BITIA'S TAQUERIA
3436 17 ST · SARASOTA · Sarasota County · FL 34235
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
9 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-18-4High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee washed hands then wiped their hands on their apron. The employee properly washed their hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12A-17-4High Priority – Employee rubbed hands together for less than 10-15 seconds while washing hands. The employee properly washed their hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee handled a broom then clean equipment without washing their hands. Employee removed the equipment be sanitized and washed their hands.. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12A-20-4High Priority – Employee washed hands with no soap. The employee properly washed their hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **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 control cannot be determined. See stop sale. Cheddar cheese, cooked zucchini and cornmeal dough stored next to the cook line on time as a public health control with no time marks. Owner stated the items were stored on time for approximately 30 minutes. Owner placed a time mark on the items. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic 4
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone and speaker stored on a shelf next to food in the preparation area. Employee removed the items. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Several containers of food stored on the floor in the walk in cooler and the kitchen. Owner placed the items on a shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-17-4Basic – Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Several wet wiping cloths stored on equipment and preparation tables through out the kitchen. Owner placed all the wiping cloths in a sanitizer solution. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 26, 2026 11:53 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.