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Licensee
Name: BIG APPLE BUFFET License Number: SEA6217413
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2020
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 1030 58TH ST N
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33710

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 09/20/2018 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
32-04-4    Basic - Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. - back of house employee restroom **Warning**
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Inside container of sauce **Warning**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. - cook line: Cell phone on shelf above make table Item removed from area **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. **Warning**
36-18-4    Basic - Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair Cook line **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of sauce and oil on floor **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. Handles in contact with rice, sugar, msg **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
25-34-4    Basic - Oyster/clam/mussel/crab or other shells purchased from a supplier reused to serve food. Stored inside walk in freezer **Warning**
08A-27-4    Basic - Raw animal food not properly separated from unwashed produce. Flat of Raw shell eggs stored in same container with raw broccoli. Operator moved eggs. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-67-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. - sushi bar **Warning**
23-05-4    Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. - hibachi area: shelf under flattop grill ; Drip pan under flattop grill **Warning**
08B-14-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in freezer. **Warning**
38-05-4    Basic - Ten (10) foot-candles of light at least 30 inches from floor not provided in dry food storage area. -water heater room : Light out **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. - hibachi area: wall behind flattop grill **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Sushi bar Towel placed into sanitizer bucket **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unlabeled bulk bin of msg **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
36-72-4    Basic - walk-in freezer floor soiled. **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Soy sauce , pineapple chunks **Warning**
09-20-4    High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - ready-to-eat food intended to be heated as a sole ingredient not immediately heated to 145 degrees F after bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. - prep area: Bare hand contact with zucchini chopped for later service. Had employee put on gloves **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Garlic in oil at 80°f on cooks line moved to working reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. - Raw shrimp over raw oyster (raw oysters to be served raw) raw shrimp over imitation crab stick - walk in cooler : raw shell eggs above lettuce Eggs relocated to bottom shelf **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-22-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in cooler. - hibachi area: glass door cooler : raw chicken above raw beef Items moved to correct locations **Warning**
22-20-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Warning**
01C-05-4    Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not maintained in chronological order according to the last date they were served in the establishment. Cashier to organize tags at front counter **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. - cook line: steel wool pad Item removed **Corrected On-Site** **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. No certificates of completion for 11 of 12 employees on duty at time of inspection **Warning**
16-53-4    Intermediate - Wash solution in spray-type chemical warewasher less than 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Rinse temperature measured at 99°F **Warning**
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