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KAWA JAPANESE STEAK HOUSE & SUSHI

8631 LITTLE RD, NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34654

License #6113458

🍱 Japanese/Sushi ℹ️
29.8 Grade F / 100

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Latest inspection
June 5, 2026 · 14 findings · 3 critical
Routine - Food
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Inspections on file
15
Clean inspections
1
Callback visits
0
Latest clean pass
December 11, 2024

The latest inspection on June 5, 2026 shows 14 observation rows: 3 critical, 2 major, and 9 minor.

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  • Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
  • [14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic bowl in yum yum sauce in bin in walk in cooler
  • [06-09-1] Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Raw tuna in commercially processed vacuum packaging in walk in cooler not removed prior to thawing
  • [14-69-4] Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer.
  • [10-07-4] In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice scoop in 82F water cup
  • [31B-04-4] No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Hand sink on cook line
  • [29-49-6] Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Beer cooler behind bar
  • [08B-17-4] Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed bok choy over cooked noodles in walk in cooler
  • [14-12-4] Utensils in poor condition. Knife handle repaired with duct tape on hibachi serving cart
  • [14-17-4] Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • [08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp over vegetables in deli cooler, staff removed
  • [01B-13-4] Stop Sale issued due to food not being in a wholesome, sound condition. Raw tuna in commercially processed vacuum packaging in walk in cooler not removed prior to thawing
  • [03F-02-5] 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. Sushi Rice at bar.
  • [31A-09-4] Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Pot in hand sink on cook line
  • [03F-10-5] No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Manager unable to locate written procedures
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