Waffle House #547, 7954 Ne Eighth Way, Wildwood, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: WAFFLE HOUSE #547
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 7954 Ne Eighth Way, Wildwood, FL 34785
License #: 7000178
Total inspections: 21
Last inspection: 11/13/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

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  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On and around dish machine.
  • Basic - Build-up of grease on nonfood-contact surface around cook line grill.
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. Filters in box above coffee maker.
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Purse beside straws in lower cabinet of front wait station.
  • Basic - Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. Reach in cooler in front kitchen area.
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop submerged in hash browns.
  • Basic - Open dumpster lid. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Reach in cooler gasket torn/in disrepair in dry storage.
  • Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Cups in dispenser not lidded to protect from contamination.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • High Priority - Cooked potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on new set of gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over half and half in front kitchen area reach in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. Chili held at 51 overnight.
  • High Priority - Tea canister uncovered on cook line. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Sanitizers beside sugar packets in side kitchen area. **Repeat Violation**
  • Intermediate - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. Chili in back kitchen area reach in cooler.
11/13/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Coffee filters not stored in a protected manner to prevent contamination. On front wait station.
  • Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Above three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Base of reach in freezer in dry storage not present.
  • Basic - Food debris accumulated on kitchen floor under reach in freezer.
  • Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil on floor near cook line. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up. Front wait station reach in cooler and dry storage reach in cooler.
  • Basic - In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses.
  • Basic - Leaking pipe at plumbing fixture middle cook line area and back three compartment sink.
  • Basic - No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Side reach in cooler.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Cook line area. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Back kitchen area reach in cooler.
  • Basic - Raw bacon stored directly on reach in cooler shelf. **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Reach in freezer gaskets soiled with slimy/mold-like build-up. Throughout kitchen.
  • Basic - Reach in freezer soiled with encrusted food debris on bottom shelf.
  • Basic - Standing water in handwash sink/ handwash sink draining very slowly. Back kitchen area hand wash sink.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. Corrective action: spoke with manager about hand washing.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cheese in front reach in cooler.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit. Beef over pork. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Server handled money and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Corrective action: spoke with manager about hand washing. **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Shell eggs held at room temperature with an ambient air temperature greater than 45 degrees Fahrenheit. Corrective action placed in reach in cooler.
  • High Priority - Tea at front wait station not covered.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with clean or in-use utensils. Winded next to paper towels.
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food. Sanitizer next syrup on front wait station. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance inside the ice bin. Back kitchen area.
  • Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge failed to notify the division of employee diagnosed with Salmonella Typhi, Shigella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E-coli), hepatitis A virus, or Norovirus.
07/15/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Case of single-service articles stored on floor in dry storage area/kitchen/wait station.
  • Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees.By three compartment sink.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. **Corrected On-Site**
3/20/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. On/off buttons on coffee machine and ticket boxes. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Floor under dishmachine or three-compartment sink area lightly soiled.
  • Basic - Ice scoop stored with handle in contact with ice in ice bin. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage _ direct contact with food. For soaking hash browns. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Chili placed in steamtable at 112° corrected by reheating on stove to 165° **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink. **Repeat Violation**
8/29/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. Throughout
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Cracked shell eggs with gloves then handled toast with out changing gloves and washing hands - manager stepped up and took over the egg station providing two cooks and will retrain.
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. She'll eggs over biscuit batter. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink.
4/26/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
3/15/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Observed sewage leaking from edge of drainfield near tank lid. This violation must be corrected by : 3/15/13
2/28/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Observed sewage leaking from edge of drainfield near tank lid. This violation must be corrected by : 2/28/13
12/19/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Observed sewage leaking from edge of drainfield near tank lid. This violation must be corrected by : 12/19/12
11/19/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Extension given, pending
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime on coffee machine dispensing nozzles.
  • Critical - Observed chlorine sanitizing solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed- 200ppm corrected to 50ppm. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up throughout.
  • Critical - Observed light buildup of soiled material on mixer head.
  • Critical - Observed raw sewage on ground of establishment. This violation must be corrected by : 12/14/12.
  • Observed sewage leaking from edge of drainfield near tank lid. This violation must be corrected by : 11/14/12.
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination on cookline. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above- sausage gravy at 98F and chili at 125F in steamtable corrective action taken by reheating and turning up heat. Repeat Violation.
  • Wet mop not hung to dry. Corrected On Site.
11/13/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Observed build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on cookline handsink and surrounding area. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
  • Critical - Observed chlorine sanitizing solution in wiping cloth bucket exceeding the maximum concentration allowed -200ppm. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed cookline handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing.
  • Observed dumpster overflowing garbage- placing bags of trash on ground when dumpster is full.
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up.
  • Critical - Observed interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue.
  • Observed open grease receptacle lid. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination- not inverted on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed spray hose at dish sink lower than flood rim of sink.
  • Critical - Observed the presence of hundreds of flies in and around dumpster.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above- chili on steamtable at 113F voluntarily discarded. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Raw chicken over beef in cookline reachin cooler. Corrected On Site.
  • Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
7/16/2012Complaint FullInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Food-contact surfaces not cleaned after being contaminationed- hashbrowns reconstituted in dirty 3 compartment sink.
  • Critical - Observed buildup of slime in the interior of ice machine.
  • Observed dumpster lid in disrepair.
  • Observed gaskets with slimy/mold-like build-up.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit- diced hame on cooks prep area at 55F due to lift top remaining open -cooler underneath at 35F. Corrected On Site.
4/27/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Observed gaskets on cookline with slimy/mold-like build-up.
  • Critical - Observed raw eggs stored over ready-to-eat food in reachin in back. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed single-service articles stored without protection from contamination- not inverted on cookline. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed toxic item stored by utensils. Corrected On Site.
9/1/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Hand wash sink lacking proper hand drying provisions. Handsink by three compartment sink.
  • No Heimlich maneuver sign posted. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed electrical wiring in disrepair. For reporting purposes only. Electrical conduit to dishmachine broken.
  • Critical - Thermotape failed to turn black to indicate that the sanitization temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit was achieved on the dish surface. PLEASE NOTE: Repeat violation within a twelve month period will result in the filing of an administrative complaint (fine) against the licensee.
5/18/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster.
1/11/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Food temperature in upper section of double glass door cooler - east sidE of cook line 47 degrees F. Corrected On Site. All potentially hazardous food moved to working cooler.
  • Critical. Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. Open package of canadian bacon stored in pull drawer with raw hamburger patties. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb. Hose outside back of building.
  • Critical. Observed unused opening in panel box unprotected. For reporting purposes only.
8/5/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • No Violations Were Observed
6/17/2010Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled....observed employee cracking eggs then handling ready to eat toast with same gloved hand.
  • Wash solution in spray type hot water sanitizing dishmachine not reaching proper temperature according to manufacturer's specifications....guage not reaching 140F.
  • Critical. Thermotape failed to turn black to indicate that the sanitization temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit was achieved on the dish surface. Repeat Violation. NOTE:Do not use dishmachine for sanitization. Set up bay in 3 comp sink and use for manual chemical sanitization of dishware and utensils until dishmachine repaired.
3/4/2010Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended
  • Critical. Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit....eggs in reach in egg/salad refrigerated unit on front line. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures....egg/salad reachnin cooler at 52F.
  • Water treatment device has not been inspected or serviced according to manufacturer's instructions....no date marking on filter to ice machine.
  • Observed gaskets/seals on cold holding unit in poor repair....cooks reach in cooler door....does not close tightly.
  • Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable....wood shelf in dry goods storeroom
  • Observed old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning....orange juice container in reach in cooler had sanitizer lable on it.
  • Critical. Thermotape failed to turn black to indicate that the sanitization temperature of 160 degrees Fahrenheit was achieved on the dish surface. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Improper sewage disposal at floor drains/sinks in kitchen and/or food preparation area....waste water from dishmachine overflows drainn& drains into floor drain....no foot traffic through affectedvarea.
  • Plumbing system in disrepair....pipe for dishmachine waste water plugged/collapsed.
10/27/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 3/26/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 3/25/2009Routine - FoodWarning Issued

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