Italian Deli & Market

Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In the front counter display cooler tomato sauce (45F - Cold Holding); Italien Wedding soup (46F - Cold Holding). Operator moved items to another cooler and cleared the cold air input.

Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Food safety manager certification for Joseph Gargano has expired.

Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Employee food safety training certificates are photo copies.

Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. There are employees wearing watches while preparing food.

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. There is a black mold like substance inside both soda gun nozzles at the bar.

Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. There are numerous employees with expired training. Ratchel, Carlis, Carolina, Devin, Zacchaeus, Jayln and Christibe.

Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. There is a plastic to go cup in a pan of pasta in the make table in front of the range. There is a metal mixing cup being used as a ice scoop, stored in the ice at the bar.

Faucet/handle missing at plumbing fixture. The water faucet is missing at the triple sink.

In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. There are tongs on the oven door handle.

Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. There is a buildup of grease on the hood filter.

Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple Sink (Quaternary 0ppm). Operator drained and refilled the triple sink, quaternary sanitizer 200ppm.

Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the walk-in cooler raw shell eggs are stored over shredded mozzarella and breads. Operator moved the shell eggs to proper storage.

Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In the walk-in cooler raw chicken is stored over raw sausage and raw ground beef. Operator moved the chicken to proper storage.

Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. In the steam table, meatballs (127F - Hot Holding). Operator covered the meatballs with marinara and began reheating.

Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. There is a mold like substance inside the nozzles of the soda guns at the bar.

Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. There is a mold like substance on the interior walls and the interior of the door of the ice machine.

Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. There is a unlabeled container of flour behind the front counter.