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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 for the week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, 2024. 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 were temporarily closed by inspectors?
These restaurants failed their Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-up inspections are required.
17458 Front Beach Rd., Panama City Beach
Routine inspection on Oct. 30
Facility temporarily closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
Five total violations, with three high-priority violations
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High Priority – Dish machine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Observed chlorine sanitizer at 0 ppm. Employee changed out sanitizer. Corrected to 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
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High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw shrimp stored over queso. Manager moved raw shrimp to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
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High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 13 live roaches in the following areas: six on floor next to salad make cooler, six on floor of dish area and one on floor of bar area. **Warning**
Which Bay County restaurants had high-priority violations?
3210 Thomas Dr., Panama City Beach
Routine inspection on Oct. 29
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
10 total violations, with three high-priority violations
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High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired June 1. Operator paid renewal fee at time of inspection. Verified payment with District 6 office. **Corrected On-Site**
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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 cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Triple tail in ice chest 55 degrees Fahrenheit, per cook, fish in this location overnight. Triple tail also in vacuum sealed bags. Triple tail box bears instructions for the fish to remain frozen until time of use. Fish no longer frozen and still in vacuum sealed bags. See stop sale
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Triple tail in ice chest 55 degrees Fahrenheit, per cook, fish in this location overnight. See stop sale.
3901 Thomas Dr., Panama City
Routine inspection on Oct. 31
Follow-up inspection required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
10 total violations, with three high-priority violations
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High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs stored over salad dressings in walk-in cooler. Employee moved eggs to proper location during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
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High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Iced on Fry station counter: buttermilk 57 degrees Fahrenheit at 3:30 p.m., per manager since 12:00 p.m. Pan of buttermilk pushed deeper into ice and ice added to buttermilk. Product down to 40 degrees Fahrenheit at 4:00 p.m. **Corrected On-Site**
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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. Mahi hot holding on grill 97 degrees Fahrenheit, per manger approximately one hour. Mahi voluntarily discarded at time of inspection.
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/food truck inspections: Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2024
