TASTE OF INDIA
1241 East Fowler Avenue
Tampa, Florida, 33612
Hillsborough County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 2/6/2025
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 2/6/2025 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 2/4/2025
High Priority
5
Intermediate
3
Basic
6
Total
14
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 22-20-5:Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of large ice machine in kitchen in service area. **Repeat Violation**
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Manager making food on cook line.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under equipment in preparation and server area in kitchen.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bag of rice in prep area, employee corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. On stove handle on cook line, employee corrected during inspection **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Multiple containers of ready to eat items in walk in cooler.
- 03D-02-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. salam sauce (47F - Cooling over 6 hours) in large deep plastic container in walk in cooler, per operator sauce was cooked Sunday and left to cool in walk in cooler without any additional preparation today or yesterday.
- 01B-36-5:High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours and from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. salam sauce (47F - Cooling over 6 hours) in large deep plastic container in walk in cooler, per operator sauce was cooked Sunday and left to cool in walk in cooler without any additional preparation today or yesterday. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Manager on cook line touching beard with bare hands then continued to handle clean pan without washing hands first. Employee touching hair while adjusting hair net then continued to handle clean pots without washing hands first.
- 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw goat, removed from original packaging, stored over bags of cheese in reach in freezer in server area, goat moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. cut tomatoes (46F - Cold Holding); cooked cauliflower (48F - Cold Holding) in reach in cooler at end of cook line by dish machine, per manager cooler had been stocked approximately 1 hour prior. chicken (48F - Cold Holding); cooked caiflower (47F - Cold Holding); cut cabbage (47F - Cold Holding); cream sauce (58F - Cold Holding); cream sauce (48F - Cold Holding); yogurt sauce (48F - Cold Holding); mint chutney (48F - Cold Holding) all items sitting out in kitchen on counter or in steam wells with very little ice in the bottom, per operator all items where taken out of coolers approximately 1 hour prior, employees began to add ice to wells. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
- 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.
- 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. salam sauce (47F - Cooling over 6 hours) in large deep plastic container in walk in cooler, per operator sauce was cooked Sunday and left to cool in walk in cooler without any additional preparation today or yesterday.
- 31B-02-4:Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station by dish machine.
Food safety inspection conducted on 2/4/2025 revealed 14 total violations (5 high priority, 3 intermediate, 6 basic).