LIN CHINA

15981 PRESERVE MARKETPLACE BLVD, UNIT A2

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.6/5)
Based on 5 health inspection reports

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All Inspection Reports

Inspection on 1/23/2025

High Priority
5
Intermediate
2
Basic
3
Total
10
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required

Inspection Details:

  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items.keys phone on prep table
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 1 employee
  • 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed produce over washed cut lettuce walk in cooler Repeat Violation
  • 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. Employee walked out of restroom and went on the cook line open a lid of soup no hand washing observed before. Discussed with management the importance of hand washing
  • 22-48-5:High Priority - Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. Restaurant had a Clorox bleach that wasn't for food contact surfaces manager went to store to buy correct food contact surfaces chlorine. Corrected On-Site Admin Complaint
  • 14-86-1:High Priority - Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Using paper menus to lay egg rolls on sheet trays.
  • 08A-13-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored in top portion of make table over ready-to-eat food in bottom portion of make table - no complete physical barrier between top and bottom. Raw shelled eggs over veggies in main reach in prep cooler.
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over soy sauce buckets in walk in cooler.
  • 02C-03-5:Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Egg rolls and fried chicken in white bins black reach in cooler by cash register.
  • 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 Inspector #8721322
2025-01-23
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/23/2025 revealed 10 total violations (5 high priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic).

Inspection on 7/11/2024

High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
1
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Food stored on floor. Potatoes and ginger on floor of walk in cooler, chicken on floor in walk in freezer, soy sauce buckets on floor of storage area Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-11: soy sauce In walk in cooler. **Time Extended** Corrected On-Site
Food Inspector #8663751
2024-07-11
★★★★½ 5.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 7/11/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic).

Inspection on 5/8/2024

High Priority
0
Intermediate
0
Basic
0
Total
1
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed
Food Inspector #8669252
2024-05-08
★★★★★ 5.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 5/8/2024 revealed 1 total violations (0 high priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic).

Inspection on 4/29/2024

High Priority
5
Intermediate
2
Basic
11
Total
18
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required

Inspection Details:

  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Water bottle on food preparation table and cup next to prep table on cooks line. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Candy and milk from McDonald's in reach in cooler. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. No employees are wearing hair restraints. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 24-08-4:Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic containers wet Warning
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Potatoes and ginger on floor of walk in cooler, chicken on floor in walk in freezer, soy sauce buckets on floor of storage area Repeat Violation Warning
  • 33-19-4:Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Food boxes and broken wood pallet around Dumpster Warning
  • 33-11-4:Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Egg rolls, cut cabbage, peppers , chicken wings no covered Warning
  • 08B-17-4:Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Box of mushrooms and squash over carrots and cut green peppers Warning
  • 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Warning
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Moved to sanitizer bucket Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 12A-25-4:High Priority - Employee touched clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Line cook pulled down on the bottom of his shirt then started touching utensils on cooks line. Warning
  • 12A-29-4:High Priority - Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee came through back door and went right to preparing food without washing his hands. Warning
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Multiple food items are stored in thank you bags. Warning
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw chicken left in the counter 73F moved to cooler. Operator states it was brought out at 12:15 for their employee food. Rechecked 48F **Corrective Action Taken** Warning
  • 41-10-4:High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Hand sanitizer above reach in cooler on cook line. Operator removed. Corrected on site Warning
  • 11-26-1:Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Zhu hua jiang Warning
  • 41-04-4:Intermediate - Toxic substance/chemical on premise that is not required for the operation of establishment. Motor oil for car on shelf next to lemon juice bottles. Operator moved to the floor. Corrected On-Site Warning
Food Inspector #8555636
2024-04-29
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/29/2024 revealed 18 total violations (5 high priority, 2 intermediate, 11 basic).

Inspection on 11/13/2023

High Priority
4
Intermediate
2
Basic
11
Total
17
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards

Inspection Details:

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Bowl with no handle used to portion raw pork in reach-in cooler on cook line Manager on duty removed bowl Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. -Energy drink in walk-in cooler over food to be served to the public -Coffee creamer in walk-in cooler over food to be served to the public
  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. -Cook preparing food with no hair restraint Repeat Violation
  • 35B-01-4:Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. -Rear-door leading to alleyway had gap at bottom of door. Does not prevent possible vermin entering.
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. -Walk-in freezer has multiple food items stored on floor Repeat Violation
  • 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -Rice scoop in standing water of 88 F near hot holding unit Manager on duty removed scoop from water Corrected On-Site
  • 33-11-4:Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.
  • 33-16-4:Basic - Open dumpster lid.
  • 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. -Can of ketchup paste used to store soy sauce on cook line.
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. -Dumplings, broccoli, cabbage in walk-in cooler not covered for storage.
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. -Wet wiping cloth on cutting board adjacent to fryer not stored in sanitizing solution. Discussed with manager on duty proper cloth storage
  • 01B-01-4:High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Cans dented at seam: -3 Hoisin Sauce -1 Soy Sauce
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. -1 live fly above hand washing station near front counter. Not landing on food or food contact surfaces
  • 14-86-1:High Priority - Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. -Togo menus used as liner for egg roll in walk-in cooler discussed with manager on duty proper food storage Repeat Violation
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw chicken over cooked pork in walk-in freezer not all commercially packaged -Raw chicken over noodles in walk-in cooler -Raw beef over French fries reach in freezer on cook line not all commercially packaged Repeat Violation
  • 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. -Shrimp cooling in walk-in cooler covered with plastic wrap manager on duty removed wrap to allow cooling Corrected On-Site
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test strips to check sanitary buckets. Provided manager on duty with test strips Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
Food Inspector #8343403
2023-11-13
★☆☆☆☆ 1.0/5
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/13/2023 revealed 17 total violations (4 high priority, 2 intermediate, 11 basic).