THE FLAME
3710 SW COLLEGE RD STE 100 · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34474
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
19 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Male employee came from outside and started moving clean equipment, no hand wash occurred. Also male employee started wearing gloves and handle food, no hand wash occurred prior to wearing gloves. **Warning**
12A-17-4High Priority – Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Male employees rinsed tips of his fingers with no soap and continued working with ready to eat food. **Warning**
12A-10-4High Priority – Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Male employees touched face multiple times and continued working with food, no hand wash occurred. Inspector instructed to wash hands. **Warning**
09-01-4High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. On cook line, male employee touched cooked dosa with his bare hands, also cut vegetables.
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container.
01B-24-5High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. In Walk in cooler, masala sauce date marked 9/1/2026, also red sauce date marked 9/3/2026.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cook line heavy cream 45F, stored above filling line, employee moved to bottom part of cooler, temperature reach 41F. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 3
16-37-1Intermediate – No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. For chlorine.
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. On cook line and in Walk in cooler, baked potataoes, paneer and yogurt base sauce no date marked, per Manager, items were made 09/23/26. **Repeat Violation**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. At the dish machine area, spray bottle with yellow substance not labeled, Manager labeled bleach **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 9
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl no handle inside white liquid base on cook line.
21-05-5Basic – Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Observed white cloth use to hold stretched dough to placed inside oven.
13-07-4Basic – Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Male employees on cook line.
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male employees on cook line no hair restraints.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Cleaned stacked containers stored wet above triple sink.
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. In walk in freezer on right side of the unit.
10-20-4Basic – In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tong on oven handle.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets soiled with food residue.
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. At the front line, box with to go containers on floor, manager moved off the floor. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 26, 2026 12:53 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.