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Licensee
Name:
LAS TOTORITAS
License Number:
SEA1613200
Rank:
Seating
License Expiration Date:
12/01/2025
Primary Status:
Current
Secondary Status:
Active
Location Address:
7665 PINES BLVD PEMBROKE PINES, FL 33024-6912
Inspection Information
Inspection Type
Inspection Date
Result
High Priority Violations
Intermediate Violations
Basic Violations
Routine - Food
09/24/2024
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 - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
Employee closed top water bottle on top shelf in server area above small to go containers and silverware containers.
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
Lime squeezer in container of standing water in service window. Manager dumped water. **Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.
Employee put on gloves to cut onions without first washing hands. Reviewed with manager proper hand wash procedures to discuss with staff. **Corrective Action Taken**
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce.
In walk in cooler, flats of raw shell eggs above boxes of artichoke hearts. Manager inverted for proper separation. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food.
1) In kitchen fliptop unit lower cooler, container of raw prepped chicken above open container of cooked rice and container of raw shell eggs above containers of portioned sauces. Manager rearranged all items for proper separation.
2) In back of walk in cooler, containers of raw fish above containers of portioned cooked seafood mix. Manager inverted items for proper separation.
**Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature.
In walk in cooler, bag of trimmed raw chicken above container of raw beef. Manager inverted for proper separation. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate - Ambient air thermometer in holding unit not accurate within plus or minus 3 degrees Fahrenheit.
Walk in cooler exterior thermometer reading 48F - unchanged during inspection. All food items inside at proper temperature. Manager placed new thermometer inside unit; temperature dropped to 39F. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times.
Pot full of dirty water in kitchen hand sink. Manager removed pot to dish area. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
At hand sink by front corner of kitchen. Manager replaced. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.
At hand sink at front corner of kitchen. Manager replaced. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked.
Containers of sauces in walk in cooler missing thawed date mark.
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.
1) Containers of frozen sauces in reach in freezers missing date mark for when prepared.
2) Bottled house made chica morada in kitchen glassfront cooler missing date mark.
3) Containers of prepared sauces in walk in cooler missing date produced.
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