NO 1 CHINESE FOOD
2949 TRAVERSE TRAIL, The Villages FL 32162 · 352-5614314
Last inspected May 19, 2026 · 6 visits since December 2023
APR 24
JAN 25
JUN 25
FEB 26
MAY 26
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5 inspections, swinging between A and D. Consistency is the problem here, not any single visit.
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. Male employee chopping broccoli with bare hands.
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Inspection history
6 visits, newest first
May 19, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 14 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
4 High priority1 Intermediate9 Basic
What the inspector wrote — 14 findingsThe state's own report →
Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Female employee touched clothes then continued to cook and stir rice in wok without washing hands.
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. Male employee chopping broccoli with bare hands.
Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Paper that previously held cans of soda lining tray with cooked chicken.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler: pans of raw chicken and raw beef on shelf over sauce buckets. Moved during this inspection.
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Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Multiple certificates missing trainer number. All certificates missing date of birth.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in onions inwalk in cooler. Pan in rice. Bowl in flour.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. One drink on top of reach in chest freezer. One drink on prep table at end of cook line. Both were moved.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Several containers of vitamins on dry storage shelf over bulk containers.
Food stored on floor. Several bulk containers of sauce on floor in kitchen. Bin of pork on floor in walk in cooler. Cases of wontons on floor n walk in freezer.
In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle of scoop in flour in bulk containers. Removed during this inspection.
No copy of latest inspection report available.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Handles on walk in freezer door soiled with food debris. Gaskets land exterior of black reach in chest freezer soiled with food debris. Exterior of flour bin in prepared soiled with food debris.
Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Oyster sauce can used as a scoop for dry rice. Egg flats that previously contained raw eggs used under colanders and bulk items in walk in cooler.
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Several white foam trays on top shelf of cook line not inverted.
Feb 19, 2026Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
1 High priority0 Intermediate2 Basic
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Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach in cooler, operator states pork was placed in cooler approximately 1 hour ago. Discussed not placing food over the fill line. Operator moved pork to cooler to cool. cooked pork (48F - Cold Holding)
Food stored on floor. Multiple soy sauce buckets in walk in cooler
Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go boxes on top rack of cook line. Operator inverted.
Jun 2, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 11 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
4 High priority0 Intermediate7 Basic
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Container of medicine improperly stored. Multiple bottles of medication on shelf above bulk seasoning containers, operator started moving medicine away from food/seasonings.
Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over cooked pork in reach in cooler at front counter. Raw chicken over raw beef in walk in cooler. Operator moved raw chicken below other items.
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. pork (49F - Cold Holding) item in bowl on top of the containers in the top portion of cooler, operator placed food on the bottom of the cooler to rapidly drop to 41F or below.
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. Egg roll, general tso chicken, and chicken wings on time as a public health control application sitting out of cooler with no time mark, operator stated items have not been out for more than 4 hours.
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic cups with no handles in bulk seasoning containers, operator removed cups.
Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. 2 cutting boards on prep table with deep cut marks.
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Multiple employee drinks on table by cutting board and rice cooker. Operator moved all drinks below.
Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under cooking equipment on cooks line.
Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Egg rolls and chicken wings directly in contact with cardboard on counter.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gasket soiled at front counter. Exterior bulk seasoning containers.
Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer bucket on floor by Three compartment sink, operator placed bucket on cardboard.
Jan 14, 2025Inspection Completed - No Further ActionComplaint Investigation
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority1 Intermediate4 Basic
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Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Steel wool in hand wash sink at front counter Fork in hand wash sink in dry storage area Operator removed
Food stored on floor. Multiple buckets of sauce in walk in cooler. Operator moved to shelf.
Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris. Walk in cooler shelves Walk in cooler fan guards
Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 0ppm, operator added chlorine sanitizer. Recheck 100ppm. Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Multiple cloths in cook line area. Operator moved to sanitizer bucket.
Apr 11, 2024Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
2 High priority1 Intermediate2 Basic
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Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over soy sauce in walk in cooler
Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. roast pork (48F - Cold Holding) above fill line in reach in cooler at cook line. Operator moved to freezer to chill.
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Steel wool in hand wash sink at front counter
Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Energy drink and bottle of water on prep table in kitchen. Operator removed.
Standing water in handwash sink in cook line area.
Dec 28, 2023Inspection Completed - No Further ActionRoutine Inspection
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
0 High priority3 Intermediate2 Basic
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Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Emailed digital copy to operator
Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Scoop in hand wash sink in cook line area. Operator removed.
No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Emailed digital copy to operator
Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In rice warmer, operator removed.
Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed vegetables stored over washed produce in walk in cooler
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.