Name: VASHTI'S WEST INDIAN RESTAURANT, INC
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1310 34 St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33713
License #: 6211546
Total inspections: 3
Last inspection: 4/21/2014
Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. In back prep area.
Basic - Open dumpster lid.
Basic - Uncovered food stored near sink exposed to splash. Beside hand sink in back prep area.
Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated food debris. Behind crock pots in back kitchen area.
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. Employee making a roti, fried bread sandwich with garbanzo beans. Bread already prepared/fried. **Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Operator not using sanitizer as a final step in her dish process. **Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.Goat 72°, curry chicken 110° **Corrected On-Site**
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Selled eggs over good potatoe in reach in in back prep area.
Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. In men's restroom. 96°
Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification.
Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
2/17/2014
Routine - Food
Warning Issued
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In rice and chick peas.
Basic - Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair. Throughout kitchen.
Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Under hand sink beside 3 comp
Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. At kitchen hand wash sink
Basic - Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. At front counter
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Large rubber maid containers not labeled with product content.
Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
Intermediate - No metal stem-type thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At kitchen hand sink.
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. At kitchen hand wash sink.
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