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Licensee
Name: BIG APPLE BUFFET II License Number: SEA6217537
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2022
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 1035 62 AVE N
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33702

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 03/21/2018 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
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Sauces **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Ice machine, shelving kitchen, walk in cooler shelving, sheet pan rack **Warning**
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
24-07-4    Basic - Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Water pitchers stored under papertowels of handwash sink. Moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
29-18-4    Basic - Drain cover(s) missing. Under sink in kitchen **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Duck in freezer, bowl in sushi bar- moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
40-07-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Sweaters Back shelving **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Kitchen employee **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Glasses in service area **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler shelving with rust that has pitted the surface, prep table shelf rusting, dry storage shelving rusting, can opener blade **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor/walls soiled/has accumulation of debris. **Warning**
35B-08-4    Basic - Fly sticky tape hanging over food/food preparation area/food-contact equipment. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Almond cookie and soy sauce on floor, walk in freezer **Warning**
33-20-4    Basic - Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. **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. Bulk foods in dry storage- brought handle out of product **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. Tongs on pipe on cook line **Warning**
25-35-4    Basic - Reuse of single-use articles. Cardboard box for chicken **Warning**
24-11-4    Basic - Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination. Sushi plates not protected **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
25-05-4    Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Cases of napkins in attic floor, coffee filters not stored protected- placed in bag **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
42-05-5    Basic - Storage of tools on shelf above or with clean equipment and utensils, single service items, and/or clean linens. Drill- moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-14-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in freezer. Meats **Warning**
21-07-4    Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. No sanitizer in buckets register 0 ppm **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers on line need labeled **Warning**
41-07-4    High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Medicine on cook line **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Pineapple, bamboo shoots, oyster sauce **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. Chlorine bleach not labeled for use on dishes for three compartment sink **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-07-4    High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Lemons **Warning**
22-45-4    High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Rice cooker interior- placed in dish machine area for cleaning **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-02-5    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. 6 cook line, 1 back prep, 2 in back storage, 1 dry storage **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. mussels 44-45°f, raw beef 45°f, cooked noodles 44-45°f, dimsum 44-45°f lowered temperature of cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03B-01-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. cooked plantains 118-160°f put into single layer, Cooked fish 100-123°f placed back into oven **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over crab salad in walk in cooler, raw beef order cut melon- rearranged **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-21-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over raw fish and beef- began rearranging **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
08B-01-4    High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. Crispy noodles- moved further under sneeze guard **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-21-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin. Both ice bins in server stations **Warning**
01C-03-4    Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. Not consistent **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Bucket in sushi bar- removed **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
16-28-4    Intermediate - Handwashing sink used for warewashing. Glass **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. Walk in cooler **Warning**
41-17-4    Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottles in kitchen **Warning**
29-28-4    Intermediate - Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions. No datemarking **Warning**
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