2 Martin County restaurants fail inspection; 1 closed

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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 Martin County restaurant inspections site.

Here's the breakdown for recent health inspections in Martin County, Florida, for the week of Feb. 19-25, 2024. Please note that some more recent, follow-up inspections may not be included here.

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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 Martin County restaurant inspection site.

Which Martin County restaurants were temporarily closed by inspectors?

These restaurants failed their Feb. 19-25 inspections and were temporarily closed. Follow-upinspections are required.

Sushi Yama Siam Japanese & Thai Cuisine

1520 NW Federal Hwy, Stuart

Routine Inspection on Feb. 21

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

8 total violations, with 7 high-priority violations

  • High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. At tall reach in freezer raw beef not commercially packaged over wonton wrappers- operator moved beef to lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At small reach in cooler- raw fish over **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. At small glass reach in freezer- raw chicken livers not commercially packaged stored over raw lobsters- operator moved chicken livers to lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. At back area behind reach in freezer approximately 20 droppings on floor. At prep table area - approximately 20 rodent droppings on top of container of ginger. At dry storage area approximately 15 rodent droppings on floor underneath shelves. At storage area in dinning room approximately 5 rodent droppings on floor next to boxes of wine. At laundry machine area- approximately 3 droppings on wall behind laundry machine. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

  • High Priority - 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. At sushi station sushi rice not time marked- food out for 3 hours- operator marked for remaining time. **Warning**

  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Bottle of sanitizer stored over cookline prep counter-operator removed. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Which Martin County restaurants had high priority violations?

Colab Kitchen

100 SE Martin Luther King Blvd, Stuart

Complaint Inspection on Feb. 21

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

11 total violations, with 4 high-priority violations

  • 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- kimchi prepared 02/09/24 not used within 7 days - see stop sale. **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. At dishmachine area- employee handled dirty dish then proceeded to handle clean dishes- educated operator- employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At reach in cooler near cookline- raw shell eggs stored over butter- operator moved raw shell eggs to lower shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

  • High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At cookline- prep area- butter 61F- cold holding - food not prepared or portioned today- food left out on counter- food out of temperature for 30 minutes- operator placed under time as a public health control for remaining time. At reach In cooler by cookline- chopped greens 48F- cold holding- food not prepared or portioned today- food overstocked- out of temperature for 30 minutes- operator placed food in walk in cooler To quick chill. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

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 Treasure Coast Newspapers: Stuart area restaurant and food truck inspections Feb. 19-25: Restaurant inspection: 2 Martin fail