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Licensee
Name: BELLA BRAVA License Number: SEA6216609
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 204 BEACH DR NE
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33701

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 12/28/2017 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
08B-45-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Bucket of eggs Cases of chicken and lexan container of meatballs on floor. **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. Observed bottled water on shelf near expo station. **Warning**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Cell phone stored on shelf above prep cooler with clean dishes. Purse with dishes. **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee scooping rosemary butter without hair restraint. Chef preparing food without hair restraint. **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Hinge on flat bread cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-36-4    Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. Observed splash from hand washing sink contaminate cutting board on prep table. **Warning**
10-17-4    Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Cloths relocated to sanitizing buckets. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-38-4    Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. On cook line. **Warning**
03D-02-4    High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Italian sausage soup 45,46 °F prepared 12-26-17 has been stored in walk in cooler since preparation. 10 gallons of soup total. **Repeat Violation** **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. 0 ppm at dish machine. Corrected to 50 ppm during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-13-4    High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee in dish area observed handling dirty dishes and then handling clean dishes without washing hands. Chef instructed employee to wash hands. **Corrected On-Site** **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. Waiter observed barehanding bread. Discussion with employee, employee got tongs for bread. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01D-01-4    High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Salmon. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked chicken 56 °F, cooked pasta 50 °F, cooked pasta 46 °F, cooked beef 44 °F, cooked pasta 50 °F, gluten free pasta 46 °F, sweet potato gnocchi 47 °F, black spaghetti 46 °F, cream sauce 47 °F, cooked chicken 45 °F, cooked vegetables 44 °F, rosemary butter 58 °F. **Repeat Violation** **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. On tomato sauce at grill. **Warning**
08A-02-5    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Bags of bread touching cases of raw chicken. **Warning**
01B-13-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Mosquito in shredded cheese. **Warning**
01B-02-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Cooked chicken 56 °F, cooked pasta 50 °F, cooked pasta 46 °F, cooked pasta 50 °F, gluten free pasta 46 °F, sweet potato gnocchi 47 °F, black spaghetti 46 °F, cream sauce 47 °F, cooked chicken 45 °F. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-05-4    Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained. Prep surface on reach in cooler. **Warning**
31A-11-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Dirty wiping rags stored in hand sink. Wet wiping cloths removed from sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02B-01-4    Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Ahi tuna, salmon, skirt steak. **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
31B-03-4    Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Bar hand washing sink. **Warning**
03F-10-4    Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food. Tomato sauce being held at 87 °F at grill on time as a public health control. Cannot find or does not have paperwork. **Warning**
03D-20-4    Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooled in quantity deeper than 4 inches. Soup cooled in 5 gallon buckets. **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. Cream sauce made 12/27/2017 portioned into new container and given date label for 12/28/2017. Item should be date labeled from day original batch was made on 12/27/2017. Discussion with staff on proper date labeling. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
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