Shanghai Express, 2296 Sr 580, Clearwater, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: SHANGHAI EXPRESS
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 2296 Sr 580, Clearwater, FL 33763
License #: 6213626
Total inspections: 17
Last inspection: 10/21/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Cook line equipment.
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. By walk-in cooler.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Slicer handle.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Beef over peeled onions.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Medication stored on shelf over fortune cookies.
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet.
  • Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information.
  • Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained.
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris.
10/21/2014Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Cook line equipment.
  • Basic - Cove molding at floor/wall juncture broken/missing. By walk-in cooler.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Slicer handle.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cook line reach-in cooler.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated food debris. By microwave.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • High Priority - Cooked rice/pasta hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In rice cooker 123°.
  • High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee used mop in dining area and did not wash hands when starting work prepping beef.
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee touched egg rolls bare handed. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Beef on counter 57°, cornstarch and water 87°.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Beef over peeled onions.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Medication stored on shelf over fortune cookies.
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Chicken.
  • Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information.
  • Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained.
  • Intermediate - Slicer blade guard soiled with old food debris.
10/20/2014Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Broccoli in reach in cooler on cookline
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Food bins, back room
  • Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.
  • Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Bottle water on reach in cooler on cookline
  • Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Bottle water in walk in cooler
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Cookline
  • Basic - Interior of microwave soiled with encrusted food debris.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Various food
  • Basic - Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched.
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated black debris in dishwashing area. Three compartment sink and handsink next to it
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. In mop sink room
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On prep table
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw shell eggs over produce
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked.various cooked food in walk in cooler
6/11/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Food containers across from three compartment sink
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Raw animal food stored above unwashed produce. Raw meat over celery
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Cooked meat
  • Basic - Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. Plastic forks
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. On table across from front counter
  • High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Sauces on cookline
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw shell eggs over bottle water
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked meat in walk in cooler
3/14/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles.oven and microwave handles
  • Basic - Ceiling tile in disrepair. Women's restroom and back kitchen storage room
  • Basic - Interior of rice cooker has heavy accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture. Toilet piping , women's restroom
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Tops of refrigerator and microwave
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Cut vegetables and sauces **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Uncleanable knife block in use to store knives. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. Plastic knives at front counter
  • Basic - Wall in disrepair. Water damage to wall and tiles , women's restroom
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloths stored in detergent and sanitizer mixed together. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above.reheated to 168° **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink.womens restroom **Corrected On-Site**
10/9/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Kitchen
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Metal pans on shelf above 3 compartment sink
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink. Do not use dishes/equipment not properly sanitized. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. On shelf at drive thru window **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Plastic ware without handles up at front counter
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Cookline
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Shrimp, cut broccoli, egg rolls
  • Basic - Uncleanable knife block in use to store knives. Cookline area
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Back kitchen prep table **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Knife cleaned, rinsed and placed on rack **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Egg rolls Walk in cooler
  • Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Hanging under dishwashing/ kitchen area handsink
4/12/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. Women's restroom **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Top of freezer near fryers **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Observed encrusted material on can opener. Back prep table **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed ice scoop with handle in contact with ice. Ice machine, back kitchen **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. Can in bulk container of rice, kitchen **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. Can reused as scoop in bulk container of rice **Corrected On-Site**
  • Observed single-service articles handled, displayed, or dispensed in a manner that allows for contamination. Plastic ware at front counter
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. Chicken in reach in freezer , back kitchen and beef in walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle.hanging under dish washing area / kitchen handsink **Corrected On-Site**
  • Critical - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. Mop sink **Corrected On-Site**
12/3/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. women restroom
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. top surface of warmer, cookline
  • Observed grease accumulated on kitchen floor. under fryers
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. nonhandled container used as scoop in bulk rice, kitchen Corrected On Site.
  • Observed in-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit.next to rice cooker Corrected On Site.
  • Observed reuse of single-service articles. can reused as scoop in bulk rice Corrected On Site.
  • Observed single-service articles handled, displayed, or dispensed in a manner that allows for contamination. plasticware not with handles up, front counter area
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. open container of bean sprouts, walk in cooler Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle of cleaner under kitchen handsink
3/28/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. womens restroom
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. outer surface of refrigerator and microwave, kitchen
  • Observed ceiling in disrepair. water damaged tile in womens restroom
  • Critical - Observed food employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and the establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. cook scooping cut broccoli with bare hands and placing into pan to cook Corrected On Site. tongs in use ; gloves also available
  • Critical - Observed food stored in ice used for drinks. bottles of beer in ice of icemachine, back kitchen Corrected On Site. bottles removed -ice replaced
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. bags of rice, kitchen
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. box of beef, walk in cooler
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. wet towel inside kitchen handsink Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. raw chicken over pecans, reach in cooler Corrected On Site.
  • Observed single-service articles handled, displayed, or dispensed in a manner that allows for contamination. plasticware without handles up at self-service counter
  • Critical - Observed toxic item stored by food. medcine stored next to packaged fortune cookies, front counter area Corrected On Site.
  • Wet mop not hung to dry. back room
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. on prep tables, kitchen and front counter area
  • Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength.
10/19/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface.[hood filters] Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Observed employees using same utensil to handle raw chicken and raw beef
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.[handles on reachin cooler ]
  • Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions.
  • Wet mop not hung to dry.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.[soy sauce buckets used for sugar, salt, msg] Repeat Violation.
4/20/2011Routine - 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.[egg rolls, chicken, rangoon]
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name.[salt in soy sauce bucket]
  • In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container.[in rice] 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.[handling clean broccoli ] Corrected On Site.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits.[rice cooker]
  • Observed build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface.[hood filters]
1/14/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
10/1/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. No thermometer provided to measure temperature of cold food product. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food.[in reachin by rice]
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food.[in walkin ]
  • Critical. Observed food employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands and the establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure.[handling vegetable from reachin to cookline ]
  • Critical. Observed equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the three-compartment sink.[sinks not being filled, dishes just washed with soapy cloth than rinsed ]
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.[sitting on counter] Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.[on cookline ] Repeat Violation.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.[reachin freezer] Repeat Violation.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface.[on both exit doors]
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.[walls and ceiling in walkin cooler ]
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface.[3 door upright freezer]
  • Observed single-service articles improperly stored.[handles of plastic utensils need to all go same way] Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed bathroom facility not clean.[handsink faucet and back panel soiled with black mold like substance ]
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.[at emploees handsink ] Repeat Violation.
  • Observed garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed ceiling/wall in disrepair.[womans restroom waterlike damage ] Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed.[at buckets ]
  • Critical. Hood suppression system tag out-of-date. For reporting purposes only.[12/2007]
  • Critical. Portable fire extinguisher tag out-of-date. For reporting purposes only.[kitchen one 6/2007 by walkin door]
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Identity of food or food product misrepresented.MSG on premises, instructed by inspector to remove from premises on 3/4/10. Still full bucket, freshly open bag in kitchen ]
  • Critical. Identity of food or food product misrepresented.[imitation crab used in rangoon not identified as imitation on menu or menu board or sign at register as stated, inspection 9/21/09]
8/3/2010Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • Critical. Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous food due to temperature abuse (see Stop Sale Notice). fried rice at 77 degrees on counter
  • Critical. Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. fried rice on counter at 77 degrees Corrected On Site. discarded
  • Critical. No thermometer provided to measure temperature of food product.
  • Critical. No conspicuously located thermometer in holding unit. reachin cooler
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. counters
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Critical. Observed interior of reach-in freezers soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Observed single-service articles handled, displayed, or dispensed in a manner that allows for contamination. plastic forks and spoons in holder on front counter with handles down
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. kitchen handsink
  • Observed open dumpster lid.
  • Observed garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
  • Critical. Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. gap in backdoor
  • Observed ceiling/wall in disrepair. women restroom waterlike damage
  • Wet mop not hung to dry.
  • Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. front counter area
3/4/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed food offered in a way that misleads/misinforms the consumer. crab on menu when imitation crab is offered Corrected On Site. sign posted at register
  • Critical. Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. bulk white powder, dry storage by walkin cooler
  • Critical. No thermometer provided to measure temperature of food product.
  • Nonfood-contact surfaces not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance. cardboard used as shelf covering above class K extinguisher
  • Critical. Observed interior of microwave soiled.
  • Observed single-service articles handled, displayed, or dispensed in a manner that allows for contamination. plasticware on front counter
  • Critical. Hot water not provided/shut off at employee hand wash sink. women restroom
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. trays in dishwashing area handsink Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Handwashing cleanser lacking at handwashing lavatory. women restroom
  • Critical. Outer openings of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation. gaps in bottom of backdoor
9/21/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 4/30/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 11/17/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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