El Atlakat Restaurants, 8984 Taft St, Pembroke Pines, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: El Atlakat Restaurants
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 8984 Taft St, Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
License #: 1618436
Total inspections: 19
Last inspection: 10/08/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • No Violations Were Observed
10/08/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Kitchen. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. See stop sale. Talales In Walkin cooked yesterday at 47-48°. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Soup 121°, beans 125°, placed foods on stove on reheat to 178-181°, corrective action taken. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Steam table at 121° soup, black beans 125°, turned up steam to 151°, corrective action taken. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Beef over fish and beef over yuca. Corrected action taken, moved meats, Walkin freezer. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit. Raw steak over raw chicken, cookline, inverted, corrective action taken, cookline cooler. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Black beans and tamales in walkin not cooled properly. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Containers with potatoes, rice, onions in kitchen. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Tamales cooked last night at 47-48° in walkin, stop sale. Black beans in walkin at 49-51°, placed in 5 gallon buckets to cool. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Washing wipe cloths @ front counter. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. Cooks at cookline. PIC. gave cooks thermometer, I demonstrated how to calibrate. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Black beans, tamales in walkin. **Warning**
08/07/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Google online.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 200 ppm, 100 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Cut lettuce/cabbage/spinach/kale/chard cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce 68°, cut tomato 54°, placed ice over, corrective action taken.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. Washed hands, **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken 55°, beef 55° constant opening of doors, placed ice over meats, corrective action taken 49°.
6/25/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination, turned upside down, **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses, front counter, replaced in bucket, **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength, 0 ppm, 50 ppm added chlorix, **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooled in quantity deeper than 4 inches, beans in walkin, moved to small containers, **Corrected On-Site**
4/22/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Do not use dishes/equipment not properly sanitized.
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Observed at 2 rear doors near bathrooms.
  • Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Observed between steam table and flip top RIC. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Observed in flour bin. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. Observed beans covered during cooling. **Corrected On-Site**
11/4/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
5/8/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner, pots **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Clean knives/utensils stored in crevices between equipment. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Food stored on floor, poultry, **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container, no handle scoop, **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface, mop sink
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • High Priority - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Wiping cloth 0 ppm, 50 ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in reach-in freezer y not all products commercially packaged. Poultry over beef, cookline **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer y not all products commercially packaged. Eggs over fish. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing, front counter, **Corrected On-Site**
3/1/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Clean glasses, cups, utensils, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength-0 ppm-dishmachine Corrected On Site. 50ppm. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment stored in dirty drawers, racks, vestibules or toilet rooms, or between equipment/walls--next to garbage can. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable-2 in kitchen.
  • Observed establishment using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface.-cutting block wood by back door.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat-rice, boulon.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation.--chicken over beef-cookline Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice bin-kitchen
  • Critical - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation-back door.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit-plantains, fries
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked-walkin, sauces, beans in white container.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name-walkin-sauces, beans.
10/5/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - oberved dishwasher sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. corrected on site.
  • Critical - observed an open beverage on a prep table. corrected on site. moved to a shelf.
  • observed buildup of grease in hood and filters.
  • Critical - observed card board boxes in walk in cooler and walk in freezer floor. corrected on site.
  • Critical - observed cold holding equipment incapable of maintain prepared hot food at proper temperture. cookline reachin cooler.
  • Critical - observed expired training certificate.
  • Critical - observed prepared hot food held at greater than 41 degrees fahrenheit meats food in the flip top cookline reachin cooler. corrected on site. moved to the walkin cooler.
  • Critical - observed prepared hot food held at less than 135 fahrenheit - plantain - implemented time control.
  • observed reachin cooler gaskets in disrepair.
  • observed single service article not inverted. corrected on site.
  • Critical - single use glove not changed when needed, changing from raw to ready to eat food with out changing gloves. corrected on site.
6/29/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Ceiling not smooth and easily cleanable. acoustic tiles in prep areas. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. desserts reach in cooler. operator turned the unit colder.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed dispensing equipment that allows contamination. no-handled cup inside beans container. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. when changing gloves. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. pork at 120 degrees fahrenheit and yucca at 118 degrees fahrenheit at the prep area, after 45 min pork at 114 degrees fahrenheit and yucca at 112 degrees fahrenheit. Corrected On Site. placed in shallow pans and moved inside the walk in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. walk in freezer. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese on top of the cookline reach in cooler. Corrected On Site. moved inside the cooler.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. flan, cheese in the desserts reach in cooler, less than 4h out of temperature according to Mgr. operator turned the unit colder.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. raw eggs over beans in a walk in cooler. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. sanitizer. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. fried plantains, Corrected On Site. implemented time control procedure.
  • Critical - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. cookline. handling shell eggs then cooked beef without changing gloves. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
1/11/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Ceiling not smooth and easily cleanable. acoustic tiles in prep areas.
  • Critical - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. employee restroom. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed dispensing equipment that allows contamination. no-handled cup/bowl inside rice container. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. when changing gloves. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed employee handling soiled equipment or utensils then engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. diswashing area. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cheese mix at the prep area. less than 4h out of temperature according to PIC. Corrected On Site. implemented time control
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. pupusas mix (plant food) in the cookline reach in cooler. less than 4 h out of temperature according to PIC.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. raw meat over ham in the walk in freezer. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. walk in cooler.
  • Critical - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Corrected On Site.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
7/20/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Ceiling not smooth and easily cleanable. acoustic tiles in prep areas.
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. beans in the walk-in cooler.
  • Critical - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. employee restroom.
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. flour. Corrected On Site.
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice).
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
3/1/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. flour
  • Critical. Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Corrected On Site. moved to a cooler
  • Critical. Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. when changing gloves. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed dispensing equipment that allows contamination. no-handled cup inside beans container.
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. hood & filters.
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
11/8/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. wic
  • Critical. Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. cooling in tightly closed containers. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface. tortillas. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. mopsink
  • Critical. Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. employee restroom
  • Ceiling not smooth and easily cleanable. acoustic tiles in prep areas.
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle.
7/23/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. PHF in WIC.
  • Critical. Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. beans at the prep area. Corrected On Site. moved to the WIF.
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor. WIC. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. rice. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed bare hand contact of ready-to-eat food by employees and establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure in effect. Corrected On Site. gloves.
  • In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. in crevices between equipment. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed employee switch from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. employee's restroom
3/8/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. flour
  • Critical. Observed food not maintained frozen in a freezer. food not frozen solid in WIC.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. employees restroom.
  • Ceiling not smooth and easily cleanable. acoustic tiles in prep area.
10/23/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 5/26/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 3/24/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued
No report available. 11/3/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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