International House Of Pancake, 348 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Ft Walton Bch, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKE
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 348 Miracle Strip Pkwy, Ft Walton Bch, FL 32548-5200
License #: 5601795
Total inspections: 17
Last inspection: 08/27/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine.
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Exterior of grease receptacle not clean- clumps of grease/debris buildup.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in reach in freezer- Texas toast, country fried steak.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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. Waitress touched pancakes with bare hands when checking for "doneness". **Corrected On-Site**
08/27/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Large amounts of old food debris under grills and prep tables on cookline.
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Large buildup under/on cookline, exterior of fryers, prep tables, and cold hold units in kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing.in kitchen
  • Basic - Exterior door to water heater closet in disrepair.
  • Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of reach-in cooler/refrigerator. On cookline **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Grease accumulated on kitchen floor behind fryers and cookline
  • Basic - Grease on the ground/pad or around grease receptacle.
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture at Three Compartment Sink.
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. multiple on cookline **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated black debris in dishwashing area (by Three Compartment Sink)
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pooled eggs 51 °F, steak 56 °F, chicken 54 °F, French toast batter 46 °F, butter 56 °F, all less than 4 hours. Inspection coincided with morning rush, units were open and closed multiple times. Manager iced down all out of temp items.
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink.
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Multiple units on cookline. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees (Marie Faulk expired 11/05/13, Kendall Blue expired 10/27/12, Dawn Sanchez 10/17/12, Kathy Fite expired 10/17/12, Sherry Sams expired 10/17/12, and Justin Gristina expired 3/12/12.) To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
6/3/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Behind grill.
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment. Storage room.
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in coolers by cookline.
  • Basic - Ceiling soiled with accumulated food debris. By emergency exit door near ice machine
  • Basic - In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. Dipper well in wait area was cleaned and the spigot was not turned back on per waitress. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Wait area
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Exterior spigot by water meter.
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cookline
  • High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter in wait area 50 °F, and 54 °F, less than 4 hours.
  • High Priority - Raw meat/poultry cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sausage 50 °F, less than 4 hours. Cook had sausage out on cookline, place in reach in cooler to cool down.
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. Exterior spigots.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. By emergency exit door in kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Wait area.
1/24/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Clean utensils or equipment stored in dirty drawer or rack.
  • Basic - Food stored on floor, blueberries, blueberries. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in freezer, blueberries hamburgers bread. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee used tobacco, ate, or drank then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Ham 49°f turkey 46°f in makeline for less than 4 hours. Keep lid closed when not in use.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin.
7/2/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink, cookline.
  • Basic - Bulk milk dispenser with dispensing tube not cut at an angle. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit, cookline. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit, waitress area. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Walkin freezer door will not close, establishment is scheduled to get new walkin cooler/freezer units.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Interior of upright freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue, cookline middle unit.
  • Intermediate - Soap dispenser at handwash sink missing, soap cartridge available for dispensing soap, cookline. New holder has been ordered.
2/28/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in small reachin vooler cookline.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in toppings reachin cooler cookline. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of debris/possible black mold like substance in the interior of ice machine.
  • Critical - Observed internal containers of soap dispensers at handsinks in both restrooms sitting on counter not in dispensers.
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination, platters/lids waitress area. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice bin.
  • Critical - Observed soiled material on coffee cups(3 out of 40). Management stated waitresses are trained to observe coffee cups before using for dirt/debris.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in walkin freezer, hamburgers. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed upright freezer with buildup of ice, cookline next to handsink.
  • Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength, 100ppm corrected to 300ppm. Corrected On Site.
11/2/2012Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Light not functioning, between restrooms.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in toppings reachin cooler cookline.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in waitress area reachin cooler.
  • Critical - Observed cream cheese icing package busted open in case in storage room, product discarded. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed debris accumulated on walkin cooler floor.
  • Observed ice buildup on walkin freezer door.
  • Observed in-use utensil used with moist food not stored in running water of sufficient velocity, corrected next to grits. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut melon at 60 degrees fahrenheit in waitress area reachin cooler.
  • Critical - Observed toxic item stored by utensils, bleach stored over clean dishes. Corrected On Site.
12/22/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
7/8/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
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7/5/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical - Observed buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler, toppings cooler on cookline.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Employee used cell phone in dishwashing area without washing hands when resuming job task. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Employee used cell phone then proceeded to food preparation. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed employee improperly washing hands. Employee washed hands for 4 seconds, not the required 20 seconds. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint, dishwasher.
  • Critical - Observed employees provided in-house training not performing their work duties in a manner consistent with the Food Code requirements, handwashing procedures.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor, pancake mix on cookline.. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor, ranch dressing i n walkin cooler.
  • Observed food/debris accumulated on walkin freezer floor.
  • Observed gaskets with debris build-up, cookline.
  • Observed ice buildup around walkin freezer door.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler/freezer soiled with accumulation of food residue, cookline.
  • Critical - Observed keys next to buns on cookline.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Egg/milk mixture at 62 degrees fahrenheit for less than 4 hours.
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice bin. Repeat Violation.
2/9/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening, opened containers reachin cooker.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw chicken at 49 degrees fahrenheit roast beef at 47 degrees fahrenheit on cookline reac cooler.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in walkin cooler, turkey links. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed food employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food, braclet.
  • Critical. Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Employee picked up item from floor then changed gloves without washing hands.
  • Critical. Observed employee improperly washing hands. Employee went from soiled dishes to clean dishes rinsing hands in rinse water of 3-compartment sink.
  • Critical. Observed employee improperly washing hands. Employee didn't wash hands for appropriate length of time, 5 seconds instead of required 20 seconds.
  • Observed employee with no beard guard/restraint. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed soiled cookline reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets, waitress area.
  • Critical. Observed soil buildup inside ice bin.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted, soiled material on interior of makeline top. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue, toppings reachin cooler. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed interior of cookline reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on utility cart. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed food debris accumulated on walkin freezer floor.
8/18/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed employee with no beard guard/restraint.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets, cookline.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler makeline top soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue, next to fryers..
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on bottom shelf of utility cart.
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment, knives in between grills.
  • Observed garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
3/1/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Violation: 36-11-1 Floors not maintained smooth and durable, tiles missing/briken in walkin freezer.
10/5/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, ranch dressing at 54 degrees fahrenheit 1000 Island dressing at 50 degrees fahrenheit.
  • Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures, reachin cooler at 51 degrees fahrenheit.
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in reachin cooler waitress.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food, dressings in reachin cooler.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint, cook.
  • Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper maximum strength, 200+ ppm in waitress area.
  • Observed sanitizing solution container for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil, cookline.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair, running sink in waitress.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing, filling pot on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing, rinsing coffee pot in waitress area.
  • Floors not maintained smooth and durable, tiles missing/briken in walkin freezer.
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated black debris in dishwashing area.
  • Observed wall and door soiled with accumulated food/dirt debris, walkin cooler area.
  • Observed ceiling tiles in disrepair in dining room.
  • Lights missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers, kitchen.
  • Observed personal care item stored with food, purses on top if ice cream freezer.
10/2/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued
No report available. 5/5/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/12/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 9/2/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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