CHINA GARDEN
1216 North Main Street
Gainesville, Florida, 32601
Alachua County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★★½☆☆ (2.7/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 3/3/2025
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
5
Total
8
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic cup with no handle in sauce container, employee removed cup. **Corrected On-Site**
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler on cooks line gaskets are torn. Ice build up in chest reach in freezer at front of cooks line.
- 14-13-4:Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Cardboard box containing egg rolls directly in reach in cooler behind front counter. **Repeat Violation**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Side of the fryer wall is soiled. Shelf above prep sink and Three compartment sink. Exterior bulk containers on dry storage shelf. Meat mixer equipment. Rice cooker next to meat mixer. **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Egg rolls in walk in cooler in wire baskets with no coverings on the sides of food items, employee wrapped food with plastic wrap. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef and chicken over cauliflower and krab cream cheese in walk in cooler, operator moved raw items to the bottom. **Corrected On-Site**
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - 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. **Repeat Violation**
- 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken and pork in front reach in cooler cooked 2 days ago no date mark.
Food safety inspection conducted on 3/3/2025 revealed 8 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 10/17/2024
High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food safety inspection conducted on 10/17/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).
Inspection on 9/23/2024
High Priority
1
Intermediate
1
Basic
7
Total
9
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 36-32-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Tile in dining area by front door. Hole in ceiling in back storage room.
- 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Yellow cutting board by fryers with deep cut marks.
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic containers on rack above prep sink.
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Inside walk in freezer under shelves. In very back storage room by back door.
- 14-13-4:Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable. Egg rolls stored directly in cardboard box in reach in cooler behind front counter.
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters above cooking equipment. Drying rack above Three compartment sink.
- 14-17-4:Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Walk in cooler shelf lining wall holding raw animal proteins.
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over raw beef, manager moved raw beef over raw chicken. **Corrected On-Site**
- 11-27-4:Intermediate - 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.
Food safety inspection conducted on 9/23/2024 revealed 9 total violations (1 high priority, 1 intermediate, 7 basic).