TASTY PHO
7430 49th Street North
Florida, 33781
Pinellas County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★½☆☆☆ (1.6/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/16/2025
High Priority
0
Intermediate
3
Basic
3
Total
6
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Containers of fish sauce, chili sauce, and peanut sauce stored in walk in cooler not covered. **Repeat Violation**
- 06-01-5:Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Bowl of frozen shrimp thawing in standing water. Employee turned faucet on to allow cold running water to hit product.
- 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Observed pipe leaking under hand sink on cook line.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled with food debris. Slicer soiled with food debris. **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Plastic container stored in hand sink on cook line. Employee moved item. **Corrected On-Site**
- 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. Frozen deli containers of chili, meatball soup, and green cooked vegetables not date marked.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/16/2025 revealed 6 total violations (0 high priority, 3 intermediate, 3 basic).
Inspection on 9/16/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
4
Basic
10
Total
14
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 16-21-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 14-01-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Bowl being used to scoop dry boba stored in container under prep table in cook line. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 08B-49-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. -Employee personal food stored under prep tables on cook line with food to be served to the public. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 40-06-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. -Employee purses stored under prep tables on cook line with food to be stored with the public. - Employee glasses, phones, and head phones stored on shelf above preparation table on cook line. **Repeat Violation** - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 13-03-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. -Employee engaging in food preparation not wearing a hair restraint. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 14-11-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Equipment in poor repair. -Stand alone fridge left side of door falls off hinge when opened. -Walk in cooler and freezer leaking water from ceiling. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 35B-01-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. -Back screen door. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 23-03-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -Gaskets soiled with food debris through kitchen. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 29-49-6:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. -Standing water at the bottom of small reach in cooler stored on counter in the middle of expo line. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Stored food not covered. -Multiple food items stored in reach in deli coolers, stand alone fridges and walk in cooler not covered. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. -Can opener, stove top and slicer heavily soiled with food debris. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. -No chlorine test kit provided. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 05-08-4:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. -Multiple food items prepared onsite not date marked inside reach in deli coolers, stand alone fridges, and walk in cooler. - From follow-up inspection 2024-09-16: **Time Extended**
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/16/2024 revealed 14 total violations (0 high priority, 4 intermediate, 10 basic).
Inspection on 7/15/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
5
Basic
17
Total
24
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 16-21-4:Basic - Accumulation of debris on exterior of warewashing machine. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Bowl being used to scoop dry boba stored in container under prep table in cook line. **Repeat Violation**
- 14-05-4:Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. -Soiled cardboard used to line shelves in walk in freezer.
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. -Electrical tape used to tape torn gaskets of stand alone fridge on cook line.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. -Employee personal food stored under prep tables on cook line with food to be served to the public.
- 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 purses stored under prep tables on cook line with food to be stored with the public. - Employee glasses, phones, and head phones stored on shelf above preparation table on cook line. **Repeat Violation**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. -Employee engaging in food preparation not wearing a hair restraint.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. -Stand alone fridge left side of door falls off hinge when opened. -Walk in cooler and freezer leaking water from ceiling.
- 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. -Back screen door.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. -Floors soiled Inside walk in freezer.
- 36-12-4:Basic - Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable. -Wooden crates stored on floor Inside walk in cooler.
- 08B-52-4:Basic - Food stored under dripping water line. -Uncovered bowl of chopped green onions and cases of raw meat stored on shelves inside walk in cooler with dripping water coming from the ceiling.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. -Ice buildup on floors and racks inside walk in cooler.
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. -Knife stored in crack of deli cooler lid covers. Employee removed knife. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. -Gaskets soiled with food debris through kitchen.
- 29-49-6:Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. -Standing water at the bottom of small reach in cooler stored on counter in the middle of expo line.
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. -Multiple food items stored in reach in deli coolers, stand alone fridges and walk in cooler not covered.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. -Employee walked off cook line to engage in a different task and returned to cook line to begin engaging in food preparation without changing gloves and washing hands prior to starting a new task.
- 01B-02-5:High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. -Cooked rice in 3 plastic deli containers and 1 stainless steel bowl temping at (56 F- Cold Holding) at 11am. Employee stated rice was stored in stand alone fridge on cook line at 8:45pm on 7/14/24 to cool down.
- 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. -Can opener, stove top and slicer heavily soiled with food debris.
- 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. -No chlorine test kit provided.
- 05-08-4:Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
- 53B-01-5:Intermediate - No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. -Staff could not provide proof of employee food training during the time off inspection. **Warning**
- 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. -Multiple food items prepared onsite not date marked inside reach in deli coolers, stand alone fridges, and walk in cooler.
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/15/2024 revealed 24 total violations (2 high priority, 5 intermediate, 17 basic).