HITS OCALA WINTER CIRCUIT
13710 NW HWY 27, OCALA 34482
Overall Food Safety Rating
★½☆☆☆ (1.9/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 3/14/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/14/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 3/11/2025
High Priority
5
Intermediate
5
Basic
5
Total
15
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-74-7:Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Reach in three door cooler has an ambient temperature of 46F. Unit has slide doors that are hard to keep closed and fans are not turning on. Warning
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on coffee prep table. Employee moved. Corrected On-Site
- 13-07-4:Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Male employee cooking eggs with watch on.
- 14-38-4:Basic - Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Containers in use in reach in make table
- 25-09-4:Basic - Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Spoons on front counter unwrapped in basket. Spoons and forks at cafeteria not inverted.
- 12A-12-4:High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Male employee cracked raw shell eggs with gloved hands then continued to touch cooked sausage, cheese, and bread without washing hands.
- 35A-02-7:High Priority - Live, small flying insects found in kitchen. One live fly on reach in freezer.
- 22-43-4:High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 500 ppm, then 200 ppm. Corrected On-Site
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. In reach in three door cooler at end of cookline: turkey (48F - Cold Holding); mozzarella (48F - Cold Holding); mozzerella (48F - Cold Holding); pasta (49F - Cold Holding); mozzerella (47F - Cold Holding); cheese (44-46F - Cold Holding); mozzerella (48F - Cold Holding); hummus (49F - Cold Holding). All items in unit overnight. Stop sale issued. Repeat Violation Admin Complaint
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. in reach in make table on cookline: Butter 46F. Employee placed in freezer. In reach in three door cooler at end of cookline: turkey (48F - Cold Holding); mozzarella (48F - Cold Holding); mozzerella (48F - Cold Holding); pasta (49F - Cold Holding); mozzerella (47F - Cold Holding); cheese (44-46F - Cold Holding); mozzerella (48F - Cold Holding); hummus (49F - Cold Holding). All items in unit overnight. Stop sale issued. Warning
- 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Cream cheese opened Saturday with no date mark. Repeat Violation
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand sink at front counter used as a dump sink.
- 02D-02-4:Intermediate - Packaged food not labeled as specified by law. Cookies and brownies on front counter.
- 27-02-4:Intermediate - Well water testing report/documentation is not available upon request. Bacteriological report not provided.
- 08B-15-4:Intermediate - Whole fruit displayed for self-service not wrapped and no utensils provided. Apples on front counter.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/11/2025 revealed 15 total violations (5 high priority, 5 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 1/2/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
6
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board on flip-top make table with grooves in kitchen .
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Duct tape to keep reach in cooler closed. Manager removed duct tape. Corrected On-Site
- 21-23-4:Basic - Establishment using sponges on cleaned and sanitized, or in-use food-contact surface. Establishment using sponge on in-use food-contact surface at three-compartment sink.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Box of bread on floor in walk-in-freezer
- 14-47-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable. Wall behind cooking equipment is missing drywall to cover wood studs and wood interior of wall. Wood is not sealed or easily cleanable.
- 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Wet mop not in use stored in mop bucket.
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. One can of mandarin oranges has a dent on top seal of can.
- 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Container of milk in reach in cooler opened 3 days earlier not date marked. Manager placed date on container. Corrected On-Site
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on flip-top make table with mold like substance in the grooves in kitchen.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/2/2025 revealed 9 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 6 basic).
Inspection on 3/15/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
0
Basic
1
Total
4
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 25-06-4:Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed small take out trays stored on top shelf not inverted or protected.
- 03D-01-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. Observed two containers of cooked rice in walk-in-cooler at 126F that had been cooked three hours earlier and left to cool at ambient room temperatuyre for two hour per the cook.
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Observed two containers of cooked rice in walk-in-cooler at 126F that had been cooked three hours earlier and left to cool at ambient room temperatuyre for two hour per the cook.
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed two trays of eggs in flip-top make table cooler on cook line at 57F. Manager advised that eggs had been there 90 minutes. Discussed time as a public health control.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/15/2024 revealed 4 total violations (3 high priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic).
Inspection on 1/17/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
0
Basic
10
Total
12
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 32-12-5:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Observed no covered waste receptacle provided in employee unisex bathroom.
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Observed duck tape on doors of reach in cooler. Manager removed duct tape. 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. Observed employee back packs and jacket stored above single use napkins used for the public. Manager moved napkins to dry goods storage area Corrected On-Site
- 21-23-4:Basic - Establishment using sponges on cleaned and sanitized, or in-use food-contact surface. Observed establishment using sponge on in-use food-contact surface at three-compartment sink.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed box of potato's stored on floor of walk-in-freezer. Employee placed box of potatoes on shelf. Corrected On-Site
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Observed tongs stored on oven handle door. Manager removed tongs and had them washed. Corrected On-Site
- 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Observed old labels not removed from food containers before cleaning, stored on the clean ware rack. Manager placed containers at three-compartment sink and instructed staff to remove labels and rehash. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 08B-39-4:Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Observed cut produce ( Avocado ) located in flip-top make table with produce stickers still on produce. Employee removed containers of avocado and had the labels removed and washed. Corrected On-Site
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Observed unwashed produce (pineapples, cantelopes ) stored over ready-to-eat food ( sauces in portion cups ) in walk in cooler. Employee placed portion cups on top shelf. Corrected On-Site
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Observed leaking faucet at three-compartment sink
- 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed stove cleaner stored above single use glove boxes on storage rack. Employee placed gloves on dry goods storage area Corrected On-Site
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Observed hose Bibb on side of building with hose attached and no vacuum breaker
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/17/2024 revealed 12 total violations (2 high priority, 0 intermediate, 10 basic).