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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 10/03/2019 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
08B-45-4    Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer, ice and potatoes on floor. **Warning**
29-18-4    Basic - Drain cover(s) missing, ar cumpster area. **Warning**
12B-02-4    Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Drink on cook line. Employee moved to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Observed book bags, phones, and keys in kitchen area. Employees removed items from kitchen area. **Warning**
13-07-4    Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food, cook at prep station. **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation, cook at prep station. **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed walk-in cooler leaking droplets of water from the ceiling. Bakery table shelf bottoms rusted, not easily cleanable. Broken handle at prep reach-in cooler. Tape holding up grates at hood. **Warning**
33-20-4    Basic - Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. Grease on ground in front of exterior mop sink. **Warning**
36-24-5    Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall, observed a 12"x14" hole in wall at cook line, covered with duct tape. **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. Flour scoop with handle in flour. Employee removed scoop from flour. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
33-33-4    Basic - Large amount of unused equipment/supplies present, back of walk-in freezer, exterior of building. **Warning**
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Warning**
35B-03-4    Basic - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors, back door and exterior walk-in cooler. **Warning**
23-05-4    Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface, interior hood at end of cook line, near wall. Soiled bottom. at prep reach-in cooler. **Warning**
21-10-4    Basic - Soiled dry wiping cloth in use, cook on cook line had dry soiled towel used for hand wiping. **Warning**
29-20-5    Basic - Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink, three-compartment sink, or mop sink. Mop sink, exterior. **Warning**
42-04-4    Basic - Storage of tools on shelf above or with food. Power sprayer stored with food and dish ware, near can rack in kitchen. **Warning**
08B-63-4    Basic - Unpackaged food in an unprotected holding unit in a customer/nonsecure area. Pie display case located in customer seating area. **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed squeeze bottles in kitchen without labels. Employees labeled bottles. **Warning**
41-07-4    High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored, with single service items. Employee moved to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-18-4    High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Observed cook on cook line had dry soiled towel used for hand wiping. **Warning**
12A-05-4    High Priority - Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cook took drink from cup, no hand wash(ing). Cook washed hands after instruction provided. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03A-02-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed at Bakery area - ambient butter 82°F, held overnight. Observed on cookline cold holding since 7 am - corned beef hash 56°F. Operator voluntarily discarded food. **Warning**
02C-01-4    High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Chili dated 9/18 found in walk-in cooler. Employee discarded food. **Warning**
28-25-4    High Priority - Sewage/wastewater backed up in mop sink at exterior of restaurant. **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. Observed at Bakery area - ambient butter 82°F, held overnight. Observed on cookline cold holding since 7 am - corned beef hash 56°F. Operator Operator voluntarily discarded food. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Chili dated 9/18 found in walk-in cooler. Employee discarded food. **Warning**
41-02-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Machine oil stored near slicer at prep table. **Warning**
41-27-4    High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizer solution exceeds the maximum concentration allowed, 400 ppm quaternary ammonium first reading, second reading at 300 ppm quaternary ammonium. **Warning**
22-22-4    Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Warning**
22-07-4    Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris. **Warning**
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