Clearwater, Florida, United States

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Costco Wholesale, Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Clearwater, FL, USA

5 months ago reported by user-qcjn2889

Chicken of the Sea Tuna in water. I made a tuna salad yesterday, and about 3-4 hours later I developed stomach cramps, bloated stomach, nausea and diarrhea. The tuna was Chicken of the Sea in water, purchased from Costco Clearwater, FL. The symptoms lasted about 8-10 hours.  | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Cramps, Bloating

#costco #clearwater #florida #us #chicken #salad #tuna

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Closure Date: 09/05/2023

Violations:
- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 7 rodent droppings behind ice machine in dry storage area 3 rodent droppings near bag in box. 1 rodent dropping next to … See More
service station. Glass cooler 11 total **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-09-05: 4 rodent droppings back storage room with water heater. **Time Extended**

- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Rodent rub marks present along walls/ceilings. Rub marks on wire leading to bag in the box. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-09-05: **Time Extended**

- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands. Server dirty dish to clean plated food dishes no hand wash. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-09-05: No service during call back inspection. **Time Extended**

Source: Florida Department of Health
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#mice #rats #rodents #clearwater #florida #us

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Closure Date: 08/23/2023

Violations:
- High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. -Manager entered the kitchen , handled food without washing hands -Employee preparing food without washing hands. Reviewed importance of hand … See More
washing with operator

- High Priority - Establishment operating with no potable running water. Water turned off at the establishment. Operator left to make payment

- High 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.

- High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. - two flies in kitchen area **Repeat Violation**

- High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Two live roaches on floor under hand wash sink in front counter area **Repeat Violation**

- High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. raw chicken 55 F , milk 57 F in refrigerator in front counter area - no temperatures taken this day Cooked eggs 89 F , cooked beans 110 F , cooked chicken 125 F at steam table in the front counter area - no temperatures taken this day

- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. - raw chicken 55 F , milk 57 F in refrigerator in front counter area - no temperatures taken this day

- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked eggs 89 F , cooked beans 110 F , cooked chicken 125 F at steam table in the front counter area

Source: Florida Department of Health
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#clearwater #florida #us

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Closure Date: 08/26/2023

Violations:
- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Dishmachine chlorine sanitizer not at proper minimum strength. Discontinue use of dishmachine for sanitizing and set up manual sanitization until dishmachine is repaired and sanitizing properly. Observed No chlorine at dishwasher … See More
manger changed. Dish machine still reading 0 ppm. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-24: Oporator contacted the dishwasher company operator has until 8/30/23 to get working properly. **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-25: Oporator contacted the dishwasher company operator has until 8/30/23 to get working properly **Time Extended** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-26: Operator contacted the dishwasher company operator has until 8/30/23 to get working properly. **Time Extended**

- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. 2 live flies in kitchen not landing on food or food contact surfaces. 4 live flies in bar area not landing on food or food contact surfaces. 2 live flies in dry goods storage area not landing on food or food contact surfaces. 9 live flies in area between bar and restrooms not landing on food or food contact surfaces. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-24: 6 live flies in bar area not landing on food or food contact surfaces. Killed 1, removed and sanitized the area. 2 live flies in dry goods storage area not landing on food or food contact surfaces. Killed 1, removed and sanitized area. 1 live fly in men's restroom by bar area. 1 live fly in employee restroom in kitchen. Killed, removed and sanitized the area. 1 live fly underneath dishwasher. **Admin Complaint** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-25: Observed call back inspection 1 live fly near dishwasher 11 live flies on walls behind bar 6 live flies in bag in box storage closet 17 total - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-26: 7 dead flies in men's restroom by dining area. 1 dead fly in women's restroom by dining area. Manager removed and sanitized the areas. **Admin Complaint**

- High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 live roach in kitchen. 1 live roach in employee restroom. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-24: 1 live roach found in office. Roach was killed, removed and sanitized. 1 dead roach in dining room. 1 dead roach by ice machine in bar area. 1 dead roach in kitchen by open flame for pots. All dead roaches were removed and area was sanitized. **Admin Complaint** **Corrective Action Taken** - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-25: Observed 1 live roach under dish machine during call back inspection. - From follow-up inspection 2023-08-26: 1 rodent dropping on drain board of dish machine. 5 rodent droppings on shelf by soda box station. 1 rodent dropping in women's bathroom by bar. 1 rodent dropping in dining room. 1 rodent dropping in men's room by dining area. 4 rodent droppings in men's restroom by dining area. 1 dead roach in women's restroom by bar. Manager removed and sanitized the area. **Admin Complaint**

Source: Florida Department of Health
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#mice #rats #rodents #clearwater #florida #us

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Closure Date: 08/08/2023

Violations:
- High Priority - Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 1 live roach in dry-storage room. 1 live roach on wall in dry-storage. **Warning**

- High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 30 rodent droppings … See More
in room next to dry-storage. 33 rodent droppings on floor in bar area. **Warning**

- High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach-in cooler at 2:31pm sliced tomatoes (66F - Cold Holding); cut lettuce (57F - Cold Holding); diced tomatoes (63F - Cold Holding); cut pork (60F - Cold Holding) raw chicken (69F - Cold Holding); cooked beef (61F - Cold Holding); cooked chicken (61F - Cold Holding); shredded mozzarella (56F - Cold Holding); sliced beef (51F - Cold Holding) Walk-in cooler at 2:45pm milk (45F - Cold Holding); eggplant (45F - Cold Holding); beans (45F - Cold Holding); butter (46F - Cold Holding) cheese sauce (45F - Cold Holding); flan (43F - Cold Holding) Operator placed items in reach-in freezer. Re temp at 3:30pm Slice tomatoes 51f Cut lettuce 51f Diced tomatoes 37f cut pork 53f Cooked chicken 52f cooked beef 53f Raw chicken 55f shredded mozzarella 53f sliced beef 53f Walk-in cooler at 3:35pm milk 44f eggplant 44f beans 45f butter 45 Queso cheese 45f flan 43f Operator placed ice on items in walk-in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Source: Florida Department of Health
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#mice #rats #rodents #clearwater #florida #us

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Right after I ate it I seemed to feel an odd full feeling then about 15 hours after eating I woke up really nauseas and was vomiting, had diarrhea and the chills.. Still not feeling very good 14 hours later but much better than the first 6 hours or so.  | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting, Chills

#stouffer #clearwater #florida #us

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Costco Wholesale, Gulf to Bay Boulevard, Clearwater, FL, USA

10 months ago reported by user-vjqbq485

Purchased a three-pack of organic Kirkland chicken tenders. Prepared one pack. Within hours I had explosive diarrhea, nausea and overall feeling ill. I thought maybe I just had stomach flu. I froze the other two packs. I thawed one out today and prepared. Within a couple of … See More
hours, the same thing; explosive diarrhea, nausea and overall very ill. For sure, I got food poisoning. I had consumed nothing else, other than the chicken in both instances.  | Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea
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#kirklandsignature #costco #clearwater #florida #us #chickentenders

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I got dinner with my daughter at the Clearwater PDQ an hour ago and we both got grilled chicken. I also got cheese broccoli as a side from this location and got nauseous stomach pains half an hour later. Now I am vomiting contemplating going to the hospital.  | Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting, Stomach Pain

#clearwater #florida #us #broccoli #cheese #chicken #grilledchicken

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