HIBACHI EXPRESS
5308 LITTLE ROAD · NEW PORT RICHEY · Pasco County · FL 34655
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-25-4High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched face and hair then handled clean utensils and clean containers without washing hands **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken above seaweed salad in reach in cooler on cook line, raw chicken moved to bottom shelf **Corrected On-Site**
03F-02-5High 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. Sushi rice no time mark, employee was able to determine what time rice was put out at sushi bar and properly time marked rice **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. cooked chicken (109F – Hot Holding); cooked beef (130F – Hot Holding) sitting in pan on cook line, employee voluntarily discarded food **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands in 3 compartment sink
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Bowl stored in hand sink in kitchen, bowl removed **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at hand sink by 3 compartment sink, soap restocked **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 3
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Self service ice chute **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees put hair restraint on **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Multiple wet sanitizer towels out on cook line, wet sanitizer towels removed and put inside sanitizer buckets **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 9, 2026 12:12 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.