OCEAN BUFFET
3425 SW COLLEGE RD · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34474
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
21 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
03D-02-5High Priority – Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 6 hours. In walk-in cooler, beef cooked 02/08/26 at 46F **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-36-5High Priority – Cooked/heated time/temperature control for safety food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within two hours and from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. In walk-in cooler, beef cooked 02/08/26 at 46F **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Male employee at the cook line handling raw shrimp with gloves on, change gloves and handle ready to eat food, no hand wash occurred. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-20-5High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. At the cook line, raw chicken tray stored above raw salmon, employee moved. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-17-6High 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. In walk-in freezer raw chicken stored above raw pork wontons. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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. At the sushi bar area, sushi rolls no time marked, employee time marked 10:30Am. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 2
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink at the triple sink and dish machine area blocked by garbage can, also no running water, Manager removed can and turned on water. **Corrected On-Site**
27-06-4Intermediate – No hot running water at three-compartment sink.
Basic 13
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Opened employee drinks above reach-in cooler and prep table at the cook line, employee moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Cooler near back door, employee personal food stored above customers fruits, Manager moved. **Corrected On-Site**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, gaskets in disrepair, also reach-in cooler at the sushi bar area repaired with tape.
36-73-4Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floors at the cook line, heavily soiled with grease build up.
14-38-4Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. In use Containers and lids cracked
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. At the cook line, knife between reach-in cooler and prep table.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler shelves heavily soiled with food Beddit's build up and mold like substance. Exterior of rice cooker heavily soiled with food residue. **Repeat Violation**
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach-in cooler at the hibachi area soiled with food residue. **Repeat Violation**
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. At the cook line, male employee re used single use gloves to handle raw shrimp.
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. In walk-in freezer, multiple cases and trays not covered.
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. At room temperature, raw chicken 39F. Employee moved to cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Multiple wet cloth on prep tables at the kitchen area and sushi bar area, manager removed all. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar or salt not labeled, manager labeled sugar **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 14, 2026 12:17 AM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
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4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 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.