TACO BELL 26461
Taco Bell Drive-Through
Pembroke Pines, Florida, 33026
Broward County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/9/2025
High Priority
2
Intermediate
2
Basic
5
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 25-30-4:Basic - Clean, single-use gloves not handled in a sanitary manner. Discarded gloves on prep table near fryers.
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. White boards on make table have deep grooves with discoloring.
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on cutting board at make table. Manager removed. Corrected On-Site
- 16-48-4:Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Yellow pans with old food inside on clean dish shelf. Manager removed pans. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 42-03-5:Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Box cutters on top of pizza sauce in dry storage area.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Female employee unlocked doors in dining room, returned to kitchen and put on gloves to portion chips without washing hands.
- 12A-09-4:High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Female employee touched telephone and placed to ear with gloved hands then continued to place items in fryer without washing hands.
- 22-64-1:Intermediate - No cleaning agent available for bodily fluid clean up plan. Cleaning agent in written procedures must be available. Establishment has written procedures available using bleach as the cleaning agent. No bleach at establishment.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No towels at hand wash sink near front counter. Manager filled. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/9/2025 revealed 9 total violations (2 high priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 9/19/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
2
Basic
2
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans stored on shelf above kitchen prep table. Repeat Violation
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gasket of reach-in freezer next to kitchen fryers.
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - 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. No written procedure available. Inspector provided operator with written procedure. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards on make lines. Water nozzle of tea machine on kitchen prep table. Water nozzle of hot water dispenser on kitchen prep table. Repeat Violation
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/19/2024 revealed 4 total violations (0 high priority, 2 intermediate, 2 basic).
Inspection on 12/13/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
5
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. Manager posted on wall in office. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Dunkin' Donuts coffee on top shelf in walk in cooler over sauce bottles. Moved during this inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee personal food bin on shelf over sauce bottles in walk in cooler. Moved during this inspection. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male employee filling chip bags in kitchen. Hair net put on. Corrected On-Site
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic pans on clean dish shelf. Manager removed pans and rewashed. Corrected On-Site
- 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking. Fries in steam table with no time mark. Employee stated timer fell in water. Manager provided timer. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute near drive thru window soiled with mold like substance.
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Ladder and trash can in front of sink near drive thru. Moved during this inspection. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/13/2023 revealed 8 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 9/25/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
1
Basic
5
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Door of reach in cooler on cookline taped with green tape.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Tray of food labeled "tre" on shelf over sausage crumbles in walk in freezer.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. Large chunk of ice near fans in walk in freezer.
- 51-18-6:Basic - No copy of latest inspection report available. Most current report from 9/7/2022. Last inspection was 2/2/2023.
- 12A-09-4:High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Female employee with gloved hands wiped down cutting board with sanitizer towel then continued to touch tortilla without washing hands and changing gloves.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of reach in freezer has food debris on bottom. Soda nozzles have build up in dining area and at drive thru.
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/25/2023 revealed 7 total violations (1 high priority, 1 intermediate, 5 basic).