EL BALCON DE LAS AMERICAS VII

High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 2 cans with mushrooms Warning

High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee left kitchen to the outside came back and started to engaged in food preparation without washing hands Employee washed hands Corrected On-Site Warning

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 touched dirty towel multiple times then engaged of food preparation without washing hands Advised employee to wash hands Warning

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. 4 drawer under stovetop Raw shell eggs over cooked beef Walk in cooler Raw beef over cheese Flip top cooler Raw pork chops over sauces Operator stored properly all products Corrected On-Site Warning

High Priority - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Coconut sauce 12/9/25 Warning

High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Cooking oil stored inside a bottle marked for chemical use Warning

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Steam table cooked rice 147F reheating per operator product reheating for 2 hours. See stop sale Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Kitchen Fresh garlic and oil 88F cold holding, stored overnight. See stop sale Warning

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Kitchen Fresh garlic and oil 88F cold holding, stored overnight. See stop sale Kitchen raw shell eggs liquid 85F cold holding stored for 2 hours, operator decided to discard Under stovetop cooler 4 drawer: ; sliced tomatoes 48F cold holding tamales (51F - Cold Holding); raw beef (51F - Cold Holding); raw vacuum packed beef (49F - Cold Holding); raw chicken (44F - Cold Holding); raw fish (47F - Cold Holding); raw liver (49F - Cold Holding); cooked beef (49F - Cold Holding); raw salmon (49F - Cold Holding);. Per operator all items stored for approximately 2 hours and not prepared or portioned today Operator moved to walk in freezer Warning

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food reheated for hot holding not reaching 165 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 seconds within 2 hours. Steam table cooked rice 147F reheating per operator product reheating for 2 hours. See stop sale Warning

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Kitchen and steam table Chicharron 113F hot holding, cooked onions 120F hot holding, stored for approximately 2 hours. Operator moved cooked onions to be reheated to 165F++ and decided to discard chicharron Corrective Action Taken Warning

Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Emailed to operator, operator filled out Corrected On-Site Warning

Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Dishwasher area. Warning

Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Walk in cooler Chicken soup made 2 days ago. Advised operator to date marked Warning

Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Warning

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Next to sink kitchen area, degreaser not label Operator labeled Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning

Basic - Food stored on floor. Kitchen. Sauces Walk in cooler sauces Operator stored properly Corrected On-Site Warning

Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Walk in cooler Avocados unwashed over washed greens Advised operator to stored properly Warning

High Priority - Date marked combined ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days of preparing/opening the earliest ready-to-eat time/temperature for safety ingredient. See stop sale. At walk in cooler pre cooked pork belly dated 05/08/24. Food not used or sold. - see stop sale Warning

High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Dented cans of Garbanzos 6 6.5lbs each at dry storage shelf. Warning

High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee enter work put on gloves without washing hands. Warning

High Priority - Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. At cookline observed employee handled raw beef and fish the provided to plate food without washing hands. Educated operator, employee washed hands Corrective Action Taken Warning

High Priority - Raw animal food stored in same container as ready-to-eat food. At walk in cooler observed whole fried fish stored in same container as raw whole fish. Warning

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. At walk in freezer observed raw beef not commercially packaged stored over cooked pork. Operator stored food properly Corrected On-Site Warning

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food.At walk in cooler observed cooked shredded chicken stored underneath raw fish. Operator stored food properly Corrected On-Site Warning

High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. At cookline reach in cooler drawer Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged salmon bearing a label to removed from packaging before thaw not removed- see stop sale. Warning

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At cookline reach in drawers observed breaded chicken (45F - Cold Holding); trout (45F - Cold Holding); liver (45F - Cold Holding) cold holding food not prepared or portioned today - food out of temperature overnight, see stop sale Warning

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At cookline reach in drawers observed breaded chicken (45F - Cold Holding); trout (45F - Cold Holding); liver (45F - Cold Holding) cold holding food not prepared or portioned today - food out of temperature overnight, see stop sale Warning

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed cooking pot in handwashing sink by the dishwasher. Operator removed Corrected On-Site Warning

Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. At walk in cooler observed cooked rice with chicken made on 05/12/2024 not date marked. Operator date marked it Corrected On-Site Warning

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Degreaser not properly labeled by dishwasher Warning

Basic - Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. At cookline reach in cooler drawer Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged salmon bearing a label to removed from packaging before thaw not removed- see stop sale. Warning

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employees' open bottle of water on prepping table. Operator removed Corrected On-Site Warning

Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Observed the handwashing sink in the front counter without sign Warning

Basic - Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. At cookline prep counter in use avocados with stickers-operator removed them. Corrected On-Site Warning

Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Observed beef, ox tails, chicken defrosting on preparation counter at room temperature. Operator placed in cooler Corrected On-Site Warning

Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. At walk in cooler observed cooked pork roast stored underneath unwashed oranges. Warning