Great Wall Buffet, 1951 S Mccall Rd Unit 13, Englewood, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: GREAT WALL BUFFET
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 1951 S Mccall Rd Unit 13, Englewood, FL 34223
License #: 1801626
Total inspections: 19
Last inspection: 6/9/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Grease accumulated under cooking equipment. Under fryers.
  • Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease.
  • Basic - In-use rice scoop/spoon stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior and exterior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Screen in door torn/in poor repair. Back door.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler and freezer.
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer floor soiled.
  • High Priority - Dented cans present. Corrective Action: operator marked cans for return.
  • 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. Chlorine 0 ppm.
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Cookline.
6/9/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Multiple products. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer floor soiled. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over sauces. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Self-service ice cream station lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. **Warning**
12/26/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
  • Basic - Evidence of employee smoking in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area. Cigarette ashes on canned goods in dry storage area. **Warning**
  • Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler and prep cooler has accumulation of dust/debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Grease on the ground and/or pad around grease receptacle. **Warning**
  • Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Multiple products. **Warning**
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler and freezer. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer floor soiled. **Warning**
  • 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. Multiple products on cold buffet, fresh garlic in oil and cornstarch mixed with water on cookline. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over sauces. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Self-service ice cream station lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of residue in the interior of the ice machine. Waitstation. **Warning**
  • 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. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Soil residue in/on food storage containers. Walk in cooler and dry storage. **Warning**
10/24/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • 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.
  • Basic - Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination.
  • Basic - Shelf under preparation table soiled with food debris.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler.
  • High Priority - Self-service ice cream bar lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination.
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade.
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
  • Intermediate - Soil residue on food storage containers. Prep area
4/4/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. racks in walk in cooler are rusted
  • Critical - Self-service ice cream bar lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination.
11/21/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. racks in walk in cooler are rusted
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. waitstation. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. beer cooler
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated debris. piping behind upright cooker on cookline
  • Observed build-up of mold-like substance on surface of nonfood-contact surface. inside of cabinet under cold buffet
  • Observed build-up of mold-like substance on surface of nonfood-contact surface. molding, side of soda fountain, and piping in waitstation
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. rice scoop. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. inside of cabinet under cold buffet has water damage
  • Observed nonfood-contact equipment in poor repair. water/ice dripping from fan unit in walk in freezer
  • Critical - Observed pesticide-emitting strip present in food prep area. fly strips. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food thawed in standing water. shrimp. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. raw beef stored over cooked rice in cookline upright cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed screen in door torn/in poor repair. back door
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice machine bin. waitstation
  • Critical - Observed soil residue on storage containers. food containers in walk in cooler
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. knife on cookline
  • Critical - Self-service ice cream bar lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. corn starch
9/19/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Ceiling tile damage. dining area
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. waitstation. Corrected On Site.
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. cornstarch, flour. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food employee (cook, dishwasher, wait staff, etc.) washing hands in a sink other than an approved hand wash sink. cook used 3 compartment sink. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. cookline-upright cooler
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. raw beef over cut vegetables in cookline-upright cooler
  • Critical - Observed screen in door torn/in poor repair. back of kitchen
  • Critical - Observed soil buildup inside ice machine bin.
  • Critical - Observed soil residue on food storage containers. in walk in cooler
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. knife on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Self-service ice cream station lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination.
5/1/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated grease. hood system
  • Critical - Observed food stored in a prohibited area. food stored with chemicals in hot waterheater room
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. rice scoop. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. cookline cooler-upright
  • Critical - Observed pesticide-emitting strip present in food prep area. fly strips. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. walk in cooler
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. cookline coolers
  • Critical - Observed single-use gloves reused after changing tasks. buffet worker. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. knives on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. cold products on buffet
  • Critical - Self-service salad bar/buffet lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination. ice cream station
8/16/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Equipment food-contact surfaces and utensils not sanitized. employee washed and rinsed equipment but failed to sanitize. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. prep area. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. need chlorine
  • Critical - Observed accumulation of debris in warewashing machine and associated equipment.
  • Observed build-up of debris or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. dish racks
  • Critical - Observed dented cans. storage rack
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. walk in cooler
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. cookline upright cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Self-service ice cream station lacking adequate sneezeguards or other proper protection from contamination.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. flour, salt
4/27/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. cookline coolers
  • Critical. Observed food employee (cook, dishwasher, wait staff, etc.) washing hands in a sink other than an approved hand wash sink. cook used three compartment sink. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. racks in walk in cooler are rusted
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical. Observed encrusted material on can opener.
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. hood filters
  • Observed utensils stored in crevices between equipment. knife on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored by food. cookline. Corrected On Site.
11/29/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
7/30/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Violation: 03A-07-1 Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. beef holding at 47 degress F. in cookline cooler. Corrected On Site. all potentially hazardous foods placed in walkin cooler and "Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance & Repair" are on site. This violation must be corrected by : 7/29/10. On callback inspection 7/29/10, beef holding at 46 degrees F. in cookline cooler. Correted on site. All products placed in walkin coolers.
  • Critical. Violation: 03A-07-1 Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken holding at 45 degrees F. in fry station cooler. Corrected On Site. all potentially hazardous foods placed into walkin cooler and "Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance & Repair" are on site. This violation must be corrected by : 7/29/10. On callback inspection 7/29/10, shrimp holding at 45 degrees F. in fry station cooler. Corrected on site. All products placed into walkin cooler.
  • Critical. Violation: 04-01-1 Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. cookline cooler holding at 47 degrees F.
  • Critical. Violation: 04-01-1 Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. fry station cooler holding at 45 degrees F.
7/29/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Critical. Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit. items on cold buffet
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. beef holding at 47 degress F. in cookline cooler. Corrected On Site. all potentially hazardous foods placed in walkin cooler and "Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance & Repair" are on site. This violation must be corrected by : 7/29/10.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken holding at 45 degrees F. in fry station cooler. Corrected On Site. all potentially hazardous foods placed into walkin cooler and "Commercial Refrigeration Maintenance & Repair" are on site. This violation must be corrected by : 7/29/10.
  • Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. cookline cooler holding at 47 degrees F.
  • Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. fry station cooler holding at 45 degrees F.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. fry station cooler and walkin cooler
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit. walkin freezer and cooler
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit. products on buffet that are not under sneeze guards
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. multiple products
  • Critical. Observed soil buildup inside ice machine bin. at waitstation
  • Salad bar/buffet plates/bowls not properly protected or inverted to prevent contamination.
  • Critical. Water pressure lacking at fixtures that require the use of water. cold water at waitstation
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. prep area
  • Observed attached equipment soiled with accumulated grease. hood system
  • Critical. Observed toxic item stored by food. multiple areas
  • Critical. Hood suppression system tag out-of-date. For reporting purposes only.
7/28/2010Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food thawed in standing water.
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.walkin freezer
  • Critical. Observed an open beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. bulk food containers
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. main sand bx
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
  • Critical. Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed. Corrected On Site.owner posted
1/21/2010Routine - 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.
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. fogel unit
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor.bowl of chix on floor
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area.walkin freezerf
  • Critical. Observed nonready-to-eat food handled by employees without the use of gloves, deli paper, scoops, tongs or other utensils. cloth has direct contact on food
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical. Observed soil residue in storage containers.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.clothbtape on prewash pipe
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. sand bx line
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times.
8/3/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 5/19/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/16/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 1/14/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued
No report available. 8/4/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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