HAVANA CAFE OF THE EVERGLADES

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. An employee touched a sandwich with their bare hands to cut it then placed it on a plate for service . Inspector educated employee on bare hand contact with ready to eat food. The employee washed their hands and put on gloves. Corrective Action Taken

High Priority - Employee washed hands with cold water. An employee washed their hands with cold water only. Inspector educated employee on proper hand washing procedures. Corrective Action Taken

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce.in the walk-in cooler, raw sausage and mechanically tenderized beef over unwashed jalapeño peppers.

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In the walk-in cooler, raw sausage over containers of tomato sauce.

Intermediate - Clam/mussel/oyster tags not marked with last date served. Not all of the oyster tags are marked with the last date served.

Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. There are no sanitizer test strips for chlorine sanitizer in dishwasher or quaternary sanitizer in triple sink. This is a repeat violation from 10/26/2021, 4/12/2021. Repeat Violation

Intermediate - Raw or undercooked oysters offered and establishment has no consumer advisory sign provided on wall, menu, placard, table tent or by any other written means. Raw animal foods must be fully cooked prior to service. Inspector provided operator with a copy of the raw or undercooked oyster advisory and observed the operator post the advisory. Corrected On-Site

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. There are unlabeled chemical spray bottles in the dish washing area.

Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. There is no cover for the garbage can in the unisex bathroom.

Basic - Food stored on floor. There are multiple cases of food stored on the floor in the walk-in freezer.

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Observed no chemical test kit for chlorine sanitizer in the dish washing machine. Observed no quaternary sanitizer test kit for the three compartment sink. This is a repeat violation from 4/12/2021. Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-01-06: Time Extended