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Florida’s restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.
For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Bay County restaurant inspections site.
Here’s the breakdown for recent health inspections in Bay County, Florida, for the week of Aug. 26 to Sept. 1. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.
Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a ‘snapshot’ of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.
For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Bay County restaurant inspection site.
Which Bay County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?
These restaurants met all standards during their Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 inspections and no violations were found.
** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week
Which Bay County restaurants were temporarily closed by inspectors?
These restaurants failed their Aug. 26 to Sept. 1 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-up inspections are required.
1001 Beck Ave., Panama City
Routine inspection on Aug. 26
Facility temporarily closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
14 total violations, with three high-priority violations
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High Priority – Dish machine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dish machine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dish machine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine tested at 0ppm. No dish machine sanitizer available at restaurant. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
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High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed cook scrub cutting board in dish area, then return to cook line, put on gloves and begin handling clean pans. Observed employee handle cell phone, put on gloves and begin making pork salad. Observed employee return to kitchen from outside, rinse hands and put on gloves to work with pans and rice noodles. Discussed with manager, employees stopped working and washed hands. **Warning**
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High Priority – Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed employee scrub and rinse cutting board and then hang with clean dishes, no sanitizer step. Cutting board returned to dish area for proper washing/sanitizing. **Corrective Action Taken**
1001 Beck Ave., Panama City
Routine inspection on Aug. 27
Facility temporarily closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
Five total violations, with two high-priority violations
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High Priority − From initial inspection : High Priority – Dish machine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dish machine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dish machine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Dish machine tested at 0ppm. No dish machine sanitizer available at restaurant. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection on Aug, 27: Establishment has not obtained chemicals for dish machine. **Time Extended**
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High Priority − From initial inspection : High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed cook scrub cutting board in dish area, then return to cook line, put on gloves and begin handling clean pans. Observed employee handle cell phone, put on gloves and begin making pork salad. Observed employee return to kitchen from outside, rinse hands and put on gloves to work with pans and rice noodles. Discussed with manager, employees stopped working and washed hands. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 27: No employees observed working at time of callback **Time Extended**
Which Bay County restaurants had high-priority violations?
525 Richard Jackson Blvd., Panama City Beach
Routine inspection on Aug. 28
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Six total violations, with one high-priority violation
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed pineapple and chicken pizza at 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
2345 Martin Luther King Blvd., Panama City
Complaint inspection on Aug. 27
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Three total violations, with two high-priority violations
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High Priority − From initial inspection : High Priority – Dish machine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dish machine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dish machine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Chlorine tested at 0 ppm, machine temp tested at 156 degrees Fahrenheit dish surface and gauge showing 125 degrees Fahrenheit rinse temp. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 21: Operator waiting for technician to arrive to repair machine. **Time Extended** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 27: Dish machine tested at 0ppm chlorine with inspector’s test strips, tested at 0ppm chlorine with establishment’s test strips. **Admin Complaint**
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High Priority − From initial inspection : High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Five live flying insects in dry storage, two live flying insects in server station. **Admin Complaint** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 21: No live flying insects observed upon callback. **Admin Complaint** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 27: 2 live flies observed at callback. **Admin Complaint**
14501 Panama City Beach Parkway, Panama City Beach
Routine inspection on Aug. 29
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Four total violations, with one high-priority violation
1001 Beck Ave., Panama City
Routine inspection on Aug. 27
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Two total violations, with one high-priority violation
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High Priority − From initial inspection : High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed cook scrub cutting board in dish area, then return to cook line, put on gloves and begin handling clean pans. Observed employee handle cell phone, put on gloves and begin making pork salad. Observed employee return to kitchen from outside, rinse hands and put on gloves to work with pans and rice noodles. Discussed with manager, employees stopped working and washed hands. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 27: No employees observed working at time of callback **Time Extended** – From follow-up inspection on Aug. 27: No employees observed working at time of callback. **Time Extended**
Mobile food dispensing vehicle
Routine inspection on Aug. 26
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Five total violations, with two high-priority violations
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High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs stored over tamarind. Employee moved eggs to bottom at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Shredded cheese 61 degrees Fahrenheit, less than four hours per employee. Employee put cheese in ice at time of inspection. **Corrective Action Taken**
9450 S. Thomas Dr., Panama City Beach
Routine inspection on Aug. 29
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
Seven total violations, with three high-priority violations
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High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within two hours. Pulled chicken in steam table 110 degrees Fahrenheit at 12:20 p.m., per employee item reheating since 10:00 a.m. See stop sale. Cook line cooler: beef sliders 62 degrees Fahrenheit, full size burger patties 61 degrees Fahrenheit, mac and cheese 56 degrees Fahrenheit, cooked chicken wings 62 degrees Fahrenheit, butter 61 degrees Fahrenheit, make table: shredded cheddar 56 degrees Fahrenheit, Swiss cheese 68 degrees Fahrenheit, pepper jack cheese 68 degrees Fahrenheit, per employee all items in cooler over night. See stop sale.
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook line cooler: beef sliders 62 degrees Fahrenheit, full size burger patties 61 degrees Fahrenheit, mac and cheese 56 degrees Fahrenheit, cooked chicken wings 62 degrees Fahrenheit, butter 61 degrees Fahrenheit, make table: shredded cheddar 56 degrees Fahrenheit, Swiss cheese 68 degrees Fahrenheit, pepper jack cheese 68 degrees Fahrenheit, per employee all items in cooler overnight. **Warning**
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within two hours. Pulled chicken in steam table 110 degrees Fahrenheit at 12:20 p.m., per employee item reheating since 10:00 a.m. See stop sale.
What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?
Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.
How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?
If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.
Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.
What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?
Basic violations are those considered against best practices.
A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.
An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: “Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over.”
An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.
A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.
This article originally appeared on The News Herald: Panama City area restaurant and food truck inspections Aug. 26 to Sept. 1
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