CHINA GOURMET
East Hillsboro Boulevard
Deerfield Beach, Florida, 33441
Broward County County
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5)
Based on 2 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 4/10/2025
High Priority
2
Intermediate
1
Basic
4
Total
7
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Various food items stored on floor of walk in freezer and walk-in in cooler. Advised operator to store food off of floor properly.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Located in walk in freeze.
- 10-17-4:Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. On cook line, knife stored in crack between prep table and cooler. Operator removed and placed in ware washing area. **Corrected On-Site**
- 36-60-5:Basic - Screen in door torn/in poor repair. Seal around screen door in disrepair, leaving exposed gap at bottom, side and top or door.
- 14-15-4:High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Located in walk in freezer, imitation crab meat stored in non-food grade plastic container.
- 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Located on cook line make table, raw beef, chicken and shrimp stored over green beans. Operator corrected order of food. **Corrected On-Site**
- 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink in ware washing area used to store utensils. Advised operator to clear basin and make sink available for hand washing as labeled.
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/10/2025 revealed 7 total violations (2 high priority, 1 intermediate, 4 basic).
Inspection on 12/17/2024
High Priority
5
Intermediate
2
Basic
8
Total
15
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 21-05-5:Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Linen rag used as moisture barrier for rice in cooked rice hot holding unit. Advised operator to remove and discontinue practice. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 12B-02-4:Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Open can of soda and several used water bottles found throughout kitchen on food prep surfaces and in walk in cooler. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
- 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Several plastic containers, stacked after washing, withholding moisture and not air dried.
- 36-01-4:Basic - Floor not cleaned when the least amount of food is exposed.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Found in walk in freezer, multiple food items stored on floor.
- 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer.
- 10-01-5:Basic - In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Found in multiple dry storage containers, handle in contact with food.
- 08B-54-4:Basic - Uncovered food stored near sink exposed to splash. Pot of food next to hand wash sink, risk of splash exposure. Operator moved pot to safer location. **Corrected On-Site**
- 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Two employees entered from back door and began handling clean utensils and food contact surfaces in kitchen, no hand wash. Ordered employees to wash hands and clean equipment prior to continuing work.
- 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Advised manager to relay to employees to wash hands prior to glove placement.
- 22-45-4:High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Employee standing on food contact surface(prep table) to gain height to reach paper towels on top of walk in cooler. Employee did not wash and sanitize table after. Advised employee and manager to not use table until surface properly cleaned and sanitized.
- 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade paper barrier used in direct contact with food. Operator found to be using to go menus as an absorption surface for fried chicken. Observed 8 sheets pans on cooling rack. Advised operator to cease using to go menus and to only use food grade materials only for absorbing excess oil off of ready to eat food.
- 08A-20-5:High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. In walk in freezer, raw pork, removed from original packaging, stored with raw frozen chicken, also removed from original commercial packaging.
- 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands in triple sink. Advised to use hand wash sink for hand wash only.
- 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 in walk in cooler prepared 2 days prior, not date marked. Advised operator to place proper labeling, operator acknowledged and placed proper date marking. **Corrected On-Site**
Food safety inspection conducted on 12/17/2024 revealed 15 total violations (5 high priority, 2 intermediate, 8 basic).