La Tapatia, 409 W Main St, Immokalee, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: La Tapatia
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 409 W Main St, Immokalee, FL 34142
License #: 2102658
Total inspections: 10
Last inspection: 09/19/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • No Violations Were Observed
09/19/2014Routine - FoodAdmin. Complaint Callback Complied
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food.
08/29/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. **Warning**
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature. Pork thawing at room temperature . **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Raw animal food stored above unwashed produce. Raw fish and beef over limes in walkin cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef, chicken, etc in reachin cooler at 46-47°F, and beef, fish, etc in walkin cooler at 45-47°F. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink by 3 compartment sink **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink by register **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Reachin cooler by steam table at 52°F ambient temperature. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Walk-in cooler not maintaining potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food at proper temperatures. Do not store potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food in this unit until the unit is capable of maintaining foods at 41 degrees Fahrenheit or colder. Walkin cooler ambient temperature 47°F. **Warning**
6/26/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of produce food stored on floor in walk-in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Soup at 53-56°F overnight. In walkin cooler, voluntarily discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooled in quantity deeper than 4 inches. Soup in large deep pans over four inches, and covered in walkin cooler still at 53-56°F. Soups voluntarily discarded. Soups made this morning moved to shallower pans to allow for proper cooling. **Corrected On-Site**
2/15/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Walkin freezer ambient temperature at 35°F, repairman called and is scheduled to come and repair unit today 8/21/13. Walkin freezer is maintaining food at below 41°F, some food is still partially frozen.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Tomatoes sitting on top of raw shell eggs. To,stores voluntarily discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. No date,asking on premises.
8/21/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
1/29/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - No proof of required state approved employee training provided. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
  • Observed nonfood-grade containers used for food storage. Grocery bags used to store several different food items, operator educated on proper food grade containers **Warning**
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw beef over pumpkin pie in walkin cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
11/30/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Small Reachin cooler by cookline ambient temperature 50F, all potentially hazardous food moved to other working coolers. KEEP THIS COOLER EMPTY UNTIL AMBIENT TEMPERATURE IS MAINTAINED AT 41F OR BELOW. Please fax repair report to district office in Fort Myers.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink by 3compartment sink lacking proper hand drying provisions, dispenser does not dispense enough paper towels to dry hands, approx 3 inches each time dispensed.
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Beef on floor in walkin freezer . Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sour cream in reachin cooler by cookline at 55F, all other foods are fresh made this morning.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. Raw chicken over raw beef in walkin cooler . Also raw chicken over eggs in reachin cooler by steam table. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle, woth blue cleaner inside stored by paper and plastic goods.
8/13/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink by front register. Sink missing hot water line.
  • Critical - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food covered while cooling. Rice cooling in walkincooler with lid on bin. Corrected On Site. Bin removed, operator reeducated on cooling procedures.
  • Critical - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw Beef and chicken and shell eggs over tortilla shells in reachincooler by steam table . Corrected On Site.
4/10/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Manager lacking proof of Food Manager Certification.
  • Critical - No Certified Food Manager for establishment.
2/1/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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