SALSAS MEXICAN RESTAURANT
4578 SW HERITAGE OAKS CIR · LAKE CITY · Columbia County · FL 32024
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
24 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Employee cleaned grill, touched shirt, and changed gloves without washing his hands.
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Three live flies in kitchen area.
12A-09-4High Priority – Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. Employee touches pants and continued food preparation without washing hands and changing gloves.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In walk-in cooler: shell eggs (62F – Cold Holding); milk (47F – Cold Holding); rice (53F – Cold Holding); beef (51F – Cold Holding); pico (49F – Cold Holding); rice (51F – Cold Holding). **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
02C-03-5Intermediate – Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. No date mark on opened milk container. Manager did not know when it was opened.
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Soda nozzle in bar area soiled with mold-like substances. **Repeat Violation**
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Water at hand wash sink across from soda machine has no hot water. Temperature measured 81F.
Basic 17
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plate used as scoop on bin of rice in walk-in cooler.
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Ceiling vents and tiles soiled with dust and grease accumulation. **Repeat Violation**
24-05-4Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice buckets not stored inverted or protected.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks on prep tables. **Repeat Violation**
12B-02-4Basic – Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Partially eaten plate of employees rice and beans on prep table near soda machine.of employees
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 on cookline prep table. Employee speaker on shelf over reach-in cooler prep table. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Cutting boards grooved. Reach-in freezer handles broken exposing sharp edges. Interior panel missing from reach-in freezer exposing insulation. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Oil on floor of cookline, salsa in walk-in cooler, and jalapeños on floor of storage shed. **Repeat Violation**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between sink and prep table. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Fan guards in walk in cooler soiled with dust accumulation. Grinder exterior soiled with grease accumulation and old food debris. Reach-in freezer frame, bottom, and door soiled with old food debris and mold accumulation. Food racks in walk in cooler soiled with food debris. Exterior bulk chip bin soiled with food debris and grease accumulation. **Repeat Violation**
16-48-4Basic – Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Old food debris on spatula stored on magnetic rack over sink.
16-46-4Basic – Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Label reside on stored food containers. **Repeat Violation**
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid. Both dumpster lids open.
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee drink in reach-in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
42-03-5Basic – Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Pliers stored on shelf over prep table.
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. Multiple containers of food stored in walk-in cooler without a cover. **Repeat Violation**
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Box of chicken thawing on lower prep table shelf. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 24, 2026 1:05 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 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.