EL TIKAL INC
475 Marsh Avenue
Fort Myers, Florida, 33905
Lee County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 4/23/2025
High Priority
Intermediate
Basic
Total
Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
This establishment passed inspection with no violations. The facility demonstrates excellent food safety practices and meets all health department standards.
Inspection on 11/18/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
7
Basic
0
Total
10
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee change gloves between handling raw chicken and raw beef. Discussed proper glove usage with Operator. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 09-01-4:High Priority - 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 using bare hands to put ready to eat peppers in tamales. Discussed bare hand contact with Operator. Employee washed hands and put on gloves. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed cooked beef at 96F next to hot holding table. Operator discarded beef. **Corrected On-Site**
- 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. Provided Operator with Cleanup Instructions DBPR Form 5030-104 via email. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Observed paper towel dispenser empty at hand washing sink on hot table. Operator stocked napkins next to sink. **Corrected On-Site**
- 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Provided Operator with Employee Reporting DBPR Form 5030-103 via email. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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. Observed raw shell eggs at room temperature on prep table.
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed chicken prepared yesterday no date marking in reach in cooler in kitchen area.
- 27-16-4:Intermediate - Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Observed no hot water at hand washing sink in employee bathroom.
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/18/2024 revealed 10 total violations (3 high priority, 7 intermediate, 0 basic).