Northdale, Hillsborough County

THAI SWEET BASIL

3875 NORTHDALE BLVD, Northdale, FL 33624

FoodSeating
Latest violations
4
1 High Priority
Apr 14, 2026
City
Northdale
County
Hillsborough
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
7

Violation history

Florida violations grouped by priority level over time.

Inspection history

Florida inspections are violation-priority based, with high priority, intermediate, and basic counts shown separately.

Apr 14, 2026

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 2Basic: 1Total: 4

08A-05-6

Detail 24512327

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Ground chicken over washed vegetables in the walk in cooler, operator moved it Corrected On-Site

22-02-4

Detail 24512328

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.can opener soiled, reach in cooler on hot line

31A-09-4

Detail 24512325

Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Items stored in sink, operator moved it Corrected On-Site

14-22-4

Detail 24512326

Basic - Can opener blade not kept sharp - observed metal shavings.

Nov 24, 2025

Routine - Food

Call Back - Admin. complaint recommended

Intermediate: 3Total: 3

22-02-4

Detail 24210583

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Front line Reach in cooler cutting board soiled. Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2025-11-24: Time Extended

51-16-7

Detail 24210582

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - 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 https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. No plans submitted. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Call back for plans not due until 11/24/2025 Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2025-11-24: No plans submitted to plan review. Admin Complaint

03F-10-5

Detail 24210584

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written plan for rice noodles, raw shell eggs, fried rice, and bean sprouts at front line cook. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Time Extended - From follow-up inspection 2025-11-24: No written procedure. Time as a public health control form not completed. Time Extended

Oct 2, 2025

Routine - Food

Call Back - Extension given, pending

Intermediate: 4Total: 4

22-02-4

Detail 24084438

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Front line Reach in cooler cutting board soiled. Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Time Extended

51-16-7

Detail 24084436

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - 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 https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. No plans submitted. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Call back for plans not due until 11/24/2025 Time Extended

03F-10-5

Detail 24084437

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written plan for rice noodles, raw shell eggs, fried rice, and bean sprouts at front line cook. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Time Extended

41-17-4

Detail 24084435

Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Chemical spray bottle not labeled at three compartment sink. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2025-10-02: Time Extended

Sep 24, 2025

Routine - Food

Warning Issued

High Priority: 5Intermediate: 6Basic: 3Total: 14

22-41-4

Detail 24062462

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. Dish machine chlorine tested at 0ppm. Operator set up chlorine sanitizer at three compartment sink. Warning

12A-27-4

Detail 24062466

High Priority - Employee cracked raw shell eggs and then handled ready-to-eat food and/or clean equipment or utensils without washing hands. Cook handled cracked raw shell eggs and continued to prepare food at front line cook without handwashing or changing gloves. Discussed with employee, employee changed gloved and washed hands during time of inspection. Corrective Action Taken Warning

03A-02-5

Detail 24062465

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw shell eggs 70F at 12:03pm put on front line from Walk in cooler at 10:30am cooled to 50F at 12:26pm, Warning

03F-02-5

Detail 24062463

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No time mark for rice noodles, raw shell eggs, fried rice, and bean sprouts at front line cook. Employee added time during time of inspection. Corrected On-Site Warning

03B-01-6

Detail 24062467

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked white rice 115F at 11:58am reheat to 197F at 12:44pm Corrected On-Site Warning

12A-03-4

Detail 24062460

Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands at three compartment sink. Discussed with employee. Warning

22-02-4

Detail 24062459

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Front line Reach in cooler cutting board soiled. Repeat Violation Warning

31A-11-4

Detail 24062471

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Ice dumped inside Employee handwash sink, water filter for customers attached to Employee handwash sink adjacent to ice machine. Manager removed filter during time of inspection. Corrective Action Taken Repeat Violation Warning

51-16-7

Detail 24062461

Intermediate - 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 https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/hotels-restaurants/licensing/plan-review/. No plans submitted. Warning

03F-10-5

Detail 24062468

Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. No written plan for rice noodles, raw shell eggs, fried rice, and bean sprouts at front line cook. Warning

41-17-4

Detail 24062469

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Chemical spray bottle not labeled at three compartment sink. Warning

08B-49-4

Detail 24062470

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Personal sandwich and cut watermelon not identified or segregated inside front counter Reach in cooler. Employee segregated personal foods during time of inspection. Corrective Action Taken Repeat Violation Warning

08B-38-4

Detail 24062472

Basic - Food stored on floor. Frozen grated coconut stored on floor of Walk in freezer. Multiple jugs of vinegar stored on floor in Walk in cooler. Warning

08B-12-5

Detail 24062464

Basic - Stored food not covered. Curry sauce, Ready to eat cut peppers, beans, cut carrots, garlic, and raw chicken not covered inside Walk in cooler. Cooked duck not covered in Walk in freezer. Repeat Violation Warning

May 30, 2025

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 2Intermediate: 1Basic: 5Total: 8

09-01-4

Detail 23799711

High 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. Observed employee placed lettuce on plate with bare hands. Discussed with employee, employee discarded lettuce. Corrected On-Site

08A-02-6

Detail 23799714

High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw squid, raw chicken, raw pork, raw fish, stored over Ready to eat bean sprouts, open bag of paratha, and ice cream in Walk in cooler.

31A-11-4

Detail 23799712

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Employee handwash sink used to store a large bin adjacent to Dish machine. Operator removed bin during time of inspection. Pur water filter at Employee handwash sink next to ice machine. Employee removed filter during time of inspection. Employee handwash sink next to ice machine used for dumping ice. Corrective Action Taken

12B-07-4

Detail 23799710

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. 2 open beverage containers stored on a shelf over small Reach in freezer. Employee relocated containers to an approved location during time of inspection. 2 beverage containers on prep table next to clean dishware on front line cook. Corrective Action Taken

12B-02-4

Detail 23799707

Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Personal plates of food on shelf over small Reach in freezer. Employee removed plates during time of inspection. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

08B-49-4

Detail 23799708

Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee raw meat stored over microwave next to small Reach in freezer. Employee segregated personal foods during time of inspection. Corrected On-Site

08B-38-4

Detail 23799709

Basic - Food stored on floor. Bag of raw chicken stored on floor beneath shelf in Walk in freezer. Box log bell peppers and broccoli stored on floor in Walk in cooler. Two pile containers stored on floor in storage area during time of inspection. Case of bottled water, boxes of rice sticks, and boxes of sauce stored on floor in hallway to restroom.

08B-12-5

Detail 23799713

Basic - Stored food not covered. Raw marinated chicken, cut bell peppers, carrots, celery, green onions, sauce, and cooked shrimp in Walk in cooler not covered. Repeat Violation

Dec 26, 2024

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

Intermediate: 5Basic: 4Total: 9

22-02-4

Detail 23440293

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards in kitchen.

31B-02-4

Detail 23440296

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink near dish machine.

31B-03-4

Detail 23440290

Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink near dish machine.

02C-02-5

Detail 23440295

Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Peanut sauce and multiple items in walk in cooler .

53B-14-5

Detail 23440297

Intermediate - 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.

22-20-5

Detail 23440291

Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Ice machine at beverage station.

12B-07-4

Detail 23440292

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee Starbucks drunk on reach in cooler in kitchen. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site

12B-02-4

Detail 23440294

Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee plate of food on prep table in kitchen. Operator removed. Corrected On-Site

08B-12-5

Detail 23440289

Basic - Stored food not covered. Peanut sauce and multiple items in walk in cooler .

Apr 19, 2024

Food-Licensing Inspection

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 1Basic: 2Total: 4

41-07-4

Detail 22818472

High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Observed cough syrup stored on prep table next to bulk rice bin in kitchen

22-02-4

Detail 22818473

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. - cutting board stained in kitchen on reach in by kitchen front door - can opener soiled with food debris

08B-38-4

Detail 22818471

Basic - Food stored on floor. Observed bucket of green peppers stored on walk in floor at time of inspection. Operator moved Corrected On-Site

51-13-4

Detail 22818474

Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.no poster at time of inspection