PANDA EXPRESS #2876
4620 S FLORIDA AVE #100, Lakeland FL 33813 · 863-619-6008
Last inspected Jul 21, 2026 · 5 visits since September 2023
5 inspections within 7 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
5 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. February 1, 2026.
Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Black cell phone on the front ledge of the reach in cooler across fron the wok station on the cook line.
No copy of latest inspection report available.
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched his nose then proceeded to engage in assembling food for the drive thru customers. I had the employee to wash his hands.
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Pans on the shelf above the 3 compartment sink.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. February 1, 2024 displayed.
Equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized at 3 compartment sink. The manager had the employee to setup the 3 compartment sink in the correct order.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 150 ppm. The manager had the solution changed. 200 ppm
Met inspection standards. 2 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.plastic pans on the shelf above the 3 compartment sink.
Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Vents on the interior vent cover on the microwave on the shelf next to the 3 compartment sink.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Date of Birth missing on some.
Interior of microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris.
Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. Black forks at the front counter. Operator stored the utensils with handles first.
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.