Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report
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CARVING STATION BUFFET

720 N FEDERAL HWY · LAKE PARK · Palm Beach County · FL 33403

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateApril 11, 2024
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3414372
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID8584707
DBPR license6000790

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
4 High Priority1 Intermediate2 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical7 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

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

High Priority 4

#3High Priority08A-02-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. At walk in freezer plastic thank you bag containing employee item of raw turkey neck stored over packages of frozen corn. Operator discarded bag of items. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#4High Priority08A-05-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. At walk in cooler pan of raw fish stored on a container of ready to eat pea soup, operator relocated raw fish to proper storage shelf. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#5High 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 Prep area Reach in cooler: Crab salad 51F cold holding per operator item was not prepared or portioned today, stored in unit overnight,see stop sale.

Stop Sale
#6High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At Prep area Reach in cooler: Crab salad 51F cold holding per operator item was not prepared or portioned today, stored in unit overnight.see stop sale. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**

Repeat ViolationAdmin ComplaintStop Sale

Intermediate 1

#7Intermediate02C-03-5

Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. At server station reach in cooler open container of milk with no date marking, operator states that milk container was opened at 10am yesterday, operator applied proper date marking. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Basic 2

#1Basic14-01-5

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. At prep area scoop with a broken handle used in container of .rice. Scoop with broken handle used in container of flour

#2Basic08B-49-4

Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. At walk in cooler plastic thank you containing raw turkey neck employee food stored on the same shelf and above ready to eat items intended for customers, operator discarded. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 7, 2026 2:35 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 1 · Approved food source
1 observation(s)
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
1 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
3 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
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.