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JOEY'S NEW YORK PIZZA & ITALIAN RESTAURANT

30681 US HWY 19 N · PALM HARBOR · Pinellas County · FL 34684

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateAugust 19, 2026
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3732911
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID13771404
DBPR license6217567

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
8 High Priority4 Intermediate15 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical27 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

27 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 8

#16High Priority01B-01-4

High Priority – Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 1 88oz can of artichokes, 1 6lb can of kidney beans. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#17High Priority12A-17-4

High Priority – Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. Employee washed hands for 3 seconds. **Warning**

Warning
#18High Priority12A-10-4

High 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. Employee touched face and body, no glove change or hand wash. Waiter touched face then touched clean dishes on cook line. No gloves **Warning**

Warning
#19High Priority12A-29-4

High 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 touched employee drink container then placed in gloves for pizza prep. **Warning**

Warning
#20High Priority35A-02-7

High Priority – Live, small flying insects found Three live flies in kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#21High Priority02C-01-5

High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food marked with a date that exceeds 7 days after opening/preparation. Potato salad marked 8-11. Current date is 8-19 **Warning**

Warning
#22High Priority01B-24-5

High Priority – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food not consumed/sold within 7 days after opening/preparation. See stop sale. Potato salad marked 8-11. Current date is 8-19 **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#23High Priority01B-13-4

High Priority – Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. 9 packages of salmon thawed in packages. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale

Intermediate 4

#24Intermediate22-02-4

Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener soiled. Cutting boards soiled. **Warning**

Warning
#25Intermediate16-37-1

Intermediate – No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No test kit for dish machine and sanitizer buckets. **Warning**

Warning
#26Intermediate03F-10-5

Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Operator had pizza out under time as public health control. With no written plan. Pizza was prepared at 12:15. Time of observation was 1. Had operator move pizza to a hot holding unit. Provided perator with time control form. **Warning**

Warning
#27Intermediate41-17-4

Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled squeeze bottle of sanitizer stored in lobby. **Warning**

Warning

Basic 15

#1Basic14-01-5

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic bowls used as scoop for cheese. Operator removed bowls. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#2Basic24-05-4

Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets not inverted in dry storage area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#3Basic06-09-1

Basic – 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. Salmon thawed in bag in walk in cooler states to remove from packaging before thawing. **Warning**

Warning
#4Basic14-09-4

Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Grooved cutting boards in kitchen **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#5Basic08B-20-4

Basic – Damaged/spoiled/recalled food not properly segregated. 1 88oz can of artichokes, 1 6lb can of kidney beans. **Warning**

Warning
#6Basic12B-07-4

Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage stored on shelf over prep table on cook line, employee beverage stored near flour in pizza station. **Warning**

Warning
#7Basic12B-12-5

Basic – 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. Employee drinking from lidless container in wait station. **Warning**

Warning
#8Basic13-04-4

Basic – Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee in kitchen not wearing a beard guard. **Warning**

Warning
#9Basic13-03-4

Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employeees in kitchen not wearing hair restraints. Instructed employees to wear a hair restraint. **Warning**

Warning
#10Basic14-38-4

Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Cracked container lid in use in walk in cooler. **Warning**

Warning
#11Basic10-17-4

Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored in between coolers on cook line. **Warning**

Warning
#12Basic16-46-4

Basic – Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels on container in ware washing area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#13Basic14-17-4

Basic – Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Shelves of walk in cooler has rust pitted to surface. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#14Basic21-12-4

Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth stored on prep table, not in sanitizer bucket. **Warning**

Warning
#15Basic02D-01-5

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unlabeled squeeze bottles of sauces on cook line. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 20, 2026 2:44 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
3 observation(s)
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
2 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 6 · Proper thawing of TCS food
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
1 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
5 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
2 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
4 observation(s)
Category 16 · Dishwashing facilities, test kits and gauges
2 observation(s)
Category 21 · Wiping cloths, linens and laundry facilities
1 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
1 observation(s)
Category 24 · Storage/handling of clean equipment and utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 35 · Pest control / insects / rodents / animals / outer openings
1 observation(s)
Category 41 · Chemicals and toxic substances
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.