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Licensee
Name: PHO 97 License Number: SEA6215087
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2024
Primary Status: Delinquent Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 6800 49 ST N
PINELLAS PARK, FL 33781

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 10/29/2018 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
12B-07-4    Basic - -Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. -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. **Warning**
14-33-4    Basic - -Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Reach-in cooler opposite of oven and cook line. -Equipment in poor repair. prep tables in kitchen rusting, storage racks above prep table in kitchen, rust interior of oven. -Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. -Rusty slice blade in dry storage not in use. **Warning**
25-05-4    Basic - -Single-service articles improperly stored. Boxes of single serve cups in outdoor shed. -Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. 1oz cups not inverted by front reach-in cooler. **Warning**
16-21-4    Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. **Warning**
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In containers of sugar in kitchen, tea leaves in front counter, broth in walk-in cooler. Operator removed container used for sugar container at time of inspection. **Warning**
24-07-4    Basic - Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Knives on soiled magnet in kitchen. **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 3 dead roaches in outside shed. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. In front reach-in cooler close to point of sale. **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Floors and walls soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust in kitchen along cook line, prep tables, in between front counters. **Warning**
33-23-4    Basic - Grease receptacle/dumpster not on proper pad/nonabsorbent surface. **Warning**
08B-27-4    High Priority - Basic - Herbs growing in alley behind restaurant not protected from storm water runoff from roof. **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Operator moved tongs from door handle and put them into the three compartment sink to clean. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10-01-4    Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Utensil handle not above container of sugar in kitchen, handle not above chia seeds in front counter but cups. Operator began correcting utensil storage at time of inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
22-19-4    Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
33-11-4    Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. **Warning**
51-18-6    Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available. Operator went home at time of inspection to retrieve paperwork. **Warning**
14-31-4    Basic - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Abundance of food in thank you bags in walk-in freezer, reach-in freezers in kitchen. **Warning**
29-49-5    Basic - Observed standing water in bottom of reach-in cooler. Opposite of cookline. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
16-46-4    Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Labels in walk-in cooler saying 6/3/18 on containers. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35B-05-4    Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. Outside shed not protected as evidenced by observed dead roaches, roach droppings and wasp nest. **Warning**
25-32-4    Basic - Reuse of single-service articles. Ss chopsticks reused on cookline. **Warning**
23-05-4    Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of oven grill and oven door. Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. **Warning**
33-31-5    Basic - Unnecessary items/unused equipment on the premises. Buildup of rubbish behind restaurant. **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. In front counter **Warning**
01B-13-4    High Priority - -Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Rusty can of Panda Oyster -Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. Container of mayo-like substance. **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**
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. Operator touching sprout salads with bare-hand contact. Discussed with operator above proper handwashing technique and glove usage. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
22-45-4    High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Operator washed and rinsed spoon for sugar container, and did not sanitize spoon in three compartment sink nor operate dish machine. **Warning**
08A-17-5    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in freezer - all products not commercially packaged. Raw beef underneath raw chicken in walk-in freezer. **Warning**
35A-23-4    High Priority - Roach excrement and/or droppings present. Appx 20 roach droppings. In outside shed. **Warning**
01B-14-4    High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. 15 eggs in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
41-09-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored in food preparation area with potential to cause cross contamination. Wallboard joint compound, bug spray above reach-in freezer, power steering by paper towels in kitchen, chemical spray bottle above sliced blade not in use. **Warning**
41-27-4    High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed. Wiping cloth chlorine solution at 200 ppm by coffee machine in front area. **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - -Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Food debris accumulation on knives, tongs. -Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. **Warning**
22-20-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice bin in front counter by coffee machine. **Warning**
12A-03-4    Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee observed to wash hands without soap and paper towels at three compartment sink. **Warning**
22-11-4    Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces in contact with potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cleaned at least every four hours. Soiled pan and utensils above oven. **Warning**
31A-09-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Operator moved step stools from handwashing sink. **Warning**
31A-11-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Operator rinsing spoons in handwashing sink. **Warning**
27-23-4    Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Handwashing sink by front counter reached 82°f, ran for 2 minutes. **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. Operator went home at time of inspection to get paperwork. **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. Abundance of food in walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
41-04-4    Intermediate - Toxic substance/chemical on premise that is not required for the operation of establishment. Wallboard joint compound, bug spray, power steering by paper towels, above reach-in freezer. **Warning**
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