When was Save a Lot in Tampa last inspected?

Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa was last inspected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) on May 21, 2025. Inspection type: Operating Without a Valid Food Permit - Met Sanitation Inspection.

How many inspections has Save a Lot in Tampa had?

Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa has 1 FDACS food safety inspection(s) on record from January 2022 to present.

What did the most recent FDACS inspection of Save a Lot in Tampa find?

Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa was most recently inspected by FDACS on May 21, 2025 (Operating Without a Valid Food Permit - Met Sanitation Inspection).

Has Save a Lot in Tampa had any stop-sale or stop-use orders?

Yes, Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa has 4 stop-sale or stop-use enforcement action(s) on record with Florida FDACS. Most affected products were voluntarily destroyed.

What are the most common violations at Save a Lot in Tampa?

The most frequently cited FDACS violations at Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa are: 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3): Person in charge does not correctly respond to questions that relate to preventing transmission of foodborne disease by a food employee who has a disease or medical condition that may cause foodborne disease, can not describe symptoms associated with diseases that are transmissible through food, or can not explain how to comply with reporting responsibilities and exclusion or restriction of food employees. 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) and (17) Pf; 2-103.11(O): Person in charge does not ensure food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. 2-103.11(O) Pf; 5-203.11: At least one handwashing sink, or number of handwashing sinks necessary for their convenient use by employees, not provided in food preparation, food dispensing or warewashing area, or for a toilet room. 5-203.11 Pf.

Save a Lot in Tampa

Name: Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa Inspection Records
Creator: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Last inspected: May 21, 2025

2271 E Bearss Ave, Tampa, FL 33613

Pinellas County · Grocery Store < 15,000 sq ft · FDACS
Owner: Sal Acquisition Three LLC

Part of: Save-A-Lot Florida health inspections, violations & closures

Overview

Save A Lot #30017 in Tampa received a stop-sale order on May 21, 2025 for adulterated food under FS 500.04 and FS 500.10 — cut watermelon measured at 45°F after being held at ambient temperature for two days, failing to meet the 41°F cold-holding requirement. The product was voluntarily destroyed by facility management and witnessed by the inspector. The same date produced three stop-use orders citing unsanitary equipment (food-contact surfaces not properly cleaned or designed), handwashing sink deficiencies (sinks not properly supplied or accessible), and a violation of Florida Food Law related to handwashing sink accessibility. A May 21, 2025 inspection for permit sanitation compliance documented 12 violations including the temperature-control failure, employee health policy gaps (person in charge unable to answer foodborne illness prevention questions, employees not informed of health reporting responsibilities, no written procedures for vomiting or diarrheal events), and a backflow prevention device missing at the mop sink. Cut watermelon was corrected on site and voluntarily discarded; cooling requirements and employee health procedures were reviewed with management. The facility was operating without a valid food permit at the time of inspection.

Summary generated from Florida FDACS public inspection records.

1FDACS Insp.

12Violations

4Stop-Sale Orders

Last inspected FDACS: May 21, 2025

Save a Lot in Tampa: FDACS Inspection History (1)

Inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), which oversees grocery stores, convenience stores, bakeries, food manufacturers, mobile vendors, and vending machines.

2025 — 1 inspection

May 21, 2025 — Operating Without a Valid Food Permit - Met Sanitation Inspection· 12 violations· 4 stop-sale orders· Operating Without Permit

Inspector: PATRICIA DIAZ, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST II

Person in charge: MARYLYNN DEMARCO

Comments: When citations have been corrected and initialed, an electronic copy of the completed report may be emailed to [email protected]. Please note each observation that has been corrected. Thank you for submitting your food establishment permit application. To complete the application process, you must remit payment in full. To expedite the processing of your food permit application, electronic online payment is available at https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov. Follow the instructions on the portal page for payment processing. Payment by check or money order is also accepted, but must be made payable to FDACS and remitted to Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PO Box 6720, Tallahassee, FL 32314-6720. Please note that payment by check or money order may delay the processing of your food permit application. Permit fees must be paid in full before your application can be processed further. Failure to pay any permit fees in full will result in the denial of your permit and you may be subject to administrative penalties if you are found operating without a valid food permit, which is a violation of Section 500.12(1)(a), Florida Statutes. If you are found to be in violation of this provision, the Department may impose up to a $5,000.00 fine against you and/or seek administrative action to close your business. The Minimum Construction Standards checklist has been used in accordance with 500.12(2)(a) Florida Statutes by the food safety inspector to determine compliance before obtaining a food permit. The food establishment is operating without a valid food permit. An application for a food permit has been submitted. The Food Establishment shall remit payment of the appropriate fee within 10 days. Electronic online payment by credit card or e-check is available at https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov. Payment by check or money order is also accepted but must be made payable to FDACS and remitted to Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PO Box 6720, Tallahassee, FL 32314-6720. Please note that payment by check or money order may delay the processing of your food permit application. Contact the Business Center by email at [email protected] or by calling 850-245-5520 for further assistance. Stop Use Order issued. Food establishment can visit https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov or contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 when corrections have been made and/or when required documents have been obtained to request food safety inspector visit for written release of equipment. Failure to comply with the request for written release may or will result in Administrative Action. STOP-USE ORDER ISSUED FOR PRODUCE OPEN AIR COOLER. NO TCS (TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOR FOOD SAFETY) FOODS MAY BE HELD IN THIS COOLER UNTIL COOLER IS CORRECTED TO HOLD FOODS AT 41 F OR LESS AND EQUIPMENT IS CHECKED AND RELEASED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES. Stop Use Order issued. Food establishment can visit https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov or contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 when corrections have been made and/or when required documents have been obtained to request food safety inspector visit for written release of equipment. Failure to comply with the request for written release may or will result in Administrative Action. STOP-USE ORDER ISSUED FOR BACKROOM THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK MAY NOT BE USED UNTIL A HANDWASHING SINK SUPPLIED WITH HOT WATER IS PROVIDED IN THE AREA OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK AND THE EQUIPMENT IS CHECKED AND RELEASED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES. Stop Use Order issued. Food establishment can visit https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov or contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 when corrections have been made and/or when required documents have been obtained to request food safety inspector visit for written release of equipment. Failure to comply with the request for written release may or will result in

Risk-Based Violations

3-501.14(B) Time/temperature control for safety food prepared from ingredients at ambient temperature not cooled within 4 hours to 41°F or less. 3-501.14(B) PP

Retail area: Cut watermelon placed directly in retail open air cooler after cutting 2 days prior measures 45 F. COS: All cut watermelon voluntarily discarded. See supplement. Cooling requirements and methods reviewed with person in charge. x Print Date: 5/21/2025 Page 1 of 4 20 P Citation Description: Cold held time/temperature control for safety food not maintained at 41°F or below. 3-501.16(A)(2) P Observation: Produce retail: Cut lettuce held in produce open air cooler measures 46 F. COS: All TCS foods removed from this cooler and quick chilled to 41 F or less before placing in proper refrigeration. x

2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) Person in charge does not correctly respond to questions that relate to preventing transmission of foodborne disease by a food employee who has a disease or medical condition that may cause foodborne disease, can not describe symptoms associated with diseases that are transmissible through food, or can not explain how to comply with reporting responsibilities and exclusion or restriction of food employees. 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) and (17) PfPf

Person in charge does not correctly respond to questions relating to foodborne illness. Employee health guide reviewed with and provided to person in charge. o

2-103.11(O) Person in charge does not ensure food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. 2-103.11(O) PfPf

Employees not informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health as it relates to foodborne illnesses. Employee reporting agreement document provided to person in charge.

2-501.11 Establishment does not have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to an event that involves the discharge of vomitus or diarrhea onto surfaces at the food establishment, or procedures do not address specific actions employees must take to minimize the spread of contamination and the exposure of employees, consumers, food, and surfaces to vomitus or fecal matter. 2-501.11 PfPf

Establishment does not have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to vomiting and diarrheal events. Required components for written procedures reviewed with person in charge.

5-203.11 At least one handwashing sink, or number of handwashing sinks necessary for their convenient use by employees, not provided in food preparation, food dispensing or warewashing area, or for a toilet room. 5-203.11 PfPf

Backroom processing area: Handwashing sink not provided in produce processing and warewashing area. Stop-use orders issued.

Good Retail Practice Violations

6-202.15 Outer opening not protected against the entry of insects and rodents by filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings; closed, tight-fitting windows; and solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors. Windows or doors kept open for ventilation or other purposes not protected against the entry of insects and rodents by 16 mesh to 1 inch screens; properly designed and installed air curtains to control flying insects; or other effective means. 6-202.15

Backroom: Open gaps under roll-up receiving door and back exit door does not provide a protective seal to prevent pest intrusion.

4-501.11 Equipment not maintained in good repair or condition; equipment component not kept intact, tight, and adjusted in accordance with manufacturer's specifications; or cutting or piercing part of can opener not kept sharp to minimize the creation of metal fragments that can contaminate food when a container is opened. 4-501.11

Produce department: Produce open air cooler is not able to hold foods at 41 F or less. Stop-use order issued.

5-203.14 Plumbing system not installed to preclude backflow of a solid, liquid, or gas contaminant into the water supply system at each point of use, including on a hose bibb, by providing an air gap or installation of an approved backflow prevention device. 5-203.14 Pf

Mop sink area: Backflow prevention device not provided at mop sink with hose splitter and hose attached.

5-501.17 Toilet room used by females not provided with a covered receptacle for sanitary napkins. 5-501.17

Restroom: Covered receptacle not provided in ladies room.

6-501.12 Physical facilities not cleaned as often as necessary to keep them clean, or cleaning not done during periods when the least amount of food is exposed such as after closing. 6-501.12

Backroom area: Grime and black-mold like build-up at walk-in freezer and dairy cooler doors. Grime build-up on walk-in freezer floor. Grime and debris on floor under food storage pallets and around cooler door floor guards. Ice buildup on floor under and in front of walk-in freezer food storage pallets.

6-501.11 Physical facilities not maintained in good repair. 6-501.11

Backroom: Walk-in freezer and dairy cooler door gaskets in disrepair.

99 The food establishment is operating without a valid food permit. 500.12, F.S., 5K-4.020(2), F.A.C. The food establishment shall complete the permitting process within 10 days. Contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 for further assistance.

Establishment is operating before obtaining a food permit. o Print Date: 5/21/2025 Page 2 of 4 A Supplemental Report was also issued during the visit which includes important information for management.

Stop-Sale Orders & Supplemental Actions

STOP SALE ORDER AND RELEASE

Reason: FS 500.04; FS 500.10 Adulterated.* Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food: Proper cooling time and temperatures.

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Disposition: Product was voluntarily destroyed by food establishment management and witnessed by inspector.

STOP USE ORDER

Reason: FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Utensils, Equipment and Vending: Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanable, properly designed, constructed, and used. Comments: To request a Food Safety Inspector visit for written release when corrections have been made for request release of equipment, contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 or [email protected]. Print Date: 5/21/2025 Page 1 of 3

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STOP USE ORDER

Reason: FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Preventing Contamination By Hands: Handwashing sinks properly supplied and accessible. Comments: To request a Food Safety Inspector visit for written release when corrections have been made for request release of equipment, contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 or [email protected]. Print Date: 5/21/2025 Page 2 of 3 When the department or its duly authorized agent finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food or food-processing equipment is in violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter so as to be dangerous, unwholesome, fraudulent, or insanitary within the meaning of this chapter, an agent of the department may issue and enforce a stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order, which order gives notice that such article or processing equipment is, or is suspected of being, in violation and has been detained or embargoed and which order warns all persons not to remove, use, or dispose of such article or processing equipment by sale or otherwise until permission for removal, use, or disposal is given by the department or the court. It is unlawful for any person to remove, use, or dispose of such detained or embargoed article or processing equipment by sale or otherwise without such permission in accordance with 500.172 (1) Florida Statutes. Release - Other The Food Establishment voluntarily agrees to release the products listed in the stop-sale order(s) on page(s) 1 for destruction. The Food Establishment will not hold the Department liable for any lost revenue or income as a result of the destruction. ___________________________________ Signature of Food Establishment Representative AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL ORDERS, NOTICES, AND REPORTS IN THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT If you wish to contest the Department's action, you have the right to request an administrative hearing to be conducted in accordance with Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes and to be represented by counsel or other qualified representative. Your request for hearing must contain: 1. Your name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number (if any). 2. The name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number of your attorney or qualified representative (if any) upon whom service of pleadings and other papers shall be made. 3. A statement that you are requesting an administrative hearing and dispute the material facts alleged by the department, in which case you must identify the material facts that are in dispute (formal hearing), or that you request an administrative hearing and that you do not dispute the facts alleged by the department (informal hearing). 4. A statement of when (date) you received the Notice and the file number of this Notice. Your request for a hearing must be received at the address shown on this Notice within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of this Notice. If you fail to obtain a Release from this Notice or fail to request an administrative hearing within the twenty-one (21) day deadline you waive your right to a hearing and the Department may enter a Final Order imposing up to the maximum penalties as authorized by Florida Law. HEARING WAIVER AND WAIVER OF RIGHTS MARYLYNN DEMARCO I, _____________________________________________________ the person in charge of Save A Lot #30017 hereby waive a notice and a hearing as provided in Chapter 120, Florida Statutes and waive all rights as provided on the last page of this report. ____________________________________________ (Signature) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge receipt of a copy of this document. (Signature of FDACS Representative) (Signature of Representative) PATRICIA DIAZ, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST II MARYLYNN DEMARCO, ASSISTSNT MANAGER Print Name and Title FDACS-14325 Rev. 07/13 Print Date: 5/21/2025 Page 3 of 3

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Save a Lot in Tampa: Stop-Sale & Stop-Use Orders (4)

Products placed under stop-sale or stop-use order by FDACS inspectors. Stop-sale orders prohibit the sale of food that is adulterated, mislabeled, or poses a health risk.

FDACS stop-sale and stop-use orders for Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa
Date	Order Type	Product	Brand/Lot	Reason
May 21, 2025	STOP SALE ORDER AND RELEASE	—	Number of Packages:	FS 500.04; FS 500.10 Adulterated.* Time/Temperature Control for Safety Food: Proper cooling time and temperatures.
May 21, 2025	STOP USE ORDER	—	Number of Packages:	FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Utensils, Equipment and Vending: Food and nonfood-contact surfaces cleanabl…
May 21, 2025	STOP USE ORDER	—	Number of Packages:	FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Preventing Contamination By Hands: Handwashing sinks properly supplied …
May 21, 2025	STOP USE ORDER	—	Number of Packages:	FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Preventing Contamination By Hands: Handwashing sinks properly supplied …

Save a Lot in Tampa: Frequently Asked Questions

When was Save a Lot in Tampa last inspected?: Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa was last inspected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) on May 21, 2025. Inspection type: Operating Without a Valid Food Permit - Met Sanitation Inspection.
How many inspections has Save a Lot in Tampa had?: Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa has 1 FDACS food safety inspection(s) on record from January 2022 to present.
What did the most recent FDACS inspection of Save a Lot in Tampa find?: Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa was most recently inspected by FDACS on May 21, 2025 (Operating Without a Valid Food Permit - Met Sanitation Inspection).
Has Save a Lot in Tampa had any stop-sale or stop-use orders?: Yes, Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa has 4 stop-sale or stop-use enforcement action(s) on record with Florida FDACS. Most affected products were voluntarily destroyed.
What are the most common violations at Save a Lot in Tampa?: The most frequently cited FDACS violations at Save a Lot #30017 in Tampa are: 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3): Person in charge does not correctly respond to questions that relate to preventing transmission of foodborne disease by a food employee who has a disease or medical condition that may cause foodborne disease, can not describe symptoms associated with diseases that are transmissible through food, or can not explain how to comply with reporting responsibilities and exclusion or restriction of food employees. 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) and (17) Pf; 2-103.11(O): Person in charge does not ensure food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. 2-103.11(O) Pf; 5-203.11: At least one handwashing sink, or number of handwashing sinks necessary for their convenient use by employees, not provided in food preparation, food dispensing or warewashing area, or for a toilet room. 5-203.11 Pf.