CHINA GARDEN KITCHEN
4795 FAY BLVD #8, Cocoa FL 32927
Last inspected Mar 11, 2024 · 3 visits since October 2023
This licence isn't in DBPR's current active file, which usually means the business has closed, been sold, or let the licence lapse. Everything below belongs to this licence, not to whoever may be trading here now. The history stays public because it is a public record.
3 inspections, swinging between A and C. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked rice stuck on utensil holding at ambient air room temp at 86°: utensil placed in 3 compartment sink and rice scoop left in pot between uses.
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Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Printed thank you bags used as food storage
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of rice cookers soiled with old food debris.
Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Lid to rubber maid can used as bulk food storage broken lid, duct tape used to seal.
Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee personal beverages stored in reach in cooler unit over client items, corrected
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Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Operator cell phone stored on make table cutting board.
Food stored on floor. 1gallon vegetable oil plastic container stored on floor under crash cart, case of plastic bottled water on front line stored on floor.
Hole in or other damage to wall. Behind the water heater, ho,e /damage to wall.
No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Reach in cooler unit holding whole raw shell eggs on cooks line without ambient air thermometer, reach in cooler /reach in freezer unit on cooks line holding portioned on containers,no ambient air thermometer
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Door seals on make table soiled. And door handles on make tables soiled, exterior of cook line equipment soiled, grease, old food debris.
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Make table and walk in cooler shelving soiled with old food debris
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Multiple unwashed produce items stored in reach in cooler unit over washed and prepped vegetables and ready to eat noodles, corrected
Nothing was found. The inspector recorded no violations at all.
Met inspection standards. 8 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. In walk in cooler raw beef and chicken stored over unwashed vegetables on shelf to left.
Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cooked rice stuck on utensil holding at ambient air room temp at 86°: utensil placed in 3 compartment sink and rice scoop left in pot between uses.
No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Stuffed with ground meat cooked on site dumplings prepared on 10/10/23, chicken cooked previous day in walk in cooler not date marked.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl used in cooked rice with out handle to scoop product.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Bottom shelves and table legs of prep table need cleaned
Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of make table on cooks line soiled
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Opened case unwashed snow peas stored over prepared ready to eat produce in 2 door reach in cooler unit
This record follows the licence, not the owner. Restaurants change hands and the licence history normally does not, so an older entry may describe people who no longer run the place. Every inspection above links to the state's own report. Something wrong? Tell us.