MATSUKAWA SUSHI
74 CAPULET DR UNIT 205 · SAINT AUGUSTINE · St. Johns County · FL 32092
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
11 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
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. Employee at sushi bar preparing individual portions of cream cheese with bare hands, employee put on gloves. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over cooked chicken in bottom section of reach in cooler on make line in kitchen, both chickens rearranged. Small containers of raw fish roe stored with containers of seaweed in reach in cooler under sushi bar, roe moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. raw fish roe (58F – Cold Holding) sitting out on counter at sushi bar, per manager roe has been out less then a couple of hours roe placed in sushi display cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
41-10-4High Priority – Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Bottle of liquid sugar stored with various chemical bottles under hand wash sink at sushi bar, sugar removed. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 4
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash station by dish machine blocked with rack and buckets of soy sauce, buckets moved. **Corrected On-Site**
02B-01-5Intermediate – Menu does not identify which items contain raw or undercooked animal foods covered by the consumer advisory. Sushi rolls containing raw animal products on all menus missing asterisks are the No.1 roll, Dinosaur egg, and crazy friday roll. Also smoked salmon sashimi on all menus are also missing an asterisk. **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station in kitchen next to dish machine.
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. At hand wash station in kitchen next to standing reach in cooler with glass doors near entrance to sushi bar area, employee corrected during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
Basic 3
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Multiple boxes of dressing and buckets of soy sauce in walk in cooler. Multiple buckets of soy sauce through kitchen area. Containers of ginger and boba drink mix at sushi bar. Employees began to pick up all items during inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters over cook line.
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Boxes of napkins in hallway by sushi bar on floor, napkins picked up. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 17, 2026 11:43 AM.
Violation category totals
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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.