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Licensee
Name: SACRED SPICE TAMPA BAY License Number: SEA6216901
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 2325 ULMERTON RD STE 28
CLEARWATER, FL 33762

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 12/15/2021 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
14-01-5    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plates used as scoopers for spinach in walk-in cooler. **Warning**
21-05-5    Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Employees using cloth to hood and place dough into tandoori oven **Warning**
08B-20-4    Basic - Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. Dented can of chick peas on dry storage shelf. Operator segregated **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-03-4    Basic - Dead roaches on premises. 1 dead roach behind bar. Operator swept up roach **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12B-07-4    Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on dish drying rack **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee tomatoes and lemons not marked and segregated in sliding door reach-in cooler next to prep sink **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 3 employees **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Handwash sink of employee restroom is being held up by broom sticks **Warning**
36-22-4    Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Under three compartment sink, dish machine, and stove Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Dish machine area and near prep sink of kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-17-5    Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair and/or in disrepair. Near floor drain of cook line. **Warning**
10-20-4    Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs on handle of tandoori oven **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-08-4    Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave on cook line soiled **Warning**
08B-12-5    Basic - Stored food not covered. Cooked rice and chicken in tall double door reach-in coolers near expo. Chutney in sliding door reach-in cooler near prep sink. Chicken, potatoes, and chutney in walk-in cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
29-03-4    Basic - Water draining onto floor surface. Water from three compartment sink drains onto floor **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Squeeze bottles of food coloring on line. Spice containers of kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Dented can of chick peas on dry storage shelf **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. Discussed with operator to set up three compartment sink **Warning**
09-01-4    High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee garnished dish with herbs and had no gloves on. Did not observe cross contamination p. Discussed with operator to have employees wash hands and wear gloves when touching foods that won't be subsequently heated **Warning**
35A-02-6    High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies near rear exit. 6 live flies on dish rack. 1 live fly near prep sink of kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over dough in tall Coca Cola cooler of cook line. Employee rearranged **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03A-02-5    High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Double door reach-in cooler across stove: veggie balls cooked 49°F, cooked egg plant 49°F, heavy cream 59°F Expo line: Green chutney 67°F. Per employee it has been out less than 4 hours. Employee placed in reach-in cooler. On stove top: Cream sauce 63°F. Employee placed in cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on reach-in coolers of cook line. **Warning**
31A-09-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink behind bar is blocked by trash can **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
16-37-1    Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No test kit for chlorine **Warning**
31B-02-4    Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. 2 of 3 handwash sinks behind bar **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. Hot water shut off at handwash sink of employee restroom. Ran for 2 minutes 76°F. One of three handwash sinks has water turned off behind bar. Discussed with operator that water at handwash sinks must always be on **Warning**
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