SAMMY'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
6106 SW STATE RD 200
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 1/13/2025
High Priority
6
Intermediate
4
Basic
12
Total
22
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup used to dispense croutons
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Duct tape used on handle of reach in cooler and on pipe joints under three compartment sink. Duct tape used to cover hole in plastic container in reach in cooler
- 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee, water bottles stored in reach in cooler and on prep tables in kitchen
- 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 jacket and soiled apron hanging off rack with single serve items
- 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook on cook line with beard and no beard guard
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Drink cups, wet nesting at server station **Repeat Violation**
- 36-24-5:Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Hole in wall above reach in kitchen freezer in kitchen
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs stored on oven handle
- 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed lemons in box stored above cooked pasta in reach in cooler . Manager placed lemons on bottom shelf.. **Corrected On-Site**
- 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Mop stored in mop bucket, and not air drying
- 21-07-4:Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer bucket at 10 ppm and 200 ppm in kitchen
- 21-38-4:Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer bucket stored on floor in kitchen
- 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Blood pressure medicine stored above three compartment sink **Repeat Violation**
- 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. One can of olives, artichokes, and red peppers with dents on seams on top and side of cans
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Cook on cook line change gloves with no hand wash **Repeat Violation**
- 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. Cook at pizza station touched cook pizza with bare thumb while cutting pizza
- 22-45-4:High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly. Cook remove food particles from pizza slicer with bare hands, then use slicer to cut a pizza
- 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Missing vacuum breaker on hose bib behind establishment
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board stained on fliptop make table on cook line. Commercial can opener blade soiled with food particles **Repeat Violation**
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels or soap hand at wash sink in kitchen
- 53B-02-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Missing food handler certificate for one employee **Repeat Violation**
- 41-17-4:Intermediate - bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Squeeze bottle containing soap, not labeled
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/13/2025 revealed 22 total violations (6 high priority, 4 intermediate, 12 basic).
Inspection on 9/17/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
7
Total
13
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 16-23-4:Basic - Accumulation of lime scale on the inside of the dishmachine. Dish machine in dish area.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee protein drink stored in reach-in cooler across from dish area. Manager removed protein drink during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans stored on shelf in dish area. **Repeat Violation**
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between prep table and wall in back prep area. **Repeat Violation**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging on front counter pizza oven. Employee removed tongs during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Door to glass door reach-in cooler next to floor mixer in back prep area.
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers of food stored on shelf above floor mixer in back prep area.
- 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Bottle of Pepto Bismol stored in reach-in cooler across from dish area. Manager removed bottle during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-13-4:High Priority - Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled dirty dishes then proceeded to handle clean dishes in dish area without washing hands. Manager had employee wash hands. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 01B-07-4:High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. 3 lemons in back prep area reach-in cooler.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Deflector plate inside of front counter ice machine. Cutting boards on reach-in coolers across from cook line ovens. **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee filled container of water in front counter hand washing sink.
- 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. Copies of training for two employees provided as proof of training.
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/17/2024 revealed 13 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 7 basic).