LA HACIENDA III MEXICAN RESTAURANT

2508 Crill Avenue
Florida, 32177
Putnam County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports

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All Inspection Reports

Inspection on 1/29/2025

High Priority
2
Intermediate
3
Basic
7
Total
12
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Food debris staining on ceiling closest the dish area.
  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. In the dry storage area, employee jacket stored over products for customers.
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. In the storage shelf of the prep area, clean plastic and metal containers stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation**
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. In the dry storage area, lard for cooking stored in the floor. **Repeat Violation**
  • 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Build up of ice on walk in freezer door, preventing good seal.
  • 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. In the dish area, two knives between wall and three compartment sink.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in freezer door gaskets with build up or debris/residue. Grease build up on cook line hood filters/fire suppression system. Per operator cleaning already scheduled. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. In the reach in chest freezer, opened bag of raw ground beef patties over commercially packaged shrimp. Operator relocated the beef patties. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Queso (66F - Cold Holding) in container on top of reach in freezer, operator had employee reheat queso for steam well. At the bar counter, salsa (56F - Cold Holding) per operator left hour on counter for half hour, operator placed in walk in cooler. Discussed time as public health control with operator. Operator states will use ice bath. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 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. No bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Portable cutting board in prep area with dood residue staining.
  • 02C-04-5:Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Queso per operator frozen after being prepared date marked 1/22 and pulled from freezer 2 days prior.
Food Inspector #8846037
2025-01-29
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/29/2025 revealed 12 total violations (2 high priority, 3 intermediate, 7 basic).

Inspection on 7/31/2024

High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
7
Total
10
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink stored on prep table next to microwave.
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employees personal food in walk in cooler on shelf over food to be served to customers. Operator relocated the personal food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On the top shelf of the prep area dry storage shelf, clean metal containers stacked while wet. **Repeat Violation**
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in chest freezer to the side of the cook line with build up of ice and cracked line with exposed insulation.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Jug of fryer oil stored on the floor of the prep area. Operator relocated the fryer oil. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Cook line hood filters with grease build up. Walk in cooler door gasket with mold like substance spots. Not in use walk in cooler converted to dry storage unit has build up of mold like substance on the gasket. **Repeat Violation**
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored on flip top reach in cooler cutting board.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the walk in cooler, raw shredded beef over cut and washed lettuce. Raw shell eggs over beer bottles in walk in cooler. Operator rearranged walk in cooler storage levels. **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. No bodily fluid clean up kit or written procedures available. Inspector provided written procedures. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink at pass through counter used to stored dirty plastic boat for chips. Container removed from hand wash sink. **Corrected On-Site**
Food Inspector #8717996
2024-07-31
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/31/2024 revealed 10 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 7 basic).