SAWATDEE THAI AND SUSHI
4418 PARK BLVD · PINELLAS PARK · Pinellas County · FL 33781
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
30 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
41-07-4High Priority – Container of medicine improperly stored. -Employee medicine stored on top of reach in deli cooler on cook line. Operator moved item. **Warning**
12A-27-4High Priority – Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. -Observed employee on cook line crack raw shell eggs and continued to handle utensils and ready to eat foods at wok station without washing their hands. **Warning**
01B-07-4High Priority – Food with mold-like growth. See stop sale. -Mold like substance in tub of butter. **Warning**
10-05-5High Priority – In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -Utensils at sushi station in 78 F standing water. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-15-4High Priority – Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage – direct contact with food. -Nonfood grade containers being used to store food throughout the kitchen. **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw pork, raw beef, and raw chicken stored above sauce containers in stand alone fridge next to ice machine. Operator moved items to bottom of cooler. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. -Temperatures at 1:30pm in Sushi display case: yellow tail (46F – Cold Holding); escolar (46F – Cold Holding); salmon (45F – Cold Holding); ahi tuna (45F – Cold Holding); krab (45F – Cold Holding) -Employee moved trays of fish in sushi display into mini fridge at sushi station. Bags of ice were placed on top of fish to bring the temperature down. -Items sitting out on prep table and rack in between reach in deli cooler: cut kale (87F – Cold Holding); sprouts (76F – Cold Holding); cut cabbage (87F – Cold Holding); noodles in water (73F – Cold Holding) -Items inside stand alone reach freezer: thawed chicken (61F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (52F – Cold Holding) -Items in stand alone reach in cooler next to ice machine: half and half (49F – Cold Holding); butter (50F – Cold Holding); raw chicken (52F – Cold Holding); raw pork (50F – Cold Holding); raw beef (52F – Cold Holding); half and half (49F – Cold Holding); butter (50F – Cold Holding) **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 8
11-27-4Intermediate – Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. -Emailed operator response to a vomiting or diarrheal event form. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. -Can opener heavily soiled with food debris. -Reach in deli cooler cutting boards stained. **Warning**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. -3 gallon trash can stored in front of hand sink next to dish machine. **Warning**
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. -Inspector observed ice dumped inside hand sink next to dish machine. **Warning**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. -No paper towels at hand sink next to dish machine. Employee stocked paper towels. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
05-08-4Intermediate – No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. -Items prepared onsite inside reach in coolers and freezer not date marked. **Warning**
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. -Employee using unlabeled blue chemical spray bottle to clean table in dinning room. Employee labeled spray bottle as glass cleaner. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Basic 15
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Stored inside multiple containers under prep table across from dish machine and in dry storage area. **Warning**
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. -Reach in deli cooler handles soiled with food debris. **Warning**
50-09-4Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. -License displayed expired on 2/1/2022. **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. -Employee drink stored on rack storing in use spices and to go containers in between reach in deli cooler on cook line. **Repeat Violation** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. -Employee purse stored on top of ice machine at kitchen entrance. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. -Clean containers wet nesting on rack above three compartment sink. **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. -Bag of rice and soybean oil stored on floor in dry storage area. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
51-13-4Basic – No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. -Provided operator with printed copy of Heimlich maneuver/choking sign. Operator posted sign a cash register area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12B-13-4Basic – Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. -Employee water and soda stored inside reach in deli cooler on cook line. **Warning**
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. -Togo bowls not inverted on rack in between reach in deli coolers on cook line. **Warning**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. -Reach in deli cooler across from wok station. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered. -Frozen tempura shrimp container not covered in stand alone reach in freezer. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03A-05-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food not maintained frozen solid in a freezer. -Stand alone reach in freezer not maintaining foods frozen. Inspector left thermometer inside freezer for 5 minutes. Thermometer recorded 61 degrees. Operator will have someone come service the freezer. All items items were moved into a different freezer. **Warning**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. -Multiple wet sipping cloths stored on prep table and table storing fryer. **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. -Containers of powdered substance not labeled in dry storage area. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 1, 2026 2:41 PM.
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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.