Green Tea, 10039 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: GREEN TEA
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 10039 San Jose Blvd, Jacksonville, FL 32257
License #: 2614114
Total inspections: 12
Last inspection: 5/15/2013

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

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  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 3 employees cooking and prepping food. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Non food grade mixer and whip in use.
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage ' direct contact with food. Plastic shoe storage boxes.
5/15/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Cleaned and sanitized equipment or utensils not properly stored. Set on egg flats. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Designated employee eating/drinking/smoking area located in a food preparation or other restricted area causing possible cross contamination. Open container of soup set on shelf over bulk bins.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Open canned drink on table where prepping food.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 3 employees cooking and prepping food. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food contaminated by unsanitized equipment. See stop sale. Draining food on colander set on egg flats.
  • Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Non food grade mixer and whip in use.
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handles left in bulk bin products.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Rear hand wash sink by triple sink.
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food.
  • Basic - Reuse of single-use plastic round containers. Refilled with other food.
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk round containers in rear of store.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food.
  • High Priority - First aid supplies improperly stored. On prep table top shelf, boxes of band aids.
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage y direct contact with food. Plastic shoe storage boxes.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. All items in low reach in 2 door unit were 57-58 degrees F.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. See stop sale.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer y not all products commercially packaged.
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. D D CHEN
  • Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment.
  • Intermediate - Pans of cooling potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food were stacked too high to allow for proper cooling. Pans of boneless chicken prices on speed rack.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooled in quantity deeper than 4 inches. Large plastic bucket filled with chicken broth left out at room temperature was 102?. Corrective action: Placed into walk in freezer in smaller buckets.
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. Noodles in walk in were covered with plastic wrap. 66?
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food left at room temperature to cool. Chicken broth in kitchen. Corrective action: placed into walk in freezer.
  • 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. Low 2 door reach in in front part of kitchen.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date Egg rolls. Cooked twice a week. **Repeat Violation**
2/28/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable, wet towels under cutting boards.
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed clean equipment stored on used egg flats.
  • Critical - Observed employees food not marked in reach in cooler.
  • Observed employees with no hair restraint.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor, walk in freezer.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. Cooked foods in walk in. Corrected On Site, discarded.
  • Critical - Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed, wet towel bucket over 200 ppm chlorine.
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. Cleaver.
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Eggrolls cooked twice a week.
  • Critical - Rear Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Blocked by items stored inside.
10/4/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Low reach in cooler at entrance to cookline.
  • Critical - No current proof of required employee training provided. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. All foodhandler cards expired.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Storing lids, hand sink near walk in cooler, also missing handwash sign.
  • Critical - Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Raw shrimp behind water chestnuts, raw eggs behind cooked pork, both in make table reach in cooler at cookline. Corrected On Site. Reversed storage practice.
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. Egg crates re-used to store pans. Corrected On Site. Removed.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Multiple ready to eat foods in walk in cooler.
  • Critical - Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Rear exit door.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. Corn starch and water at cookline. Corrected On Site. Marked time.
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. Both sides of splitter at mop sink faucet.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep table in rear of kitchen. Corrected On Site. Placed in bucket.
  • Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0 ppm. Corrected On Site. 70 ppm.
5/21/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. wet towels under cutting boards
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • Observed build-up of mold-like substance on surface of nonfood-contact surface. reach in cooler gaskets walk in cooler gaskets
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. Corrected On Site-discarded
  • Critical - Observed employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area. over bulk ffood product in dry storage
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. General Tso, Sweet nSour Chicken Corrected On Site.- discarded , discussed thee proper use of Time as a Public Health Control , paperwork given
8/10/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing, less than 50ppm.
  • Critical - Establishment does not have a written copy of their approved Alternative Operating Procedure for bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food.
  • Critical - Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed, CURRENT .
  • Critical - Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface, EGG FLAT: Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor, 8 PLASTIC CONTAINERS : WALKIN COOLER :
  • Observed nonfood-grade containers used for food storage, USING CAN AFTER OPENED.
  • Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength.
6/1/2011Routine - 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. Throughout walkin cooler
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. Flour bins, and in bucket of soy sauce Repeat Violation.
  • Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Using non food grade drill with attachment, as a mixer
  • Observed nonfood-grade bags and containers used for food storage. Plastic grocery store bags in walkin cooler full of cooked meats. And in walkin freezer both bags and plastic container
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. By wok station
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. White upright reachin cooler. Two door reachin cooler opposite white on Repeat Violation.
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. Knifes stored between make table cooler and prep table Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed single-service articles improperly stored. To go containers not stored inverted, on shelf
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. Plastic vinegar container cut and used as a scoop
  • Critical. Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. By walkin freezer. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Utencil and plastic scoop in handsink at end of cook line. And bowls in handsink by walkin freezer Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. Backdoor of kitchen
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated grease. Hood filters Repeat Violation.
  • Light not functioning. Under hood. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Sanitizer bucket with bleach at 350ppm Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed extension cord in use for non-temporary period. For reporting purposes only. Behind make table cooler
7/22/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor. Bag of onions partially stored on floor Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. In sugar container and RTE rice Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed lightly soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Reach in cooler on line
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. Knifes between fridge and counter
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. cans throughout kitchen
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated grease. Hood filters
  • Light not functioning. 4 lights out under hood
4/22/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken 61-on counter-placed back in cooler-REPEAT VIOLATION MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. meat/eggs over sauces Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor. boxes in freezer
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. chicken Repeat Violation.
  • Observed nonfood-grade containers used for food storage. shoebox type plastic boxes Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Outer openings not protected with self-closing doors. onsite, but not installed Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed extension cord/multi plug adapter in use for non-temporary period. For reporting purposes only. Repeat Violation.
9/11/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 5/29/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/13/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 8/14/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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