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THE HEN AND THE HOG

2151 N FEDERAL HWY · BOCA RATON · Palm Beach County · FL 33431

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateSeptember 9, 2026
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3737288
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID13775781
DBPR license6022284

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
13 High Priority1 Intermediate2 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical16 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 13

#3High Priority12A-27-4

High Priority – Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Observed employee cracking raw shell eggs and continued to work with other foods touching plates and spatulas without washing hands first; educated and advised to wash hands; **Warning**

Warning
#4High Priority12A-07-5

High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee changing tasks numerous times discard gloves and putting new gloves on to work with foods before washing hands ; educated ; advised to wash hands; employee washed hands **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#5High Priority12A-13-4

High Priority – Employee handled soiled equipment or utensils and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Observed employee numerous times wiping gloved hands on visibly soiled cloth towel and personal clothing at cook line and continued to work with foods and touch clean plates and other utensils without washing hands and changing gloves; educated and advised to wash hands; **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#6High Priority09-01-4

High 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. Observed employee touching toasted bread with bare hand and placing on the plate to be served to customer; food will not be reheated to 145 F or above; operator discarded and washed hands; **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#7High Priority10-05-5

High Priority – In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit- in steam table at cook line multiple utensils stored in unclean food debris water ; utensils removed and water discarded; **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#8High Priority08A-02-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken tenders over fries and onion rings in chest freezer at cook line- all not commercially packaged Operator decided to discard product. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#9High Priority35A-05-4

High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed live roach crawling on the mirror in the bathroom; operator killed it. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#10High Priority01B-02-5

High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control not discarded at the end of the 4-hour/6-hour period. See stop sale. All TCS foods like raw shell eggs, butter, sauasage and hollandaise sauce were not discarded at 11:00 am according to the time marked; Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. cooked cut potatoes (45-50F – Cooling);in cooler at cook line; as per operator food portioned and cut up lat night and placed inside cooler to cool down to 41F or below; food trays stacked on top of each other; food never reached 41 F or below within 4 hours; See Stop Sale **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#11High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. homemade ranch (42-48F – Cold Holding);in drawers under flat top sliced cheese (41-49F – Cold Holding); in cooler #1 at cook line; As per operator food not prepared or portioned today; food out of temperature for approximately 1 hour; food overstocked; advised to make smaller portions. **Warning**

Warning
#12High Priority03F-04-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food held using time as a public health control not discarded at the end of the 4-hour/6-hour period. See stop sale. All TCS foods like raw shell eggs, butter, sauasage and hollandaise sauce were not discarded at 11:00 am according to the time marked; **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#13High Priority03F-02-5

High 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- butter packets and sausage at expo line and cook line ; operator marked 7:00 am; **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Corrected On-SiteRepeat ViolationAdmin Complaint
#14High Priority03D-06-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from/mixed with ingredient(s) at ambient temperature not cooled to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within 4 hours. Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. cooked cut potatoes (45-50F – Cooling);in cooler at cook line; as per operator food portioned and cut up lat night and placed inside cooler to cool down to 41F or below; food trays stacked on top of each other; food never reached 41 F or below within 4 hours; See Stop Sale **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#15High Priority41-10-4

High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Observed small bottle of hand sanitizer stored with plates to be used for customers' food a5 cook line; operator discarded **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning

Intermediate 1

#16Intermediate53A-03-7

Intermediate – Food manager certification expired. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/food-lodging/food-manager/ Jeremiah Bennett 8/9/21; all others not expired **Warning**

Warning

Basic 2

#1Basic12B-13-4

Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Opened Gatorade drink in cooler at cook line; advised to remove **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic29-20-5

Basic – Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink by three compartment sink **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 10, 2026 11:07 AM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
4 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
1 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
4 observation(s)
Category 29 · Plumbing, mop sink, filters and backflow prevention
1 observation(s)
Category 35 · Pest control / insects / rodents / animals / outer openings
1 observation(s)
Category 41 · Chemicals and toxic substances
1 observation(s)
Category 53 · Food manager certification / employee training verification
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.