OCEAN BUFFET
6795 W NEWBERRY RD · GAINESVILLE · Alachua County · FL 32605
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 7
12A-28-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee on cooks line touched shirt then turned around and continued touching clean utensils while cooking chicken. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
09-01-4High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee moved cut green onions to container at prep area with bare hands coming in contact directly with food. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
01B-12-4High Priority – Food contaminated by employees/consumers and operator continued to serve food. See stop sale. Employees opened can of Red Bull stored in container of cut onions directly touching food on cooks line.
14-31-5High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Togo bag used directly in contact with wasabi in container at sushi station.
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw eggs over vegetables in reach in cooler on cooks line. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw fish (46F – Cold Holding) item made yesterday in walk in cooler, multiple foods in surrounding area is in the cooling stage. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
41-15-5High Priority – Wiping cloth solution exceeding the maximum concentration allowed stored in a location that could result in the cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens, single-service, or single-use articles. Sanitizer bucket at dish machine area tested at over 200ppm, employee remade bucket at 100ppm. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach in cooler on cooks line is stained. Soda nozzle dispensing Starry soda on drink machine at side server station by bathroom.
31A-11-4Intermediate – Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Sink near ice machine, employee rinsed gloves at Handwash sink. **Repeat Violation**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. At Handwash sink in dish machine area. Sink on main server station the soap dispenser is out of batteries; unable to dispense.
Basic 10
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Cup with no handle used to scoop tea into drink glasses for customers at side server station near restrooms. **Repeat Violation**
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. 3 cutting boards on bottom shelf of prep table with multiple deep cut marks.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on table above sauces on back of cook line/prep area. **Repeat Violation**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Jacket on shelf above drink machine at main server area. Container of employee items on shelf above bulk msg and salt containers. Multiple employee items on shelf above buckets of sauce next to ice machine. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Sushi display cooler the sliding doors are cracked. Multiple large containers that are cracked and "fixed" with zip ties. **Repeat Violation**
35B-01-4Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Emergency exit door near restrooms with a gap underneath the door.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Bucket of ginger on floor in walk in cooler, employee placed on shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between table and reach in cooler on the back of cooks line in prep area.
10-01-5Basic – In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Scoop handle touching directly on msg in bulk container. Tongs handle touching bean sprouts on hibachi buffet line.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk in cooler food racks. **Repeat Violation**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 26, 2026 12:32 PM.
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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.