VERO'S COCINA
2705 MARTIN L KING BLVD STE-F, Tampa FL 33610
Last inspected Dec 7, 2023 · 1 visit since December 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.
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. Observed employee touch tortilla with bare hands, employee placed on gloves.
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Inspection history
1 visit, newest first
Met inspection standards. 9 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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. Observed employee touch tortilla with bare hands, employee placed on gloves.
No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Operator replaced at time of inspection.
No soap provided at handwash sink. Operator replaced at time of inspection.
Hotel and Restaurant license decal not displayed on mobile food dispensing vehicle.
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Mobile food dispensing vehicle license number not permanently affixed on the side of the unit in figures at least 2 inches high and in contrasting colors from the background of the vehicle.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Sent to operator at time of inspection.
Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Observed employee cut lettuce prior to washing it, employee began to wash lettuce.
Trash receptacles not provided where needed in establishment. No trash can inside truck.
Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar not labeled.
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