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Licensee
Name: SACRED SPICE TAMPA BAY License Number: SEA6216901
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 2325 ULMERTON RD STE 28
CLEARWATER, FL 33762

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 05/02/2018 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
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Reach in cooler gaskets, shelving **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
21-05-4    Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. For naan bread **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-18-4    Basic - Drain cover(s) missing. Cook line **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Metal pans **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Scraper handle, cutting board with cut marks and no longer cleanable, ice machine interior with rust that has pitted the surface **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floors/walls soiled/has accumulation of debris. Kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Walk in cooler, carrots in dry storage, seasonings and fryer oil in dry storage **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
33-19-4    Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tandoori oven handle **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-27-4    Basic - No mop sink or curbed cleaning facility provided. **Warning**
14-31-4    Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Thank you bag reach in freezer **Warning**
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid. One side broken and one side open **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-13-4    Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35B-05-4    Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. Back door **Warning**
14-20-4    Basic - Ripped/worn tin foil used as food-contact shelf cover. Cook line **Warning**
24-11-4    Basic - Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination. Plates **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-13-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler and dry storage **Warning**
36-30-4    Basic - Wall not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. Unpainted drywall by dish area **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Prep area **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-37-4    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 noodles 48-50°f (cooling from 5/1/18 at 5pm temped at 12:41pm), cooked potatoes 46-47°f (cooling 5/1/18 in the morning unknown time temped at 12:42pm); cooked chick peas 59-51°f (cooling from 5/1/18 2pm 12:43pm); cooked cooked chicken curry 53-62°f (cooling 5/1/18 at 8pm temped at 12:44pm), cooked chick pea blended 51-52°f (cooling 5/1/18 7pm temped at 12:45pm) establishment closed at 9pm on 5/1/18 **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12A-07-4    High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before changing gloves and/or putting on gloves to work with food. **Repeat Violation** **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. Dish washer- manager went over with employees **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
01B-07-4    High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Cooked chicken **Warning**
35A-02-5    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. Approximately 4 by water bucket next to walk in cooler, approximately 10 in handwash sink in bar- not **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese 47°f, heavy whipping cream 47°f, ghee 79°f- placed into reached in cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03D-05-4    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 noodles 48-50°f (cooling from 5/1/18 at 5pm temped at 12:41pm), cooked potatoes 46-47°f (cooling 5/1/18 in the morning unknown time temped at 12:42pm); cooked chick peas 59-51°f (cooling from 5/1/18 2pm 12:43pm); cooked cooked chicken curry 53-62°f (cooling 5/1/18 at 8pm temped at 12:44pm), cooked chick pea blended 51-52°f (cooling 5/1/18 7pm temped at 12:45pm) establishment closed at 9pm on 5/1/18 **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03B-01-5    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. cooked chicken 104°f discussed proper hot holding with management **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw lamb over sauce in walk in cooler, raw chicken over sauces walk in cooler went over safe refrigeration storage with management **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 15 hard and dry on wood boards on dry storage, 40+ hard and dry on floor under dry storage shelving, 10 dry by table storage, 10 unknown under equipment storage shelf **Admin Complaint**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Reach in cooler interior, microwave interior, cutting board stained **Warning**
03D-15-4    Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Covered and too deep **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-11-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Rinsing container, storing stainless steel mesh **Warning**
27-16-4    Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Cook line water ran approximately two minutes 79-80°f, employee restroom 79°f ran approximately 1 minute **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31B-03-4    Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. And papertowels-kitchen. Began placing soap at sinks **Corrective Action Taken** **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 **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
53B-10-4    Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Missing trainer name and certificate number **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
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