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Licensee
Name: CARETTA ON THE GULF License Number: SEA6216178
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 500 MANDALAY AVE
CLEARWATER BEACH, FL 33767

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 11/07/2016 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**
08B-46-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in dry storage area, film wrap **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public, water bottle in salad station by cooler **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. In dish room and containers at bar **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses, in back prep kitchen **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-06-4    Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container, paddle in back kitchen resting on gas line **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 under line **Warning**
05-09-4    Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit across from oven on line **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
16-46-4    Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning in bar, lids **Warning**
10-15-4    Basic - Pizza peel stored on top of soiled oven between uses out front in pizza station **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-67-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair, many gaskets throughout kitchen, line and prep stations **Warning**
14-41-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
42-01-4    Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry next to cooler **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name, black and white substance, two containers in back side prep area **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale, pineapple, tomato sauce cans **Corrective Action Taken** **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. 0ppm. Operator is using another machine to sanitize **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. French fries portioned by bare hand contact **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.beans49°, Mac n cheese 51° burgers 55° hot dogs found in walk in cooler, left out for one hours while stocking. Had employee place in freezer to drop temp to 41° **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03F-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. batter on linefound at 76° just made **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Whole raw eggs over ready to eat products in walk in cooler **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. Burger over shrimp **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food, cornstarch, salt, maple syrup next to pizza oven, bottom cabinet **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02A-04-4    Intermediate - 'Consumer advisory for raw or undercooked oysters not posted/provided in a conspicuous location. Inspector printed one out **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01C-05-4    Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not maintained in chronological order according to the last date they were served in the establishment. **Warning**
01C-03-4    Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. **Warning**
03C-89-4    Intermediate - Establishment conducts non-continuous cooking of raw animal foods without written procedures approved by the division. Wings
31A-11-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Two hand sinks are being used to dump sanitizer and fill buckets with quay sanitizer. These need to be separated from the hand sinks. **Warning**
02B-01-4    Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Sushi **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink at bar **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-06-4    Intermediate - Slicer blade soiled with old food debris. **Warning**
08B-15-4    Intermediate - Whole fruit displayed for self-service not wrapped and no utensils provided. Apples at buffet.
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