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Licensee
Name: AJ'S SEAFOOD & OYSTER BAR License Number: SEA5601922
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 06/01/2024
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 116 E HWY 98
DESTIN, FL 32541

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 09/24/2018 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
36-75-4    Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor under shelving coolers and cook line equipment. Under and behind kitchen soda station. Under stack ovens in rear preparation area Floors cleaned during the inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
08B-44-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in kitchen. Fry oil **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-37-4    Basic - Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, warewashing areas or bathroom. Above sushi bar **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 12 dead roaches observed 1 dead roach floor next to the kitchen soda station 6 dead roaches on floor under glass front reach in cooler 1 dead roach on floor under rear preparation table 3 dead roaches on floor under stack ovens 1 dead on floor next to glass front single door cooler. Roaches removed and floors cleaned during the inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
12B-12-4    Basic - 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. Employee Drink with no lid observed on cook line make table. Removed by manager during the inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35B-01-4    Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Rear kitchen door **Warning**
23-07-4    Basic - Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. Upright reach in freezer **Warning**
36-14-4    Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor and/or under cooking equipment Under Fryers cook line **Warning**
14-70-4    Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. Heavy build up observed at condenser **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. Seafood salad and Crab spinach stuffing on cook line make bars. Mac and cheese - Main cook line **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
05-09-4    Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Broiler and salad station **Warning**
14-17-4    Basic - Preparation table shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Saute station **Warning**
14-41-4    Basic - Reach in freezer gasket torn/in disrepair. Upright reach in freezer. **Warning**
14-33-4    Basic - Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Rear preparation area **Warning**
25-06-4    Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Paper Shrimp Bowels Salad station. **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Hand wash sink at Broiler station **Warning**
03D-02-4    High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Whole large Pork butts 56/55/52/53/53°F, Overnight in walk in cooler **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. 0 ppm chlorine Corrected to 100 ppm during the inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35A-02-5    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. Approx 10 small flying insects observed at floor drain under kitchen soda station . Drain and floor cleaned during the inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
08A-05-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Shell eggs over corned beef on cook line reach in cooler . Quail eggs over cooked shrimp in such bar reach in cooler. Raw chicken over open tortilla chips in upright reach in freezer. All raw items moved below ready to eat foods during the inspection **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35A-07-4    High Priority - Small flying insects in bar area. Approx 20 small flying insects observed at soda gun next to the oyster station. **Warning**
01B-03-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to adulteration of food product. Tray of uncovered Red fish contaminated by Ice from walk in freezer condenser. **Warning**
01B-02-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Pork Butts cooling overnight in walk in cooler greater than 6 hrs. 56/55/52/53/53°F **Warning**
22-24-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance on/around soda dispensing nozzles. Kitchen soda station **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
31A-13-4    Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Ware wash / fry station **Warning**
27-16-4    Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Sushi bar hand wash sink hot water 88°F after 3 min. **Warning**
03D-25-4    Intermediate - Large pieces of meat/whole roasts/whole chickens/whole turkeys not cut up into smaller portions to cool. Pork Butts **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. Kit provided by AutoChlor during repairs **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-01-4    Intermediate - Soda gun soiled. Front oyster bar **Warning**
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