55 Violations at Shinju Buffet

Shinju Buffet - image by Google
Shinju Buffet – image by Google

Shinju Buffet on Glades at the Turnpike recorded one of the biggest numbers we have seen with 55 total violations on December 6th. If it can be called a bright side only 6 of the violations were marked as high priority.

  • Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 4- 63 oz cans of soy sauce 1 -12 oz can of coconut milk Segregated from intact cans. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit.- raw shrimp (45°F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (45°F – Cold Holding); pooled eggs (49°F – Cold Holding); tofu (45°F – Cold Holding); mixed cooked veggies (47°F – Cold Holding); tofu (49°F – Cold Holding) cooked wontons (53° – (cold holding) cooked noodles 53° (cold holding) . All TCS foods placed on ice Hibachi – raw beef 53°, raw chicken 52°, cooked noodles 45°, cut tomato 45°. All foods placed on ice and added to the time in lieu of temperature form. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Chicken on speed rack 47-49°. Cooked at 11:00am . Spoke to PIC about adding to his time in lieu application. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. Muscles on hot buffet line 117°. On a plate. Removed from plate and placed on time in lieu of temp. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over raw seafood. Food was properly stored. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Unwashed vegetables stored over ready-to-eat food in walk in cooler.

Their follow up inspection the next day still had 18 violations (2 high priority).
A few other Asian restaurants also had big numbers. Uncle JC Chinese on Sample in Coral Springs was #2 with 32 violations, though only one was high priority.
Closer to West Boca, the Japango in Delray Marketplace continued that plaza’s bad run of inspections. They had 28 violations, 5 high priority.

  • Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Found n 0 ppm .manager replaced with fresh chlorine and rechecked chlorine found in 100 ppm **Corrected On-Site**
  • Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In sushi station found cooked sushi rice in temperature range of 73-90f per employee kept over night under no temperature control .see stop sale
  • Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. In cook line in 3 doors reach n cooler raw chicken over cut scallions .raw chicken placed on bottom shelvings **Corrected On-Site**
  • Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. In walk n cooler cooked egg rolls and cooked shrimps .date marked at time of inspection **Corrected On-Site**
  • Stop Sale issued on potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food due to temperature abuse. In sushi station found cooked rice under no temperature control over night per employee in 73-90f range .see stop sale

Sushi Masa on Glades near I-95 had 27 violations, 6 high priority. The details aren’t pretty. There were several dead roaches, dozens of rodent droppings, live flying insects in the kitchen, and incorrect temperatures on several food items.
Big City Pizza in East Boca had 22 violations, 3 high priority.
Flashback Diner on Federal Highway had 15 violations with 9 high priority – the most in this weeks’ report.

TW's Lounge on 441 in West Boca; image by Google
Perfect inspection for TW’s Lounge on 441 in West Boca; image by Google

On the good news side, this week’s winner is TW’s Lounge on 441 with a perfect inspection. They’ve done it before.
A few places had just one violation each:
Orchid’s Garden off Lyons near Century Village
Packy’s in Logger’s Run
LaSpada’s Hoagies on Glades
Taco Bell on Palmetto near I-95
Padano in Logger’s Run and Utopia Bagel in Boca Lyons Plaza each had good reports with two violations each.
The new Dunkin Donuts in Loggers’ Run had 3 minor violations in their licensing inspection.
Our spreadsheet for this week is below:
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