TAQUERIA LA CHAPINA
4003 W 18 ST STE E, Panama City FL 32401
Last inspected Nov 15, 2024 · 2 visits since April 2024
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.
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Two live flies observed in truck.
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Inspection history
2 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 6 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Two live flies observed in truck.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed: rice (108F - Hot Holding). Operator increased heat to: rice (148F - Hot Holding).
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board soiled with mold-like substance.
Equipment in poor repair. Cutting board grooved.
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Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth on cutting board. Operator moved to sank-bucket.
Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Observed: Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 0ppm); (Chlorine 50ppm). Operator remixed sanitizing solution.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Wrong test kit provided. Operator states chlorine will be used to sanitize dishes, has quaternary test strips on hand.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only. Extinguisher by door in recharge zone.
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