauce bucket Msg in white pepper container **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
41-07-4    High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Pill bottle stored on shel by food Noes poring and tips stored on shelf above cooks line **Warning**
03D-01-4    High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Noodle 83° in walk in cooler cooked at 10am and took Temprature 12:35pm **Warning**
01B-36-4    High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours. See stop sale. 10lbs cooked noodles in the walk in cooler for over 2.5 hous after post-cook rinse **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 can tapioca pudding 1 can yellow peaches 1 can tomato sauce 3 cans chocolate pudding **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands beforechanging gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-45-4    High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. While dishes were washed they were not sanitized after multiple trips to the kitchen. The 3 bay for sanitizing was not set up **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw beef 50° moved to lower cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-09-4    High Priority - Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests. 20+ live flies by walk in freezer by dirty linen bin outside **Warning**
08A-09-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw pork over the vegetables **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw fish over cooked chicken **Corrected On-Site** **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. Chicken behind beef in upper make table. Was switched **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-01-4    High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. No sneeze guard over bread on buffet line **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Bottle of Ajax cleaner by cabbage under back prep table **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02C-03-4    Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Milk in wait station area not date marked **Warning**
22-05-4    Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. **Warning**
22-22-4    Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02B-04-4    Intermediate - Menu contains an item made with a raw/undercooked animal food as an ingredient and description of item does not inform consumer of raw/undercooked animal food ingredient. Sushi bar customer labels do not identify which items contain raw products **Warning**
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