PANDA EXPRESS RESTAURANT #1482
7207 W WATERS AVE, Tampa FL 33634 · 813-882-0734
Last inspected Mar 17, 2026 · 3 visits since February 2024
3 inspections within 11 points of each other. Whatever this kitchen does, it does consistently.
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Inspection history
3 visits, newest first
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
Vacuum breaker missing at splitter added to mop sink faucet. Manager attached vacuum breaker to splitter at time of inspection.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of soda nozzles soiled at soda fountain. Located at drive-through station. Cutting boards soiled and establishment.
Accumulation of black mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. Manager began cleaning ice machine at time of inspection.
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Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
Met inspection standards. 3 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee ice cream Employee placed in a container labeled employee food only and placed on bottom shelf
Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. West nesting in plastic containers
Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. Old food on clean dishes Employee removed dish and placed in dish pit to be cleaned
Met inspection standards. 5 violations recorded, none serious enough to require a return visit.
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Chemical test kit not used to ensure proper sanitization of equipment and utensils when using a chemical sanitizer.
Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Interior of ice chute soiled with mold like substance in soda machine at customer self service station.
Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.
No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
Wiping cloth quaternary ammonium compound sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Test 0ppm in 2 sanitizing buckets. Sanitizer dispenser malfunctioned, manager made sanitizer manually, test 200ppm.
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.