CHINA KITCHEN
2nd Avenue South
Saint Petersburg, Florida, 33701
Downtown
Pinellas County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 1 health inspection reports
All Inspection Reports
Inspection on 7/24/2024
High Priority
2
Intermediate
2
Basic
13
Total
17
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In stored sugar container under prep table to go bowl used as scooper. Manager removed bowl. **Corrected On-Site**
- 50-09-4:Basic - Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed. License displayed expired 6/2023.
- 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food not separated from customer food in walk in cooler.
- 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. One employee engaged in food prep in kitchen did not have hair restraint.
- 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler leaking water from ceiling. Unit is still holding temperature. Operator stated a work order has been placed two days ago. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 36-73-4:Basic - Floor, walls and or ceilings soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor under flip top reach in cooler has build up. Wall by triple sink soiled with food debris.
- 08B-36-4:Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. In walk in cooler, dripping water into bucket on ground. Uncovered food next to water drip was moved to a more secure area. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Cooking oil on floor next to fryer. In walk in cooler, pot of noodles on ground. Operator removed both items from ground. **Corrected On-Site**
- 33-19-4:Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Shared garbage area has dried grease on ground and trash around enclosure. **Repeat Violation**
- 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Tongs hanging from hood pipe on make line. Operator removed tongs. **Corrected On-Site**
- 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters have build up of grease. Gasket of Reach in cooler by fryers soiled with food debris.
- 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. In walk in cooler, employee water bottles on and above customer food. Water bottles were moved to correct storage levels. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
- 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Noodles on top shelf of walk in cooler not covered. Operator covered. **Corrected On-Site**
- 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler, raw shrimp stored over cooked pork. Operator moved to correct storage levels. **Corrected On-Site**
- 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At center flip top cooler on make line, cut cabbage (50F - Cold Holding); noodles (49F - Cold Holding). Flip top was open and closed constantly, per manager. Items were in flip top less than three hours. Manager moved items below in reach in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 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. Establishment does not have written plan for vomiting or diarrhea. Emailed DBPR Form HR 5030-103. **Repeat Violation**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash station by triple sink, dirty dishes in sink. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/24/2024 revealed 17 total violations (2 high priority, 2 intermediate, 13 basic).