MEDILISH MEDITERRANEAN GRILL

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-02-03: No proof of food manager this inspection. Discussed food manager requirements with employee. Emailed operator all information regarding food manager requirements. Time Extended

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. Stew and falafel not date marked in walk in cooler. Employee states items were made yesterday. Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-02-03: Time Extended

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled spray bottles by triple sink. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2022-02-03: Time Extended

High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee came in building and did not wash hands before touching clean equipment. Discussed with person in charge. Corrective Action Taken Warning

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk in cooler Stew 45, recheck 45°F Feta Cheese 45, recheck 44°F Falafel 45, recheck 44°F. Employee put items on ice. Corrective Action Taken Repeat Violation Warning

Intermediate - No certified food manager for establishment. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Warning

Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Stew and falafel not date marked in walk in cooler. Employee states items were made yesterday. Repeat Violation Warning

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled spray bottles by triple sink. Warning

Basic - Food stored on floor. Bucket of feta cheese on floor. Employee moved off floor. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning

High Priority - Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. Mashed potatoes at 49°F, cooked last night. See stop sale. Manager discarded Corrected On-Site Warning

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. Mashed potatoes cooked last night at 49°F in walk in cooler. Warning

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. Employee touched bell peppers with bare hands while preparing. Educated manager on bare hand contact with ready to eat foods. Warning

High Priority - Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. 16 moldy tomatoes 1 lb of tzatiki sauce. 3 gallons jalepenos Warning

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shell eggs over stew in walk in cooler. Manager moved eggs below stew. Corrected On-Site Warning

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. 2 gallons of Stew 50°F 3 gallons of tzatiki sauce 53°F Warning

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk in cooler- Stew 49°F, see stop sale. Raw Chicken 49°F, moved to freezer. Garlic in Oil 48°F, move to freezer. Tzatiki Sauce 52°F. See stop sale. Corrective Action Taken Warning

Intermediate - Manager or person in charge lacking proof of food manager certification and no other certified food service manager employed at this location. Manager on duty is Imad Bahar. Warning

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink by prep table. No paper towels at hand sink by soda machine. Manager placed paper towels at both hand sinks. 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. Tzatiki sauce, beef, stew in walk in cooler not date marked. Warning

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Water bottle on food prep table by walk in cooler. Manager moved water bottle. Corrected On-Site Warning

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food in Coca Cola cooler not segregated from restaurant foods. Manager placed all employee foods in a container at bottom of cooler. Employee food in walk in cooler not segregated. Corrective Action Taken Warning

Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee clothes on prep table by walk in cooler. Employee removed. Corrected On-Site Warning

Basic - Food stored on floor. Bucket of Feta cheese on floor in walk in cooler. Bag of onions on floor in walk in cooler. Manager moved onions off floor. Corrective Action Taken Warning

Basic - Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Warning

Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Thawing beef at room temperature. Manager moved beef to cooler. Corrected On-Site Warning