PANERA BREAD #3327
2370 Southwest College Road
Ocala, Florida, 34471
La Joya
Marion County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 3/26/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
2
Basic
7
Total
13
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 51-11-4:Basic - Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Carbon dioxide tanks not adequately secured outside of building by side exit door
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Pen on cutting board on prep line. Manager removed pen **Corrected On-Site**
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male employee on cook line with beard and no beard guard.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Clean stacked Equipment ( soup bins )not properly air-dried, and stored wet on clean ware rack resulting in wet nesting. Manager removed and placed in dishwash area **Corrective Action Taken**
- 16-46-4:Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels not removed from food containers before cleaning, stored on the clean ware rack.
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed produce ( Pineapple ) stored over ready-to-eat food ( ice tea containers ) in walk in cooler. Unwashed produce (blueberries ) stored over ready-to-eat food ( to go orders ) in walk in cooler. Manager moved items and corrected **Corrected On-Site**
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Two Wet wiping cloth stored on prep counter.
- 08B-02-4:High Priority - Displayed food not properly protected from contamination. Pastries and cookies at front counter has no overhead protection.
- 12A-18-4:High Priority - Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee not wearing gloves rubbed their waistband then handled dispenser squeeze bottle and touched the open tip of the squeeze bottle. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Scrambled egg 131F - for 15 minutes, items kept on time for quality control
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Mold like substance in the top interior of the ice machine. Mold like substance on the ice chute of soda dispensing machine at drive thru. Manager cleaned ice chute. **Corrected On-Site**
- 53B-14-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. One food handler certificate expired, test date was in Sept 2021.
- 46-01-4:Marked exit/path to marked exit blocked. For reporting purposes only. Side exit door blocked with cart and boxes.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/26/2025 revealed 13 total violations (3 high priority, 2 intermediate, 7 basic).
Inspection on 7/23/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
0
Basic
2
Total
3
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-17-5:Basic - Floor tiles missing and/or in disrepair. Tiles in back of walk-in-freezer has missing tiles.
- 36-24-5:Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Water heater room has hole in wall behind door.
- 12A-09-4:High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee wearing gloves on prep line we preparing a sandwich, left the prep area went into the walk-in-cooler, pulled food out and returned to prep area then left again and while returning to prep area adjustment microphone on head set then returned to prep area and finished preparing sandwich,without removing gloves, washing hands and putting on clean gloves
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/23/2024 revealed 3 total violations (1 high priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic).