THE PIZZA JOINT FL
6723 49 ST N · PINELLAS PARK · Pinellas County · FL 33781
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
20 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employee using personal cellphone and began engaging in food preparation without washing their hands.
22-48-5High Priority – Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. Lemon Scent bleach sanitizer. Operator left to buy approved sanitizer during routine inspection. **Admin Complaint**
08B-27-4High Priority – Food placed in soiled container/equipment. Powdered substance stored in container's soiled with black mold like substance.
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. Operator wrote time
Intermediate 4
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener and mixer soiled with food debris.
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Fan stored on top of hand sink next to three compartment sink.
41-17-4Intermediate – Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Unlabeled white chemical spray bottles stored under three compartment sink.
41-04-4Intermediate – Toxic substance/chemical on premise that is not required for the operation of establishment. Home defense insect killer and Taurus SC termiticide/insecticide stored under table on dinning room area where single service items are being stored.
Basic 12
22-20-5Basic – Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Interior of ice machine soiled with black mold like substance.
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Reach in cooler and pizza oven handles soiled with food debris.
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Soiled with black mold like substance throughout kitchen area. **Repeat Violation**
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards stored on reach in deli coolers. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets torn on reach in deli cooler on cook line. **Repeat Violation**
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. In stand alone freezer in dinning room area.
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Pizza ovens soiled with food debris.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Gaskets on reach in deli coolers soiled with food debris and mold like substance. Hood filters heavily soiled with grease. **Repeat Violation**
08B-62-4Basic – Unprotected ice machine in a customer/nonsecure area. In back outside area. **Repeat Violation**
14-17-4Basic – Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Inside walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
42-01-4Basic – Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Stored on floor next to stand alone freezer in dinning room.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Unlabeled container of white powdered substance stored under prep table.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 26, 2026 12:09 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 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.