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Licensee
Name: ORIENT EXPRESS RESTAURANT License Number: SEA3911962
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Delinquent Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 510 E JACKSON ST
TAMPA, FL 33602

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 04/10/2018 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. **Warning**
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-44-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in kitchen. Boxes of cooking oil and ginger **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Per owner fish and pork wrapped in reach in cooler **Warning**
36-18-4    Basic - Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair. Near 3 Compartment Sink **Warning**
08B-30-4    Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. **Warning**
31B-04-4    Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink near cooksline **Warning**
25-43-4    Basic - Plastic jug cut in half and reused as scoop. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
06-04-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature. Frozen pork. Placing in reach in cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
14-67-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. **Warning**
14-33-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
25-06-4    Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Plastic white containers in room with 3 Compartment Sink. To go containers in dry storage on the floor. **Warning**
25-33-4    Basic - Single-use containers (boxes and/or cans) reused for the storage of food. Reused number 10 cans **Warning**
23-09-4    Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. **Warning**
03B-02-4    High Priority - Cooked meats or poultry hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Cooked chicken out in container under food warmers at 79°. Added chicken to the existing time as a public control form. Cooked pork. 112° placing in cooler. Cooked roast pork 109° **Corrective Action Taken** **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. Sneezing **Warning**
03A-04-4    High Priority - Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Shelled eggs sitting on bottom shelf on cooksline at 73° **Warning**
41-09-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored in food preparation area with potential to cause cross contamination. Elmera¿¿s glue and lubricant oil. Prep table near 3 Compartment Sink **Warning**
22-26-4    Intermediate - Buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler. Reach in cooler near shush bar **Warning**
53B-15-4    Intermediate - Employee has not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by lack of general knowledge in performing their assigned duties. **Warning**
52-03-4    Intermediate - Establishment advertised crab on menu/menu board but served imitation crab. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Both hand sinks **Warning**
02B-01-4    Intermediate - Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Raw sushi menu. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
53B-13-5    Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
22-16-4    Basic - Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris. Cooksline **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. **Warning**
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