LaBelle's Olivia's Restaurant - 12 Food Violations

11 Critical Food Safety Violations On 2nd Inspection

LABELLE, FL. -- The state of Florida's Division of Hotels and Restaurants is required to do periodic inspections of restaurants, hotels and motels each year, and publishes the results of each inspection online. The local restaurant run by the Port LaBelle Inn, Olivia's, had this year's first inspection by a state food inspector in April, where he found the place was operating without a license, without a food manager, and no employee training had been provided to workers.

At a 2nd inspection four months later on August 28,  the inspector found three times the amount of violations than the first inspection. The most recent inspection found 12 violations of food safety requirements, including 11 critical violations. The April 21 inspection came up with four critical violations, which required the follow-up inspection in August:

April 21, 2009 Inspection Report -

Violation    Observation
50-08-1    Critical. Establishment operating without a current Hotel and Restaurant license--license expired 12/1/2008.
53A-01-2    Critical. Manager lacking proof of Food Manager Certification.
53A-07-1    Critical. No Certified Food Manager for establishment.
53B-08-1    Critical. No proof of required employee training provided. All public food service establishments must provide the division with proof of employee training upon request, including, but not limited to, at the time of any division inspection of the establishment. Pro


August 28, 2009 Inspection Report -

Violation    Observation
01B-11-1    Critical. Observed cheese with mold-like growth. discarded. Corrected On Site.
02-07-1    Critical. Observed processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening.
02-11-2    Critical. No oyster warning sign with required language provided. Corrected On Site.
02-13-2    Critical. Required consumer advisory for raw/undercooked animal food not provided. Corrected On Site.
02-22-1    Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. reach-in storage cooler
08A-22-1    Critical. Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. reach-in cooler.
08A-26-1    Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. reach-in cooler
08A-27-1    Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. reach-in cooler
08A-27-1    Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. reach-in cooler
09-01-1    Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. salt, sugar.
32-15-1    Critical. No handwashing sign provided at a handsink used by food employees.
51-11-1    Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured.