HOKKAIDO HIBACHI EL SUSHI
1200 TOWN CENTER DR STE 125 · JUPITER · Palm Beach County · FL 33458
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
22-41-4High Priority – Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly 0ppm. **Warning**
12A-10-4High 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. Sushi chef wiped his face and then placed ice bags on tuna and salmon at sushi station without washing his hands. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
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. Sushi chef is stacking crab sticks on a plate without wearing gloves at sushi station. Sushi chef put gloves on. Prep cook peeling carrots without gloves. Carrots will be stored in walk in cooler to be used later. Prep cook put gloves on. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Tuna 48°F-50°F, salmon 47°F, in right display case at sushi station. Sushi chef stated he left doors open during busy lunch. Tuna and salmon in display case for 2.5 hours. Sushi chef placed ice bags on the fish. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03F-02-5High 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 and the time removed from temperature was 2 hours ago. Sushi chef stated he forgot to time mark the rice. Sushi chef put time mark on the rice. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 1
53B-15-4Intermediate – Employees have not received adequate training related to their assigned duties as evidenced by lack of general knowledge in performing their assigned duties. Sushi chefs not wearing gloves while preparing ready to eat food and not washing hands as needed. Sushi chefs lack adequate training about Food employees shall wash their hands and exposed portions of their arms , immediately before engaging in food preparation, including working with exposed food, clean equipment and utensils, unwrapped single-service and single-use articles and after touching bare body parts. **Warning**
Basic 4
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. **Warning**
06-09-1Basic – 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. Grouper and tuna in walk in cooler not removed from vacuum package. Removed from freezer last night. Cook removed packaging. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
12B-01-4Basic – Employee eating while preparing food. 2 cooks eating on cook line while preparing onion rings. Reviewed eating in dining room. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
08B-39-4Basic – Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Carrots in the process of peeling not washed before peeling. Prep cook went to wash carrots. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 4, 2026 1:23 PM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
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.