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Licensee
Name: CHINA SUPER BUFFET License Number: SEA4702618
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 06/01/2020
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 2698 N MONROE ST
TALLAHASSEE, FL 32303

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 06/13/2018 Facility Temporarily Closed
Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
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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: in rice and flour. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-36-4    Basic - Ceiling tile missing: dining area. **Warning**
36-32-5    Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair: observed bulging ceiling in dining area and water damage. **Warning**
36-34-5    Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance: observed vents with mold-like substance above sushi station. **Warning**
24-05-4    Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner: waitress station by hot buffet. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
25-10-4    Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination: waitress station by hot buffet. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises: observed approximately 10 dead roaches on the floor underneath dry storage shelf, two dead roaches on the floor opposite reach-in freezers, two dead roaches on the side of walk-in cooler, three dead roaches on the floor in front of walk-in cooler and three dead roaches on the floor by dry storage shelf next to reach-in freezers and walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation: both cooks in the kitchen. Observed cooks put on hats. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-12-4    Basic - Food stored in holding unit not covered: containers of Chicken. Observed operator cover food items. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor: rice noodles, chicken stored on walk-in cooler floor and sauce stored on the floor at sushi station. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
23-07-4    Basic - Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up: both walk-in coolers and reach-in coolers. **Warning**
36-14-4    Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor and/or under cooking equipment: Cookline. **Warning**
36-31-4    Basic - Hole in ceiling: dry storage. **Warning**
14-42-4    Basic - Hood filter missing from automatic fire suppression/exhaust system. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-08-4    Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice: waitress station by hot buffet area. **Warning**
10-11-4    Basic - In-use rice scoop/spoon stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit: observed water 98°F. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses: tong on fryer door and knifes in crack between post and reach-in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-06-4    Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container: spoon on Krab salad. **Warning**
14-36-5    Basic - Interior of refrigerator or freezer in disrepair/has exposed insulation: white reach-in freezer by door. **Warning**
33-38-4    Basic - No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink provided with disposable towels. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
25-32-4    Basic - Reuse of single-service articles: oyster sauce cans used to dispense flour. **Warning**
14-41-4    Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair: and reach-in cooler. **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. **Warning**
41-07-4    High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored: pills at waitress station by hot buffet next to clean cups. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit: Chicken 45°F-47°F and Krab Salad 44°F-48°F. Held overnight in walk-in cooler. See Stop Sale. **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: Sushi rice 98°F, per operator using time as a public health control. **Warning**
08A-01-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food: raw chicken over Cream cheese and boiled eggs and raw chicken over beef. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-05-4    High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found: observed three live roaches on the floor underneath dry storage, one live roach on the floor in front of walk-in cooler, one live roach on the side of walk-in cooler and one live roach on the floor next to walk-in cooler. **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. Approximately 10 hard rodent droppings on dry storage shelf and 5 hard droppings on the floor underneath dry storage. **Warning**
01B-02-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse: Chicken 45°F-47°F and Krab Salad 44°F-48°F. Held overnight in walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-20-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine: throughout as well as soda nozzles by sushi bar. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-22-4    Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-09-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times: sushi bar over handwash sink. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink: soap stored inside handwash sink **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue: throughout establishment. **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink: front and back kitchen. **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: Sushi bar, cold buffet and sushi rice. **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: Krab salad per operator made Monday. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-06-4    Intermediate - Slicer blade soiled with old food debris: guard and cutting board as well. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
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