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Licensee
Name: LA NUEVA CANTINA License Number: SEA6217087
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2021
Primary Status: Ownership Changed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 1625 4 ST S
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33701

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 07/02/2019 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
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bulk food **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior bulk food containers, walk in cooler shelving, reach in cooler gaskets, motor area reach in freezer **Warning**
24-05-4    Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
36-03-4    Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. Dish area and kitchen **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 1 under shelf by walk in cooler **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
24-08-4    Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Cups and containers **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Cutting board with cut marks and no longer cleanable, clean equipment storage shelving with rust, reach in freezer gasket, reach in cooler gasket two door back prep, walk in cooler shelving with rust that has pitted the surface, plastic lids **Warning**
35B-01-4    Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Kitchen Wall soiled. Kitchen **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Lime juice in storage closet **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Oven **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-52-4    Basic - Nonfood-contact surfaces not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance. Barewood wall in outside bar **Warning**
29-49-5    Basic - Observed standing water in bottom of reach-in cooler. Bar reach in coolers and cold drawers **Warning**
16-46-4    Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
06-05-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Raw fish and cooked lobster meat **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
29-17-4    Basic - Waste line missing at soda gun holster. 1 in Bar **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe under bar three compartment sink **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles **Warning**
12A-29-4    High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cleaning spray sink by dish machine to clean dishes- manager had employee wash hands **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35A-02-5    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. 2 by drain in bar, 1 in women's restroom **Warning**
01D-01-4    High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Haddock- contacted food supplier **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. Southwest chimi's 51°f, corn 44°f, chicken mix 45°f, ceviche 45°f, sour cream 51°f, Pico de Gallo 46°f, shredded cheese 47°f, cut cabbage 52°f, salsa 47°f, ham 47°f, Sour cream 44°f, Salsa 46°f- repairman on site at time of inspection **Corrective Action Taken** **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. Raw chicken over raw beef and raw beef over raw fish single door reach in cooler cook line- rearranged **Corrected On-Site** **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. Black bean salsa 6/19/19 **Warning**
01B-24-4    High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Black bean salsa 6/19/19 **Warning**
41-11-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with single-service items. Gap filler over aluminum lids **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Cutting boards **Warning**
12A-03-4    Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. three compartment sink- manager had employee wash hands in three compartment sink **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
27-09-4    Intermediate - No cold running water at hand wash sink. Server station **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Dish area **Corrected On-Site** **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. Ceviche **Warning**
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