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Licensee
Name: PEPOS CUBAN CAFE License Number: SEA6215181
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 9939 4 ST N
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33702

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 04/14/2022 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
22-20-5    Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. **Warning**
16-03-4    Basic - Accumulation of debris inside warewashing machine. Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board of front line **Warning**
08B-20-4    Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. Bucket of plantains on floor of walk-in cooler. **Warning**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on drying rack shelf **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Food debris behind cooking equipment on line. Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. On cook line and in dish pit area. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on oven door handle **Warning**
23-03-4    Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of oven, exterior of hot box **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-12-5    Basic - Stored food not covered. Repa vieja, cooked ground beef, and peeled plantains in walk-in cooler not covered **Warning**
33-06-4    Basic - Trash receptacles not provided where needed in establishment. In dish pit area **Warning**
21-09-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean. Front line **Warning**
08A-05-6    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over tartar sauce in tall double door reach-in cooler at end of cook line. Discussed proper food storage Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw bacon over unwashed tomatoes in walk-in cooler.. discussed proper food storage Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw beef over empanadas and meatballs in triple door reach-in freezer of back storage area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-02-5    High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Hot box near walk-in cooler: chicken stock 117 degrees F. Per employee it was left in box over night flan 48 degrees F cheese cake 48 degrees F, tres leches 47 degrees F, bread pudding 49 degrees F, rice pudding 54 degrees F exterior of packaging. Employee stated no temperatures taken this morning and desserts were left on there over night. Stop sale issued **Warning**
03A-02-5    High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Front display cooler: flan 48 degrees F cheese cake 48 degrees F, tres leches 47 degrees F, bread pudding 49 degrees F, rice pudding 54 degrees F exterior of packaging. Employee stated no temperatures taken this morning and desserts were left on there over night. Stop sale issued **Warning**
03F-02-5    High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control can be determined. Multiple food on cook line.
03B-01-6    High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Oven on cook line: cooked chicken 124 degrees F. Operator turned oven up Hot box near walk-in cooler: chicken stock 117 degrees F. Per employee it was left in box over night. Stop sale issued Discussed with operator to place plantains in deeper pans when brought up to line or place on time **Warning**
41-10-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Terro pesticide container on prep table. Operator removed **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on cook line. Cutting board of front line **Warning**
02C-02-5    Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked ground beef, ropa vieja, cooked pork in walk-in cooler not date marked from 2 days ago **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
27-16-4    Intermediate - Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Handwash sink of dish pit area had hot water shut off. Operator turned back on **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
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