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Licensee
Name:
CHINA BUFFET
License Number:
SEA3911556
Rank:
Seating
License Expiration Date:
02/01/2023
Primary Status:
Ownership Changed
Secondary Status:
Location Address:
1245 E FOWLER AVE TAMPA, FL 33612
Inspection Information
Inspection Type
Inspection Date
Result
High Priority Violations
Intermediate Violations
Basic Violations
Routine - Food
03/15/2022
Follow-up Inspection Required Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. More information about inspections.
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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.
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Both ice machine near side door that leads to dumpster area have mold build up inside.
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. iPad on seasoning bin.
Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of chicken on floor of freezer and walk in cooler near dishwasher. Operator placed buckets of chicken on to shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Shrimp and oyster bowl on buffet line near front door. Utensil handle in flour and rice bin
High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee was sitting at side with cell phone and touching clothes then went to cook chicken on cook line.
High Priority - Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. Establishment is using a non approved bleach in three compartment sink and sanitizer buckets.
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken in bin that on top of raw crab. Operator removed chicken bin from reach in freezer. Raw chicken over uncovered raw beef in walk in cooler near dishwashing area. Operator rearranged bins of food. **Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Self-service buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. Establishment ice cream containers do not prevent the scoop and the customers hands and arms from going below the top of the container in which the ice cream is displayed. Ice cream containers are approximately 18 inches deep.
Intermediate - Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Quaternary test strips are being used for chlorine sanitizer.
Intermediate - Serving utensil not provided for each food item at self-service salad bar/buffet. Establishment does not have a running water dipper-well for utensils and each container of ice cream does not have a utensil.
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