GANGNAM KOREAN RESTAURANT
5161 BEACH BLVD STE 5 · JACKSONVILLE · Duval County · FL 32207
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
18 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
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. Cook went outside to get hair cover and then stirred soup, explained to her a and she washed hands **Corrected On-Site**
22-50-4High Priority – Food-contact surfaces sanitized with a quaternary ammonium solution not exposed to the sanitizer solution for at least 30 seconds. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Cook dipped two utensils in sanitizer after washing them , explained and she placed them back in **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw seafood mix on shelf above tofu in upright cooler at back, cook rearranged **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 60f cut cabbage and sprouts taken out of cooler at 11:30 am, employee wrote them in 4 hrs procedure **Corrective Action Taken**
03F-01-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control marked with a time that exceeds the 4-hour limit. Time frame states 11-4, explained to her and she changed to 11-3 **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate 2
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Fryer basket
02C-08-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Cooked beef taken out of freezer yesterday
Basic 11
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine at front counter
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. On flour, removed by cook **Corrected On-Site**
12B-12-5Basic – Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Open employee drink by rice warmer **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cook cooking, employee put a hat on **Corrected On-Site**
08B-19-4Basic – Food contaminated by unsanitized equipment or utensil. See stop sale. Cook tasted soup for customer then she tasted it again with same spoon, explained to her, cook discarded soup **Corrective Action Taken**
14-38-4Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Cracked container for cooked meat in freezer, cook removed it **Corrected On-Site**
05-09-4Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Cooler at front counter with cut lettuce **Repeat Violation**
36-64-5Basic – Objectionable odors in bathroom or other areas of the establishment. By triple sink **Repeat Violation**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Upright cooler by cook line and at front counter with
29-11-4Basic – Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Faucet in mop sink **Repeat Violation**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. White powder, bulk in shelf at back, flour per cook
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 21, 2026 8:06 AM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.