Red Elephant Pizza & Grill, 10131 San Jose Blvd Ste# 12, Jacksonville, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: RED ELEPHANT PIZZA & GRILL
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 10131 San Jose Blvd Ste# 12, Jacksonville, FL 32257
License #: 2611651
Total inspections: 15
Last inspection: 10/06/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Dusty ceiling tiles and/or air conditioning vent covers. Above Three Compartment sink **Warning**
  • 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. Employee bottle drink on the prep table by cook line, employee moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Couple cooks working at the cookline, **Warning**
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Several containers in used cracked badly, manager discarded **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Basic - Gaskets/seals on holding unit in poor repair. Couple Reach in cooler in cookline and Walk in cooler **Warning**
  • Basic - Ice scoop handle in contact with ice. Ice bin in service area, employee moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Cookline **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. Handle touch the chicken salad inside the Reach in cooler by cookline, employee moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spatulas stored in the sanitizer water 81°F, under the prep table in cookline, employee discarded the water **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Reach in cooler stored milk and wipe cream by bar, employee put one in **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of flour and corn meal under the prep table by pizza oven, employee put one on **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - No vacuum breaker on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Please add a vacuum breaker on the non chemical side hose Bibb p, mop sink **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Container of raw fish on the shelf above the container of cooked roast beef, Walk in cooler , manager moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. Black build up where the ice dispense **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Straw found inside the hand wash sink by service station **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. On the prep table by back door **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Non-pitting surface rust on food-contact equipment. Scoop in the rust container on the shelf above the Reach in cooler by cook line, manager moved **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. All employee training. Expired on Aug 2014 **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Pink liquid and yellow liquid spray bottle hang on the shelf with all other chemical no label, by mop sink, employee put one on **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
10/06/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup inside the sauce container, make table cooler by pizza oven **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On the Reach in cooler around the door, Hand Wash Sink is dirty by Dish machine and by ice machine **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. 3 cutting board on the shelf by Dish machine have black stains not longer cleanable **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Several case of meat on the shelf at left hand side of Walk in Freezer
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Throughout the store **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. Case of 5 gal soda on the floor in dry storage room by soda rack, also several case of meat on the floor in Walk in Freezer **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. Food debris on the top part of interior microwave, On the prep table by pizza oven **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Bar area **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - No vacuum breaker on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Mop sink, **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Hummus 46°F, homemade sauce 49°F, cut eggs 50°F, make table across the deep fryer, cookline, corrective action taken, move to Walk in Cooler **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored in food preparation area with potential to cause cross contamination. Sanitizer bucket on the prep table, cookline **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Warewashing sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed. Three Compartment Sink Chlorine over 200 ppm, bar area **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin. Slight build up on the back side of ice bin, under the soda machine in service station **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Encrusted material on can opener blade. On the prep table by Walk in Cooler
  • 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. Several employee working at the time of Inspection can not find the certificates
6/13/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Deep cuts and black color on the cutting board, throughout
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Several employee drinks a over the prep table or on the pre table **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Several stack of plastic containers on the shelf by Dish machine are wet.
  • Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Crack lids and containers used in the stores, throughout.
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. Case of 5 gal soda on the floor by soda rack. Room next to office. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on oven door handle. Cookline **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. Perp table by back door **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris. 2 of the microwave on the cookline
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Reach in cooler stored milk, bar area **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. Employee put the gloves before touch clean dish without wash his hand, Dish machine. Also, employee change gloves without wash hands first, cookline. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - No vacuum breaker on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Please put a vacuum breaker on the non chemical side hose. Mop sink **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Nonexempt fish offered raw or undercooked has not undergone proper parasite destruction. Fish must be fully cooked or discarded. Mahi mahi could served under cooked without parasite destruction.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese, homemade dressing,45°-46° on the prep table by deep fryer, corrective action taken, put more ice.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Case of uncooked chicken over open bag of sausage, Walk in Freezer
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with clean or in-use utensils. Spray bottle of sanitizer next to clean dish, by pizza counter **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution bucket stored near/on/above food preparation surface or food. Sanitizer bucket on the prep table, cookine **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin. Slightly build up on top part of ice bin, under the soda machine, service station.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance on/around soda dispensing nozzles. Build up around the soda nozzles, service station.
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Trash and straw found in the Hand Wash Sink by Dish machine **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. For bar Three Compartment Sink
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Hand Wash Sink by Dish machine **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • 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. 3 employee certificates expired on 2012
1/23/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Salad bowls in walk in freezer not inverted. **Warning**
  • Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler has accumulation of dust/debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On grill handles. Moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
9/17/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Clean equipment stored on floor. Make table top lid. Pizza area. Corrective action - moved. **Warning**
  • Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Salad bowls in walk in freezer not inverted. **Warning**
  • Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler has accumulation of dust/debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On grill handles. Moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Wing cooler next to fryer. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Boxes of forks left open, dry storage area. **Warning**
  • Basic - Soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. Behind bar. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in freezer gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet. Broken. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Employee used handwash sink as a dump sink. Server area. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Food manager certification expired. All. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Manager lacking proof of food manager certification and no other certified food service manager employed at this location. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No currently certified food service manager on duty with four or more employees engaged in food preparation/handling. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Next to ice machine. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
7/16/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. In cooked rice. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. In wing cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Water buildup in reach-in freezer. Wing cooler.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food.
  • High Priority - No vacuum breaker on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Is on wrong side of the splitter.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Blue cheese chopped eggs shredded cheese and homemade dressings. Corrective action, ice bath or moved into cold wells. Also pizza prep unit 45-48?'for sausage, beef, cheese, coked spinach, poultry. Unit was turned down. Corrective action taken.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. Near ice chute.
  • Intermediate - Cold holding equipment incapable of 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. Pizza prep cooler. The knob got bumped, turned down by mgr. and rechecked.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to being blocked by cart of glasses.
  • Intermediate - Hot water at handwash sink does not reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit. All hand wash sinks about 83? F.
1/15/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed build-up of mold-like substance on surface of nonfood-contact surface. Exterior of ice machine. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed equipment in poor repair. Can opener and sleeve rusted.
  • Critical - Observed live flies in kitchen.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese and pepperoni at pizza top. Lowered amout in pans- corrective action.
  • Observed sanitizing solution for wiping cloths not free of food debris and visible soil. Cook line bucket -Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Gap under exit door.
8/30/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. Reach in cooler drawer, cookline. Manager stated they have had problems with this cooler in the past. She has discontinued use of the cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Equipment or utensils not designed or constructed in a durable manner. Cloth under cutting board. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of soiled material on mixer head. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. Front cookline. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener. Washed. Corrected On Site. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Used as dump sink. Front cookline.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw ground beef and raw fish. 47F. Corrected On Site. Put in ice bath.
  • Critical - Required consumer advisory for raw/undercooked animal food not provided. Printed and posted advisory. Corrected On Site. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. Mop sink.
3/27/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Violation: 05-09-1 No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Corrected On Site.
  • Violation: 14-37-1 Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. Repeat Violation.
10/14/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. trash can parked in front of cookline sink
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. jammed- dispenser broken? Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Corrected On Site.
  • 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. could not provide certificates after 2009 even though there have been new hires
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. under cookline
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. throughout
  • Critical - Observed improper vertical separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. raw beef over par cooked wings Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. accumulated water- dessert cooler
  • Critical - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. chicken wings
8/11/2011Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • In-use utensil for potentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. Tongs hanging on endvof pizza oven Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine. Interior top
  • Observed cutting board grooved/pitted and no longer cleanable. At make tables on cookline
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Plastic container with slotted bottom, with fried dough, on floor in walkin freezer
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handsink in server station has water filler on it, and is used as a dump sink. Manager indicated that Plan Review have been contacted, regarding servers using handsink by icemachine. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Milk packets on ice in server area,nat 67 F. Ice is only keeping bottom layer cold.
  • Observed reachin cooler gasket torn/in disrepair. A couple of reachin coolers on cookline, with gaskets starting to rip Repeat Violation.
  • Observed single-service articles improperly stored. Foil pans and lids not stored inverted, on shelf
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination. Un-wrapped straws on bar counter
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Clear liquid, on shelf by restaurant light switches Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker mising at hose bibb. At mopsink after splitter, on non chemical side, before hose is attached
1/25/2011Routine - 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. Milk in reachin cooler behind bar
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. Both make table coolers on front line
  • Critical. Observed cloth used as a food-contact surface. Under cutting board by fryer. Repeat Violation.
  • In-use utensil for nonpotentially hazardous food not stored in a clean, protected location. Tongs hanging on grill railing. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed food employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and the establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Cook behind line handling RTE food. Corrected On Site.
  • Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions. By ice machine. Filters dated 3/11/09 And in back room by soda fountain boxes Repeat Violation.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair. Some on pizza make table cooler
  • Observed soda gun holster with accumulated slime/debris. Behind bar
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment stored in dirty drawers, racks, vestibules or toilet rooms, or between equipment/walls. Untensils in dirty bus pan, in dishmachine area
  • Waste line missing at soda gun holster. Behind bar dripping into drink ice. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handsink in server station has water filler on it. And used as a dump sink.
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Front handsink at front of kitchen entrance. And handsink on line.
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Yellow liquid, on chemical storage area
7/22/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed unlabeled items on shelf in plastic container. Wasabi. Corrected on site.
  • Critical. Observed open container on shelf with no lid. Honey. Corrected on site.
  • Critical. Observed wet cloth under cutting board in back prep area.
  • Observed water filters by ice machine out of date.
  • Observed ice bucket with holes in the bottom.
  • Observed cutting board with deep grooves, on prep table on line.
  • Observed wiping cloth not in bucket of sanitizer.
  • Critical. Observed dirty can opener with food debris.
  • Observed dirty and greasy hood filters.
  • Observed inadequate air drying on stacked plastic containers on shelf.
  • Observed uninverted to-go/single service containers by the end of the line and in storage area.
  • Critical. Observed using handsink as a water filling station and dumpsink.
  • Observed personal belongings on shelf with storage boxes.
3/15/2010Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed dented/rusted cans. removed from service
  • Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. desserts
  • Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. wrong chemical attached Corrected On Site.
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. exterior ice machine, bottom large scale
  • Observed clean utensils/equipment stored exposed to splash from handsink. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. air gap at back door
  • Critical. Observed a splitter/multi-plug adapter in use. For reporting purposes only. game room-surge suppressor
9/11/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 5/26/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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