CHANNELS SEAFOOD MARKET
640 49TH STREET SOUTH · SAINT PETERSBURG · Pinellas County · FL 33707
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
21 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands.
12A-20-4High Priority – Employee washed hands with no soap.
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies in rear storage area not landing on food or food contact surfaces. **Repeat Violation**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired on 02/01/2024. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw seafood over peas in residential upright freezer in rear storage room, not all commercially packaged.
Intermediate 8
11-07-5Intermediate – Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. Person in charge only aware of Big 5 Foodborne illnesses. Inspector emailed Big 6.
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink used to fill water bucket of towels and water bucket left in sink. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-04-4Intermediate – Handwash sink removed from food preparation/dishwashing area. Must be reinstalled in the same location where removed. Hand wash sink by two compartment sink disconnected at time of inspection. Operator connected hand wash sink. **Corrected On-Site** **Admin Complaint**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink in rear storage area. **Repeat Violation**
22-38-5Intermediate – No sanitizer of any kind available for warewashing. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until sanitizer is available for warewashing. Operator went to store and bought chlorine bleach for food contact surfaces. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink in rear storage area.
53B-13-5Intermediate – Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hand wash sink in rear prep room only reaches 72 F after running for more than 3 minutes.
Basic 8
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Cooking oil stored on floor of rear storage room. **Repeat Violation**
51-13-4Basic – No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
35B-05-4Basic – Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. **Repeat Violation**
29-08-4Basic – Plumbing system in disrepair. Water spout removed from faucet over two compartment sink.
32-17-4Basic – Self-closing device on bathroom door disconnected/broken.
06-01-5Basic – Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Shrimp thawing in standing water.
36-02-5Basic – Unsealed concrete floor in food preparation, food storage, warewashing area or bathroom. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 18, 2026 12:17 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.