SUSHI YAMA
10260 FOREST HILL BLVD · WELLINGTON · Palm Beach County · FL 33414
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 8
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employees entering kitchen and without washing hands, employees preparing customer drinks and handling clean plates of customer food, discussed with operator who educated employees. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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. Chef put finger in mouth and after without washing hands handled containers of raw fish, discussed with operator employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled trash can with hands and after without washing hands employee handled clean and sanitized dishes, discussed with operator employee washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. In reach in cooler non food grade paper towels used in direct contact as liner for raw salmon, discussed with operator who removed paper towels. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-31-5High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. In walk in cooler thank you bags used in direct contact to store raw lobster, discussed with operator who removed product from bag. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01B-13-4High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. In reach in cooler at sushi bar Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. See stop sale **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At front sushi counter cooked eel (129F – Hot Holding); cooked vegetable tempura (109F – Hot Holding) per operator product prepared approximately 1 hour ago and hot held until served, discussed hot holding with operator who chose to move product to time, operator time marked products and added to written procedures. At cook line chicken wontons (129F – Hot Holding) per operator product boiled on stove and moved to hot hold in steamer, discussed with operator who moved product to reheat to 165F+. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-10-4High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. In kitchen cans of butane gas stored above open buckets of flour, discussed with operator who removed cans. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate 1
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand washing sink at beginning of cook line used to store metal scrub pads, discussed its operator who removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic 3
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine interior has heavy accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin, discussed with operator to clean and sanitize. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. In reach in cooler at sushi bar Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. See stop sale **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. In walk in cooler open employee beverage stored above containers of food, discussed with operator who removed drink. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 17, 2026 8:27 AM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 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.