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SALT & PEPPER CHEF

1280 SW 26 AVE #11 · POMPANO BEACH · Broward County · FL 33069

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateSeptember 1, 2023
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3356854
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8376114
DBPR license1610084

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
7 High Priority1 Intermediate0 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical8 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 7

#1High Priority12A-18-4

High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. At cook line; employee dried hands on soiled towel after washing. Advised Operator to have employees dry hands with paper towels after washing. **Warning**

Warning
#2High Priority12A-12-4

High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. At cook line; employee switched from handling raw fish to handling clean plates and ready to eat food no hand wash. Advised Operator to have employees wash hands when switching from raw to ready to food . **Warning**

Warning
#3High Priority12A-25-4

High 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. Advised Operator to have employees wash hands after touching face and before handling unwrapped single service articles. **Warning**

Warning
#4High 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. At cook line; employee touched ready to eat empanada that had been cooked and was being placed on plate for customer. Advised Operator to have employees wear gloves or use utensils when handling ready to eat food. **Warning**

Warning
#5High Priority12A-20-4

High Priority – Employee washed hands with no soap. At cook line; employees are washing hands without soap. Advised Operator to have employees wash hands with soap. **Warning**

Warning
#6High 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 cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Upright stainless; beef empanada (52°F – Cold Holding); chicken empanada (55°F – Cold Holding); cooked noodles (58°F – Cold Holding); cooked pork (51°F – Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today and being held in cooler overnight. See Stop Sale. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale
#7High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Upright stainless; beef empanada (52°F – Cold Holding); chicken empanada (55°F – Cold Holding); cooked noodles (58°F – Cold Holding); cooked pork (51°F – Cold Holding). Operator stated items not prepared or portioned today and being held in cooler overnight. See Stop Sale. **Warning**

WarningStop Sale

Intermediate 1

#8Intermediate31B-02-4

Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At front counter hand wash sink; no paper towels. Operator provided. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 23, 2026 12:13 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
4 observation(s)
Category 31 · Handwash sinks, supplies and signage
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.