La Casita Mexican Restaurant, 20 N Orange Ave, Green Cove Springs, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: LA CASITA MEXICAN RESTAURANT
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 20 N Orange Ave, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
License #: 2001091
Total inspections: 6
Last inspection: 09/26/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Multiple **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. In chest freezer by back door
  • Basic - Paper towel used as liner for food container.
  • Basic - Reuse of single-use articles. Gallon milk jug reused for horchata
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. In white reach in freezer **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food reheated in a microwave oven for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Refried beans 148°. Corrective action-reheated to 165 in microwave
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw egg on tomato container, reach in cooler on cook line. Inside white reach in also **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in chest freezer - all products not commercially packaged. Chicken over beef, chest freezer by back door
  • Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Certificates are photocopies **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
09/26/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. On chicken
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. On cook line
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. In white reach in freezer
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Bowl of beef 90° on shelf under steam table. Voluntarily discarded
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. Menudo dated 1/25/14 voluntarily discarded
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Lighter on food containers in top of reach in cooler
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Certificates are photocopies
2/5/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
8/12/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Rear prep table
  • Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available.
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Fish
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • 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. Taco bowls
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked items in cooler at cookline at 46-50°f
  • High Priority - Raw fish cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At 70° f in standing water : improper thawing
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Cooked meats at dated 7-27-13
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Cooked foods in cooler . Fish at70°f
  • Intermediate - Employee rinsed utensil in handwash sink. Large spoon
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Handwash sink in kitchen **Corrected On-Site**
8/9/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl, rice
  • Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Paper towels under taco shells
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored in kitchen not covered. Tortilla shells
  • Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 74? **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. Upright units
  • High Priority - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. Seafood soup dated 3/8/13 voluntarily discarded.
3/25/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. two containers of rice 107-117 on bottom shelf under steam table. Corrective action=iced.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. 80'F Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed towel used as a food-contact surface. multiple
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. knife at make table
10/11/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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