Restaurant Inspections: Duval County seaside lodge cited for violations

(Duval County, FL) — Meals service in eating places on the Hampton Inn Jacksonville Seaside/Oceanfront, 1515 1st St. N., in Jacksonville Seaside, was briefly shut down after violations have been discovered throughout an inspection on Dec. 9.

The violations have been discovered on the lodge’s tiki bar, in response to the inspection report.

An e-mail from the Division of Enterprise and Skilled Regulation supplied the next data on the short-term closure:

“The tiki bar and different meals service on the property are coated beneath the identical license. The inspection performed on (Dec. 9, 2022) was in response to a foodborne sickness criticism. Proof of vermin exercise was noticed through the inspection and an Emergency Order of Suspension of License was issued at roughly 1:48 p.m. The Emergency Order was vacated the subsequent day at 8:52 a.m. when a follow-up inspection (on Dec. 10) noticed all violations (corrected),” the e-mail mentioned.

John Hirt, the lodge’s normal supervisor, mentioned in an interview on Monday that the lodge’s meals service was shut down for a complete of 16 hours.

The Dec. 9 inspection discovered 17 rodent droppings contained in the tiki bar close to soda bins and beneath the three-compartment sink. The violation is taken into account excessive precedence, essentially the most extreme. It was additionally a repeat violation as 22 rodent droppings have been discovered contained in the tiki bar positioned close to the pool space throughout a June 21 inspection, in response to the division’s web site.

A complete of 9 violations have been discovered through the Dec. 9 inspection, together with 5 excessive precedence. Different excessive precedence violations discovered through the Dec. 9 inspection included:

Roughly eight flying bugs have been discovered close to soda bins contained in the tiki bar.
Hummus made in home with the date marked as Dec. 2 was present in the principle sandwich cooler. An worker verified that Dec. 2 was the date the hummus was ready. Meals not consumed/offered inside seven days after preparation is a violation. An worker discarded the meals.

The Division of Enterprise and Skilled Regulation says that every inspection report is a “snapshot” of situations current on the time of the inspection. On any given day, an institution could have fewer or extra violations than famous of their most up-to-date inspection. Inspections performed on any given day is probably not consultant of the general, long-term situations on the institution, in response to the division. As a result of situations can change quickly, institutions will not be graded or rated.

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