RED LOBSTER #0352
3393 SW COLLEGE RD · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34474
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
29 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 6
12A-07-5High Priority – Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Male employee started working with food and no hand washed occurred, also started wearing gloves and no hand wash. **Warning**
12A-12-4High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Female employee at the cook line touched raw burgers and immediately after handle clean plates and served food, also handled a bag of raw broccoli. Inspector instructed to washed hands. **Warning**
12A-10-4High Priority – Employee touched bare body part and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Female employee at the cookline wearing gloves touched her nose and face and continued working with food. **Warning**
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. Female employee at the prep area touched cooked potatoes with bare hands, immediately after started wearing gloves and no hand washed occurred. **Warning**
01B-17-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food required to be date marked is not date marked and time of opening/preparation cannot be determined. See stop sale. At the bar area, half and half container not date marked employee unable to determine when was opened.
29-42-4High Priority – Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Observed no backflow preventer installed at the non chemical side of the splitter.
Intermediate 10
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. At the bar area, half and half container not date marked employee unable to determine when was opened.
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink at the walk-in cooler entrance blocked by potato boxes.
31A-12-4Intermediate – No handwash sink easily accessible for employees. No handwash sink easily accessible at the cook line. **Warning**
16-62-1Intermediate – No measuring device available for measuring utensil surface temperature when using hot water as sanitizer in a dishmachine.
51-16-7Intermediate – No plan review submitted and approved – renovations were made or are in progress. Must submit plans and plan review application to DBPR H and R Plan Review office located at 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-1011. Plans must be submitted AND approved within 60 days. The direct link to the Plan Review page is http://www.myfloridalicense.com/DBPR/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. No easily accessible handwash sink at the cook line. Observed multiple handwash violations during inspection. Closest handwash sink about eleven to fifteen steps from the middle of the cook line. **Warning**
53B-02-5Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for employee hired more than 60 days ago. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. No approved training records for cook female employee. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. Handwash sink at the bar entrance, no soap, no paper towels and no sign. **Repeat Violation**
03F-10-5Intermediate – No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Inspector provided a digital copy of the form during inspection.
53B-14-5Intermediate – Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Five employee training expired (2023). **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
53B-09-4Intermediate – Required employee training provided by a third-party employee training program and operator unable to provide original certificate for employees trained. Observed six photocopies. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Basic 13
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Observed employee drinks on prep table (backed potatoes) in front of beer walk-in cooler. **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. Employee purse on prep area using for potatoes.
13-03-4Basic – Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Male personal at the cook line, also no beard guard.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Cleaned stacked containers with wet nesting. **Repeat Violation**
14-38-4Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Observed on use containers with cracks. **Repeat Violation**
10-23-4Basic – In-use utensil not used with moist food stored in running water. At the prep area, observed spatula with food debris inside dipperwell.
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Interior of microwaves soiled.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled
16-46-4Basic – Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Cleaned stacked containers with old stickers.
22-16-4Basic – Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Reach-in coolers at the cook line soiled.
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. At the dry storage area, box of jugs on floor, manager moved off the floor, also observed to go containers not inverted, manager fixed. **Repeat Violation**
29-49-6Basic – Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Reach-in cooler at the cook line and server station.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. At the prep area in front of walk-in cooler
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 22, 2026 12:59 PM.
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3 observation(s)
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3 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.