Mediteranean Deli, 981 W Fairbanks Ave, Orlando, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: MEDITERANEAN DELI
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 981 W Fairbanks Ave, Orlando, FL 32804
License #: 5811545
Total inspections: 14
Last inspection: 09/24/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. In make reach in cooler 1 and 2. Advised operator.
  • Basic - Hole in wall. Next to beverage cooler in kitchen area.
  • Basic - Light shield damaged/in disrepair. Light by front counter.
  • Basic - Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. At front counter. Observed customer grab single service knife and fork where food contact service was exposed to customer. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.near front counter where cook places tongs after handling raw chicken.
  • Basic - Wood food-contact surface not properly sealed. Observed 2 cutting boards at front counter that looks pitted.
  • High Priority - Cheese/milk/creamer/other dairy products cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Feta 50f for 3 hours.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. Cook on cook line. Corrective action taken: foodhandler washed hands.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Cut tomatoes 50f, stuffed grape leaves 50f. See stop sale.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Spinach pie at 98f for 2 hours at front counter. Operator does not have a time plan. Advised operator to discard spinach pie at 2 pm.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in reach-in freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw gyro meat above puff pastry.
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse.
  • Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food. Spinach pie at 98f. Operator stated it was place at front counter at 10 am.
09/24/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Accumulation of dead or trapped birds, insects, rodents, or other pests, in control devices. OBSERVED 3ROACHES IN GLUE TRAPS IN PREP AREAS
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair. OBSERVED WATER DAMAGE ON CEILING TILES OVER FRONT WINDOWS
  • Basic - Exhaust fan had accumulation of dust/debris. FAN IN RESTROOM
  • Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. OBSERVED A BUILDUP OF DIRT AND FOOD UNDERNEATH MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT/SHELVING
  • Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
  • Basic - Hole in wall. OBSERVED NUMEROUS HOLES IN WALLS THROUGHOUT RESTAURANTS. MOSTLY IN BACK ROOM
  • Basic - Lights in food preparation, food storage or warewashing area missing the proper shield, sleeve coatings or covers. LIGHTBULB NEXT TO OVEN
  • Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. TWO BROWN DUMPSTERS
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. SINK NEXT TO OVEN **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • High Priority - Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. OBSERVED BUG SPRAY IN NEAR OVEN
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. SHELVING IN TROPICANA COOLER
  • Intermediate - Reach-in cooler shelves soiled with food debris. SNAPPLE COOLER
4/7/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. BATHROOM DOOR
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. BACK HANDWASH SINK
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. SPINACH PIE 72F
  • Intermediate - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. BACK HANDWASH SINK DOESN'T WORK
  • Intermediate - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. BACK HANDWASH SINK DOESN'T WORK.
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. BACK HANDWASH SINK
  • Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. BACK HANDWASH SINK
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food left at room temperature to cool. SPINACH PIE 72F
12/11/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bathroom door not self-closing.
  • Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Behind refrigerator in back of establishment.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. In reach in cooler by the handsink.
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. For storage of pasta in produce cooler.
  • Intermediate - Employee rinsed utensil in handwash sink. In handsink in the back of the kitchen. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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.
4/15/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. **Repeat Violation**
  • Critical - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Rear cooking area hand sink. **Repeat Violation**
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. Hand sink in rear cooking area. **Repeat Violation**
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. **Repeat Violation**
  • Critical - Observed buildup of soiled material on racks in the reach-in cooler. Reach-in unit at cook line.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. Food cooling at room temperature for 1 hr 84?f. Corrective action was to place in cold holding unit. **Repeat Violation**
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. Cook line prep unit.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw shell egg stored over vegetables in the reach-in cooler. Raw beef and raw chicken over sauces in the cook line reach-in cooler.
12/12/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
  • Critical - Cold water not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Rear cooking area.
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. Rear cooking area.
  • Critical - No chemical test kit provided when using chemical sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
  • Critical - No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. Unisex restroom.
  • Critical - Observed employee handling soiled equipment or utensils then engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Employees must wash their hands between the changing of gloves. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. Boreeka 99 degrees , left on the preo area in the rear cooling.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Tongs, knives at gyros cooking area.
  • Critical - Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Chlorine bucket 200ppm +.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair. Handsink in the rear cooking area.
4/26/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Bucket chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Bucket 300ppm ppm.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. Hardwood cutting board broken in two places.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. Employee. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. Spinnach boreeka 80 degrees, on the stove in the rear cooling.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Inside the oven.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Tongs, knife in water at 106 degrees. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Marinated chicken 45 degrees, prepline cooler.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw marinated chicken stored over the dressings in the prepline reach in cooler.
  • Observed sanitizing solution for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil.
12/21/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing door on the restroom.
  • Critical - Hotel and Restaurant license not properly displayed. License verified in the office as current/active.
  • Light shields need to be maintained clean.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit.
  • Critical - Observed accumulation of debris in three-compartment sink very dirty.
  • Critical - Observed bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. All the storage surfaces soiled with food debris.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Inside the single service items plastic container next to the register.
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface. Stove top very soiled.
  • Observed dusty ceiling air conditioning vent cover in the restroom very dirty.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces [sandwiche presses] encrusted with very heavy grease and/or soil deposits.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Inside the oven very soiled.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with heavy grease and/or soil deposits. The gyros machines too soiled .
  • Critical - Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Makeline reach in cooler very soiled. Observed operator prepping food and placing it in the cooler without cleaning it out.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Prep reach in coolers very soiled inside the lid area.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Reach in cooler in the rear very soiled.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in frezeer soiled with accumulation of food residue. Inside the small gyro frezeer before the 3-compartment sink.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Bereeka [spinnach/fetta cheese] 51 degrees in the reach in cooler from 4/13/11.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Prepped beef, prepped chicken over the open bottles of dressings in the prep reach in cooler.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled blach spray bottle in the unisex restroom.
  • Observed very soiled dry wiping cloth in use under the makeline reach in cooler.
4/14/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cut remaining portions f ham in the reach in cooler not date marked.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Grape leaf rice 62 degrees, prepped at 10am. Iced.
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Pasta salad 47 degrees, reach in cooler in the rear.
  • Critical. Observed ambient air thermometer not located in the warmest/coolest part of the holding unit. Reach in cooler before the music station.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Non-commercially packaged gyro over the greek pita in the white rear in freezer in the rear.
  • Critical. Observed employee handling soiled equipment or utensils then engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Employee not washing his hands between glove changes.
  • Critical. Observed employee handling soiled equipment or utensils then engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands. Manager not washing his hands between glove changes.
  • Observed wet wiping cloths used for occasional spills on equipment food- and nonfood-contact surfaces not clean, at the gyro area. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Sandwiche press.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Behind the backs of the gyro machines.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. Detail cleaning of the entire oven in the rear.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Detail cleaning inside the tropicana reach in cooler in the rear.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Maintain storage shelf under the makeline cooler area clean.
  • Critical. Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Bucket 300ppm +. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Sanitizing solution bucket not labeled.
11/4/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Violation: 03A-07-1 Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. [Grape leafs 52 degrees, reach in cooler]. [Call Back found seafood salad 43 degrees, 42 degrees on pasta salad].
  • Critical. Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. [Detail cleaning on the sandwiche presses].
  • Critical. Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. [Detail cleaning on the gyro machines.
5/3/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. [Falafels 55 degrees at makeline cooler].
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. [Sour cream 45 degrees, reach in cooler].
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. [Grape leafs 52 degrees, reach in cooler].
  • Critical. Observed unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with other ready-to-eat food. [Cucumbers with the cooked ham in the reach in cooler in the rear of establishment ].
  • Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. [Shopping bags storing foods].
  • Critical. Observed accumulation of debris in three-compartment sink.
  • Observed sanitizing solution for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. [Detail cleaning on the sandwiche presses].
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. [Detail cleaning on the gyro machines.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. [Maintain cleanliness of interior all the coolers].
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. [Mop sink too dirty].
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. [Detail cleaning underneath the storage area underneath the makeline cooler].
  • Plumbing system in disrepair. [Handsink not draining properly at the makeline area].
  • Critical. Observed objectionable odors in bathroom.
  • Maintain the light shields clean.
  • Critical. Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. [Bucket 200ppm +]. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed no child labor law poster.
  • 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. This violation must be corrected by : 4/24/10.
2/24/2010Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Critical. Observed unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with other ready-to-eat food. [Lettuce, tomatoes stored above the gyro meat cones in the cooler in the rear].
  • Critical. Observed torn packages/bags of food exposing the contents to contamination. [Pasta left unprotected].
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. [Gyros stored over the pita breads].
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. [Greek peppers]. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. [Serving utensils 112 degrees at the prepline].
  • Critical. Observed employee drinking from an open beverage container in a food preparation or other restricted area. [Open bottle of water on the food area]. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Observed sanitizing solution for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. [Makeline ].
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. [Makeline cooler].
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. [Mop sink too soiled].
  • Critical. Bathroom not enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors. [Unisex restroom ].
  • Critical. Observed the presence of insects, above the light shields in the dinning area].
  • Observed wall soiled with accumulated food debris at the three compartment sink.
  • Light shields soiled with dust above the frontline area.
  • Wet mop not hung to dry.
  • Wet mop dirty water stored in the mop bucket.
  • Critical. Portable fire extinguisher(s) obstructed from view. [Being used to hang umbrella at the entrance door]. For reporting purposes only.
  • Critical. Exit signs not properly illuminated. [Entrance door]. For reporting purposes only.
  • No copy of latest inspection report.
11/30/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 1/15/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 10/27/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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