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Licensee
Name:
EL PUERTO RESTAURANT & GRILL
License Number:
SEA3915650
Rank:
Seating
License Expiration Date:
02/01/2024
Primary Status:
Delinquent
Secondary Status:
Active
Location Address:
1623 E 5 AVE TAMPA, FL 33605
Inspection Information
Inspection Type
Inspection Date
Result
High Priority Violations
Intermediate Violations
Basic Violations
Routine - Food
03/29/2017
Follow-up Inspection Required Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. More information about inspections.
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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.
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Two door reach in cooler gasket in disrepair, cutting board with cut marks/melted and no longer cleanable, walk in cooler shelving with rust that has pitted the surface **Warning**
Basic - Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. No cove molding behind ice machine, barewood on wall in new ice machine room **Warning**
High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. cooked white rice 49-63°f (cooling overnight 3/28/17 temped at 10:56am) **Warning**
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. Yuca in process of cooling- educated operator on barehand contact with food **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. See stop sale. cooked white rice 49-63°f (cooling overnight 3/28/17 temped at 10:56am) **Warning**
High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Handled raw meat to clean utensil and seasoning **Warning**
Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Greater than 4 inches and covered **Warning**
Intermediate - No current certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. **Warning**
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked rice and cooked yuca in reach in cooler, not consistent in walk in cooler **Warning**
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