Homewood Suites Jacksonville Downtown Southbank

Basic – Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured

By entrance to kitchen

Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation

Picking up open foods from buffet

Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation

Picking up open foods from buffet

Basic – Equipment in poor repair

Gasket in upright freezer

Basic – No copy of latest inspection report available.

Basic – No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees

Hand sink in kitchen, mgr placed one Corrected On-Site

Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust

Gasket in upright freezer by wall

High Priority – Displayed food not properly protected from contamination

No hinged lid for pecans and raisins, employee placed them under sneeze guard Corrected On-Site

High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands

Handling dirty dishes in soak sink then he went to pick up plates with packet foods and condiments from buffet, explaining to him and he washed hands Corrected On-Site

High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged

Raw bacon – open box on shelf above cooked potatoes, upright freezer, they sent the incorrect bacon, they usually have precooked

Intermediate – Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/.nMgr expired, he discarded his card, he did a food handling course instead of mgr certification

Intermediate – No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine

He ordered them

Portable fire extinguisher gauge in red zone. For reporting purposes only

By entrance to kitchen