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Licensee
Name: MOCHA JOE'S CAFE License Number: SEA5105632
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 12/01/2020
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 3633 CORTEZ RD W
BRADENTON, FL 34210

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 10/25/2018 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 microwave on cook line, shelves in in bake area shelves and cabinets throughout wait station. **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Bake area, wait station. **Warning**
40-07-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Phone observed on cook line and baking area, removed from cook line. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Ice machine repaired with saran wrap over seal, microwave rusted and not easily cleanable. **Warning**
36-12-4    Basic - Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable, dry storage/office area. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil and icing stored on floor under bake oven.. **Warning**
36-31-4    Basic - Hole in ceiling at men's rest room. **Warning**
14-70-4    Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. A large accumulation of ice from ceiling to floor found in walk-in freezer, covering meat and boxes, making it unable to remove from freezer. **Warning**
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid. Owner closed them. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-08-4    Basic - Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 400+ ppm, cook line. **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. Observed two #10 cans dented at seam, on can rack. See stop sale. **Warning**
22-41-4    High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. 200 ppm chl **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. Cook touchng toast with bare hands. **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Under cook prep station - cooked beef 50°F, chicken salad 50°F, tuna salad 50°F, ham 46°F, turkey 50°F. Bleu cheese 54 F°, crumble cheese 51°F, corned beef hash 57° F, raw beef 51°F. Up cook prep - chese 71°F, cheese potatoes 51°F, tomatoes cut 64°F, tomatoes cut 51°F. **Warning**
08A-07-4    High Priority - Raw animal food not properly separated from ready-to-eat food, raw shell eggs next to cooked potatoes. **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 frozen chicken stored with frozen deli meats, pork, beef in same container. **Warning**
01B-14-4    High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. Observed raw shell egg cracked. Manager threw out tray of approximately 15 eggs. **Warning**
01B-02-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Under cook prep station - cooked beef 50°F, chicken salad 50°F, tuna salad 50°F, ham 46°F, turkey 50°F. corned beef hash 57° F, **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Air freshener in bake area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-20-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of yellow substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Warning**
22-05-4    Intermediate - Cutting board(s) stained/soiled on cook line. Microwaves in cook area soiled. **Warning**
03C-16-5    Intermediate - Establishment offers undercooked hamburgers or cheeseburgers on the child menu. **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Book bag stored in hand washing sink at front of kitchen. **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue at cook line, in wait station, in bake area. **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Near bake station. **Warning**
22-31-4    Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment, shelves of tables in bake area. **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. One employee on staff working today not yet trained, certified. **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. Items found in tall reach-in cooler near bake station were not date marked, turkey, ham. **Warning**
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