DELICIAS COLOMBIANAS TAMPA
5537 SHELDON RD STE C, Tampa FL 33615
Last inspected Aug 15, 2024 · 4 visits since July 2023
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
3 inspections within 16 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
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Inspection history
4 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. After touched cooked pork, employee placed on gloves without wash hands first. Discussed with operator, operator coached employee at time of inspection.
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 cut cooked pork and placed in take out food container with barehands. Discussed with operator, operator stopped employee and voluntarily discarded cooked pork.
No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test kit.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken, cooked bean and various cooked food in large reach-in cooler.
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Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Equipment in poor repair. Reach-in cooler disrepair and stored on cook line, no time/temperature control for safety food stored in the unit at time of inspection.
Food stored on floor. A bag of rice and a bag of flour stored on floor in kitchen.
Stored food not covered. Cooked bean, meat soup and other cooked food not covered and stored in large reach-in cooler.
Propane tank (larger than 2.7 lb. water capacity/1 lb. gas capacity) located inside of the building. For reporting purposes only. 5 of the 15 lbs propane tanks in use and stored under grill in kitchen. No propane pipe connection observed outside the back door area.
Met inspection standards. 7 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Cooked potato, cooked short ribs and beef soup in reach-in cooler at storage room. Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. A carton of heavy cream and milk in reach-in cooler.
Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. A colander stored in handwash sink at kitchen. Operator removed.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At handwash sink in kitchen. Operator provided.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Interior of microwaves has accumulation of old grease/food debris.
Stored food not covered. A pot of beef soup in reach-in cooler at storage room.
Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. A bag of frozen chorizo thawing in 3-comp sink without running water.
A return visit. The problems from the previous inspection had been dealt with.
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Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked potato, cooked short rib and various items in reach-in cooler at storage room.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with grease.
Violations found and a warning issued, with a return visit required. 9 recorded, 2 high priority.
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Sandwich prep cooler on cook line: Cold holding: heavy cream 51 F, sliced tomato 50 F, raw steak 47 F, raw chicken 47 F. Operator moving items to other reach-in coolers.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. A few pieces of beef empanada 129 F in hot display case at front service counter. Operator adjusted thermostat to higher heat.
Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Styrofoam cup stored in handwash sink at front service area.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked potato, cooked short rib and various items in reach-in cooler at storage room.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters soiled with grease.
Stored food not covered. Cooked chicken soup and beef soup in reach-in cooler at storage room.
Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Tested 10 ppm. Operator remade to 50ppm. Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Removed from floor.
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