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Licensee
Name: TROPICAL ISLAND RESTAURANT License Number: SEA6019753
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 12/01/2022
Primary Status: Closed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 400 E BOYNTON BEACH BLVD
BOYNTON BEACH, FL 33435

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Routine - Food 11/09/2022 Facility Temporarily Closed
Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
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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 broth. **Warning**
23-24-4    Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles of chest freezers outside. **Warning**
08B-42-4    Basic - Cooked Food stored outside in chest freezer. As per previous inspection all foods stored in outside freezers have to be kept in the original packaging. No cooked foods can be stored in chest freezers outside. Foods in chest freezer are not in the original packaging. **Warning**
14-11-5    Basic - Equipment in poor repair plywood used as lid for chest freezer outside. Not cleanable. **Warning**
08B-32-4    Basic - Food being prepared outside. Stew cooling outside on top of chest freezer. **Warning**
08B-43-4    Basic - Food stored in a room/shed that is not fully enclosed. Cooked stew cooling outside on top of chest freezer. **Warning**
14-13-4    Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Lids on all chest freezers are in disrepair, rusted and plastic glued on top , no longer cleanable. Bad odor coming from freezers. **Warning**
23-03-4    Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. All chest freezers. **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Rice stored on floor at cook line. **Warning**
06-01-5    Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Thawing ground beef on the floor next to mop sink outside back door. Operator moved inside cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
29-03-4    Basic - Water draining onto floor surface from hand washing sink in kitchen. **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 landing on cooked Fish. 1 live fly in pot contains beef stew. 1 live fly on fried plantains. 1 live fly on microwave. All items in kitchen, next to cook line. See stop sale **Warning**
14-31-5    High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with Mac n cheese. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-02-6    High Priority - Raw ground beef stored over or with ready-to-eat cooked stew in a chest freezer outside.- not all products commercially packaged. **Warning**
01B-13-4    High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies landing on cooked Fish. 1 live fly in pot contains beef stew. 1 live fly on fried plantains. All items in kitchen, next to cook line. See stop sale **Warning**
03A-02-5    High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Coleslaw 82°F, prepared 2 hours ago, no refrigerator available to hold cold. 3 bus bins with Cooked Pork 57°F removed from cold holding one hour ago. Operator placed back in chest freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03B-01-6    High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken 120°F, fish 112°F, beef stew 99°F, pork bones 99°F, operator stated all items cooked 2 hours ago and left out instead of hot holding. Inadequate hot holding equipment, to keep all foods hot. Operator placed chicken and pork bones in outside chest freezer. **Warning**
53A-10-4    Intermediate - Certified food manager unable to answer basic Food Code questions pertaining to safe operation of establishment. Food manager doesn't know proper reheating 165°F for hot holding temperature. **Warning**
04-02-4    Intermediate - Inadequate number/capacity of cold holding units to maintain time/temperature control for safety food at proper temperatures. Establishment is cooking to much food, with no means to properly cool or cold hold items. 3 bus bins with cooked pork 57°F, coleslaw 82°F, no refrigerators to hold foods cold. Chest freezers are already full. **Warning**
04-09-4    Intermediate - Inadequate number/capacity of hot holding units to maintain time/temperature control for safety food at proper temperatures. Steam table is to small to hot hold all foods being cooked. Operator placed chicken at 120°F into chest freezer to cool. Other frozen foods slacking. See stop sale Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken 120°F, fish 112°F, beef stew 99°F, pork bones 99°F, operator stated all items cooked 2 hours ago and left out instead of hot holding because of inadequate hot holding equipment. Steam table already full. **Warning**
14-16-4    Intermediate - Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. Cracked container containing plantains. **Warning**
53A-17-1    Intermediate - Person in charge not ensuring employees are properly maintaining the temperatures of time/temperature control for safety foods during hot and cold holding. Cold and hot Foods are being stored at room temperature on kitchen shelf's next to cook line and under steam table. **Warning**
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