Big Apple Pizza, 2311 S 35 St, Ft Pierce, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: BIG APPLE PIZZA
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 2311 S 35 St, Ft Pierce, FL 34947
License #: 6602227
Total inspections: 12
Last inspection: 2/25/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Accumulation of food debris/soil residue on handwash sink.
  • Basic - Alternative Operating Procedure does not include provision requiring thorough washing of the hands and use of a chemical hand antiseptic solution.
  • Basic - Alternative Operating Procedure for bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food not reviewed annually by the operator.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.bottle of water on pizza prep table.
  • Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Including vitamins.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation-1 male employee.
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on walk-in freezer floor.
  • Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water-frozen chicken in 3 comp sink.
  • Basic - Reach-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair-pizza box.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with single-service items. Tile and Shower cleaner stored over single service items in dry storage room.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink-front counter.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. Link sausage cooling in walk in cooler with cover snapped tightly. Temped at 75° after 1/2 hour.
2/25/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.slider door handles and track at bulk deli meats cooler.
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. LONG BOARD AT SALAD/sandwich making unit. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee with ineffective hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Young lady helping package school lunches.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Wooden pizza paddle chipped, chunked and split.
  • Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair and dirty. Salad/ sandwich make table by office area.
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage _ direct contact with food. Sterilite container used for bread crumbs.
  • High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink.
  • Intermediate - Food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Divided tray used to hold ketchup packets etc.
  • Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
9/24/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.replaced with new one **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination.
  • High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly.0 ppm. Jug empty changed jug 100 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.italian sausage h.h 127? recommend to reheat to 165?
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.dishes in hand sink **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Heavy Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.front counter **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink.cook line
3/25/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions.front line. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed bowl being scoop pizza sauce in the walk in cooler
  • Critical - Observed buildup of soiled material on racks in the walk-in cooler.
  • Observed cook line cutting boards moderately grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. recommend resurface Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.opened bodies of deli meats in the walk in cooler Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked.cooked wings Corrected On Site.
10/25/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Employee remade sanitizer-50-100 ppm.
  • Multiuse food-contact surface not smooth, free of breaks/cracks/chips/pits/crevices. Pizza paddles grooved, pitted and cracked.
  • Observed cutting board heavily grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable-salad box.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint-young man prepping in back kitchen area. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up-salad box.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Observed personal item stored with food-keys, wallet and cell phone stored on pizza counter.
  • Critical - Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Bulk chunks of cold cuts.
  • Observed single-service items stored on floor. Cuttlery and lids on floor in storeroom.
  • Critical - Observed toxic item stored in food preparation area. Stainless steel polish on prep table-in rear.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit-pizza cook says it has been out for 20 minutes. Repeat Violation.
4/3/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Alternative Operating Procedure for bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food not reviewed annually. Operator/owners reviewing now.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions-front counter. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. Chicken wings removed from sheet pan and loaded into deep cambro 15-20 earlier. Advised leaving on sheet pan, cooled to 75F in 2 hours then to 41 in a total of 6 hours.
  • Critical - Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine at 300+ ppm-advised remake.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Water pressure lacking at fixtures that require the use of water-front counter. Corrected On Site.
10/24/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Wooden pizza paddle cracked and split.
  • Critical - Lack of of chemical test kit.
  • Critical - No proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment. Proof must be on site at next inspection to avoid administrative actions.
  • Critical - Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. On table over house pizza holding.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable-salad/sandwich prep table.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint-several throughout kitchen. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. Sliding glass door at salad/sandwich make table-broken glass. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed grease accumulated on kitchen floor near mixer area.
  • Observed old greasy-stained flattened cardboard boxes used as shelf cover.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Critical - Observed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on-site and frozen not properly date marked. Portioned lasagna in walk-in cooler.
  • Observed unnecessary persons in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing area. Visitors of all ages in facility/kitchen area.
  • Critical - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors-rear door. Repeat Violation.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Att least 1 cloth at front counter by cash register. Repeat Violation.
3/28/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor, at least 2 cases of foods on floor in walk-in freezer. Operator states delivered this morning and had not gotten a chance tonput away before lunch hit.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. At least one male involved in food prep has unrestrained wild hair.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair-broken sliding glass type door near sandwich/salad make table.
  • Observed mop/service sink in disrepair-appears sink is not being used. Growth of weeds/dirt etc pretty heavy in drain areas. Mop water must be disposed of in mop/curbed sink at rear of facility.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed moderate amount of black encrusted material on can opener blade. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed heavy build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface-condiment shelf over dough mixer.
  • Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination. Stack at buffet. Operator removed them. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times-front counter area hws has cable/chain in basin.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Critical. Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Back door appears to close with wind/breeze.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item improperly stored. containers of handwash soap stored over single service items in dry storage.
9/8/2010Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor. Bag of ice in freezer, pan of sauce in cooler and other cased items on floor in walk-in freezer.
  • Critical. Observed food employee (cook, dishwasher, wait staff, etc.) washing hands in a sink other than an approved hand wash sink. Employee washed in 3 bin sink.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable-long board at salad/sandwich making area.
  • Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried-employee towel drying items.
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times-clean dishes on dishwash rack in basin.
  • Observed dumpster overflowing garbage sprawled out on pad surrounding bin inside corral.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
4/15/2010Routine - 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-portioned lasagna holding in walk-in cooler. Bulk cold cut pieces in walk-in cooler included.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food-plasti solo cup in basil leaves.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint-females.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable-long board at salad/sandwich making unit. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning-large flat lexan container on shelf over mixer.
  • Critical. Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing 10 ppm.
  • Critical. Observed heavy brown gooey encrusted material on can opener.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of black encrusted material on soda dispensing nozzles and surrounding flat surfaces.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits-spice shelf by mixer.
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored in food preparation area-spray bottle with windex stored on table with proofed dough.
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle on chemical shelf by walk-in freezer.
  • Critical. Electrical outlet missing cover plate-electrical box at knee level under first booth next to side door into outdoor dining area. For reporting purposes only.
11/6/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 4/27/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 11/18/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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