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Licensee
Name: KOTO JAPANESE STEAKHOUSE & SUSHI BAR License Number: SEA3916613
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2024
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 533 S HOWARD AVE STE 4D & 4E
TAMPA, FL 33606

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 01/09/2018 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
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
08B-46-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in dry storage area. Container of soy sauce **Warning**
24-05-4    Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Plates on cooksline top shelf **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Cooksline **Warning**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Employee hats on shelf on cooksline **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
14-38-4    Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Cracked plates. Located over prep table on cooksline **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. **Warning**
10-07-4    Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. On cooksline **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Prep kitchen area **Warning**
38-01-4    Basic - Light shield damaged/in disrepair. Throughout Back kitchen area **Warning**
31B-04-4    Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Sushi bar handwash sink **Warning**
36-64-4    Basic - Objectionable odors in bathroom. Restroom area **Warning**
06-05-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Slab of raw beef and shrimp near 3 Compartmant Sink **Warning**
23-05-4    Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Reach in coolers on cooksline **Warning**
38-04-4    Basic - Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
14-17-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
21-03-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloths stored in detergent and sanitizer mixed together. At bar area in floor. Per manager **Warning**
21-38-4    Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. At bar area **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers near and on cooksline **Warning**
12A-16-4    High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. **Warning**
12A-14-4    High Priority - Employee coughed, sneezed, used a handkerchief or disposable tissue, used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee coughing **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. **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. Slicing tofu in back kitchen service area **Warning**
41-12-4    High Priority - Medicine stored in refrigerator/cooler with food. In refrigerator on cooksline **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01D-03-4    High Priority - No proof of parasite destruction or aquaculture documentation for cold smoked salmon served raw or undercooked. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. **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 served raw at sushi bar **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter sitting on prep table 48°. Placing on time as a public control **Warning**
03B-01-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Cooked rice with eggs on counter cooksline 113°. Placing on time as a public control form **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-04-4    High Priority - Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. 7 raw shelled eggs sitting on prep table in back kitchen **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
22-20-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Warning**
12A-01-4    Intermediate - Employee applied hand antiseptic in place of washing hands as required. **Warning**
01D-02-4    Intermediate - Failure to maintain freezing records on nonexempt fish for 90 days. **Warning**
31A-02-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to being blocked by garbage can on rollers. Handwash sink on cooksline **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Handwash sink at sushi bar **Warning**
53A-01-5    Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. **Warning**
02B-01-4    Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Sushi menu **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
53B-01-5    Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
16-34-4    Intermediate - No quaternary ammonium chemical test kit provided when using quaternary ammonium chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **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. For sushi rice at bar area **Warning**
02B-02-4    Intermediate - Raw/undercooked animal food offered and establishment has no written consumer advisory. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. **Warning**
22-18-4    Intermediate - Soil residue in food storage containers. Soy sauce near cooksline **Warning**
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