INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF PANCAKES 36-174
1270 East Brandon Boulevard
Brandon, Florida, 33511
Hillsborough County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.6/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 12/18/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
1
Basic
8
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 12B-12-5:Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Manager discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Purse in box of ketchup packs. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee put on hair net. **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets torn on reach in coolers at cookline **Repeat Violation**
- 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Food debris on floor throughout kitchen. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Door handles and gaskets soiled on reach in coolers on cookline. Food buildup under soda fountain nozzles. Food buildup on stand mixer. **Repeat Violation**
- 21-44-1:Basic - Sanitizer bucket stored with food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Observed on prep table on cookline. Employee removed. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed tomatoes over pickles in walk in cooler. Manager moved pickles. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Towel in front hand sink. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/18/2024 revealed 9 total violations (0 high priority, 1 intermediate, 8 basic).
Inspection on 8/12/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
2
Basic
1
Total
3
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-11-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed shelving in walk in cooler being supported by metal food pans. Observed broken handle on microwave. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-12: **Time Extended**
- 03F-10-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. The written procedure is incomplete, no name, title, signature, or date signed. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-12: **Time Extended**
- 53B-09-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Employee wallet card certificates were not original documents **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2024-08-12: **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/12/2024 revealed 3 total violations (0 high priority, 2 intermediate, 1 basic).
Inspection on 8/9/2024
High Priority
6
Intermediate
4
Basic
9
Total
19
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 16-21-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. Observed on top of dish machine **Warning**
- 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Observed ceiling air vents in storage area with mold-like substance. **Warning**
- 28-02-4:Basic - Condensation or other drainage not disposed of according to law. Observed drain line at bottom rear of ice machine draining directly onto the floor **Warning**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Observed shelving in walk in cooler being supported by metal food pans. Observed broken handle on microwave. **Warning**
- 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed. Observed food debris throughout the kitchen and dishwashing areas **Warning**
- 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Observed in both microwaves at cook line **Warning**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Observed food debris on all gaskets at all reach in refrigerators and freezers at cook line. Observed buildup of debris under soda fountain heads in server area. **Warning**
- 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid. Observed IHOP garbage in open shared dumpster **Warning**
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Observed cases of unwashed produce stored over containers of ready-to-eat food in walk in cooler **Warning**
- 22-41-4:High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Chlorine tested twice at 0 ppm. **Warning**
- 12A-27-4:High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Observed cook cracking shell eggs, did not change gloves or wash hands before performing other tasks **Warning**
- 22-35-5:High Priority - Food preparation sink has soil/old food residue. Observed mold-like substance at prep sink **Warning**
- 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed 1 live fly in server station. Observed 1 live fly in hall near restrooms. Observed 1 live fly in stockroom. Observed 1 live fly in dining area. **Warning**
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed a case of individual butter packs in server area not held under refrigeration. Butter temperature was 74°F. Employee stated the butter had been out of the refrigerator for over 5 hours **Warning**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed sliced tomatoes at 55°F, diced tomatoes at 48°F, ham at 47°F, butter packs at 74°F. **Warning**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observe food debris built up on mixer head. Employee cleaned the debris off the mixer **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
- 03F-10-5:Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. The written procedure is incomplete, no name, title, signature, or date signed. **Warning**
- 53B-09-4:Intermediate - Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Employee wallet card certificates were not original documents **Warning**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Observed spray bottle without label in cabinet at server area **Warning**
Food safety inspection conducted on 8/9/2024 revealed 19 total violations (6 high priority, 4 intermediate, 9 basic).