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Licensee
Name: ICHIBAN BUFFET License Number: SEA1505325
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 04/01/2019
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 735 N COURTENAY PKWY
MERRITT ISLAND, FL 32953

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 08/28/2017 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
23-15-4    Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink. Kitchen and sushi area. **Warning**
23-16-4    Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on paper towel and/or soap dispenser. Kitchen and sushi area **Warning**
36-40-5    Basic - Attached equipment soiled with accumulated dust, grease, or food debris. Stove top, wok station in need of cleaning. **Warning**
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Flour bulk bin **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-04-4    Basic - Build-up of mold-like substance on nonfood-contact surface. Inside cold well of sushi and grill area. **Warning**
36-75-4    Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor under shelving. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-24-4    Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. **Warning**
14-45-4    Basic - Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves. **Warning**
24-06-4    Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack. Back side of cooks line bin full of clean and soiled utensils in soiled bin. Cleaned bowls on buffets stored in soiled bin. **Warning**
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing.cooks and kitchen area. Area around the walk in cooler/freezer. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cups, mugs and plates stored with client items in wait stations. Observed 2 pair of shoes stored on same shelf as food items in kitchen **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cups in wait stations **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-72-4    Basic - Exhaust system operated with filters removed. No means to capture grease and/or condensation to prevent dripping. Observed all but 3 hood filters removed after location was in. Operation and open for business. **Warning**
36-71-4    Basic - Floor drains/drain covers heavily soiled. **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. **Warning**
23-19-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of reach-in cooler/refrigerator. **Warning**
23-22-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/soil residue on dry storage shelves. **Warning**
36-47-5    Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease, dust or food debris. . **Warning**
10-13-4    Basic - In-use ice scoop for ice machine located outside not stored in a protected manner between uses. Scoop in bucket with out lid, outside in screened room. **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. Handle in rice touching item **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-03-4    Basic - In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. Ice cream dipping station, velocity to slow, unit not filling properly so that it could drain correctly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-19-4    Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
12B-13-4    Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Walk in and reach coolers contain employee items that must be separated from client items, food and beverage items. **Warning**
23-14-4    Basic - Shelf under preparation table soiled with food debris. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. All the gaskets on all the reachin unit in need of cleaning. **Warning**
42-03-4    Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment in areas that may result in cross contamination. Grinding saw being used in kitchen to cut mop and broom handles in same area as meat grinder. **Warning**
42-05-5    Basic - Storage of tools on shelf above or with clean equipment and utensils, single service items, and/or clean linens. Pliers in same pan with clean equipment **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
38-04-4    Basic - Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in walk-in cooler. Flash light needed by inspector to reading thermometer and record temps. **Warning**
08B-17-4    Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed fresh mushrooms over ready to eat items in walk in cooler, operator corrected. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
36-72-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler/walk-in freezer floor soiled. Freezer **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust.area behind the cooks line in. Need of cleaning. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Under 3 compartment sink, right side. **Warning**
42-01-4    Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. In mop bucket **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles on mongel grill and in kitchen cook line need labeled. White food item on crash cart not labeled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 can pineapple chunks, heavy dent on seem. **Warning**
08B-01-4    High Priority - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. Section of sneeze guard missing in cold buffet area, operator placed plastic wrap across as temp replacement til glass can be replaced. **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. All table top food prep areas in need of cleaning and sanitizing **Warning**
22-22-4    Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Removed wiping cloths from hws before hand washing on arrival. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
27-16-4    Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Operator turned off hot water valve to hand wash sink in kitchen. Operator turn valve back on, was told by inspector to leave on. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-30-4    Intermediate - Interior of chest freezer holding bulk ice cream in service area soiled with accumulation of food residue. **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. 2 - 2 door reach in cooler coolers on cooks line, interiors need cleaned. Sushi cooler interior needs cleaned. **Warning**
22-16-4    Basic - Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris. 2 - 2 door reach in cooler coolers on cooks line, interiors need cleaned. Sushi cooler interior needs cleaned. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
02C-08-4    Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Frog legs, cooked mussels. **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. Food items prepared on Sunday with Monday stickers in place, operator stated that he ran out of Sun Stickers and used Monday instead. Had operator go back and replace all Mon stickers with hand written Sunday as label. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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