2 Bay County restaurants get perfect scores and 2 cited for high-priority violations

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Florida’s restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So every week, we provide that information for you.

For a complete list of local restaurant inspections, including violations not requiring warnings or administrative action, visit our Bay County restaurant inspections site.

Here’s the breakdown for recent health inspections in Bay County for the week of Feb. 12-18, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.

Disclaimer: The Florida Department of Business & Professional Regulation describes an inspection report as a ‘snapshot’ of conditions present at the time of the inspection. On any given day, an establishment may have fewer or more violations than noted in their most recent inspection. An inspection conducted on any given day may not be representative of the overall, long-term conditions at the establishment.

For full restaurant inspection details, visit our Bay County restaurant inspection site.

Which Bay County restaurants got perfect scores on their health inspections?

These restaurants met all standards during their Feb. 12-18 inspections and no violations were found.

** Restaurants that failed an inspection and aced a follow-up inspection in the same week

Which Bay County restaurants were temporarily closed by inspectors?

These restaurants failed their Feb. 12-18 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-upinspections are required.

Cjd Home-Kitchen

Mobile food dispensing vehicle

Routine Inspection on Feb. 16

Facility Temporarily Closed: Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.

2 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

• High Priority – Establishment operating with no potable running water. **Warning**

Which Bay County restaurants had high priority violations?

Burger King 1753

109 N. Tyndall Pkwy, Callaway

Complaint Partial Inspection on Feb. 15

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

5 total violations, with 1 high-priority violation

• High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food.

The Local Cafe

401 E. 23rd St., Panama City

Routine Inspection on Feb. 15

Follow-Up Inspection Required: Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.

9 total violations, with 2 high-priority violations

• High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw pork ribs and raw chicken stored over bbq sauce and butter. Operator moved raw items to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
• High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Back flow prevention needed between splitter and green water hose.

What agency inspects restaurants in Florida?

Routine regulation and inspection of restaurants is conducted by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The Department of Health is responsible for investigation and control of food-borne illness outbreaks associated with all food establishments.

How do I report a dirty restaurant in Florida?

If you see abuses of state standards, report them and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation will send inspectors. Call the Florida DBPR at 850-487-1395 or report a restaurant for health violations online.

Get the whole story at our restaurant inspection database.

What does all that terminology in Florida restaurant inspections mean?

Basic violations are those considered against best practices.

A warning is issued after an inspector documents violations that must be corrected by a certain date or within a specified number of days from receipt of the inspection report.

An administrative complaint is a form of legal action taken by the division. Insufficient compliance after a warning, a pattern of repeat violations or existence of serious conditions that warrant immediate action may result in the division initiating an administrative complaint against the establishment. Says the division website: “Correcting the violations is important, but penalties may still result from violations corrected after the warning time was over.”

An emergency order — when a restaurant is closed by the inspector — is based on an immediate threat to the public. Here, the Division of Hotels and Restaurants director has determined that the establishment must stop doing business and any division license is suspended to protect health, safety or welfare of the public.

A 24-hour call-back inspection will be performed after an emergency closure or suspension of license.

This article originally appeared on The News Herald: 2 Bay County restaurants get perfect scores and 2 cited for high-priority violations