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CHINA WOK

CHINA WOK maintains a 1.6/5 food safety rating based on 6 health department inspections in PALM HARBOR. Recent inspections indicate some food safety concerns.

4230 South Macdill Avenue
Tampa, Florida, 33611
Hillsborough County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★½☆☆☆ (1.6/5)
Based on 6 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 12/10/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10911900

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic bowls used as scoops in flour and sugar containers Warning
  • 23-24-4:Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Handles of reach in freezers in ware washing area soiled. Warning
  • 36-37-5:Basic - Ceiling not smooth, nonabsorbent and easily cleanable in food preparation, food storage, or warewashing areas. Acoustic tiles in kitchen. Not smoothie and easily cleanable. Warning
  • 36-34-5:Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance. Vents throughout kitchen soiled. Warning
  • 32-12-6:Basic - Covered waste receptacle not provided in women's bathroom. Waste basket in rest room uncovered. Warning
  • 14-09-4:Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards on cook line grooved. Warning
  • 12B-07-4:Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverages on top of prep table in cook line. Warning
  • 08B-49-4:Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Homemade Rice wine in walk in cooler not separated from food for the public, Warning
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil stored on floor in walk in cooler. Operator moved oil. Sauces stored on floor of cook line and prep area. Operator moved sauces. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning
  • 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted. Provided operator with form HR 5030-105 Warning
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Top of reach in freezer in ware washing area soiled with debris. Warning
  • 12B-13-4:Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee water in cooler next to customer drinks. Operator removed drink. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Multiple foods uncovered in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers of sugar and flour not labeled. Warning
  • 41-07-4:High Priority - Container of medicine improperly stored. Container of medicine stored in reach in soda cooler next to customer drinks. Operator removed medication. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw meats over ready to eat vegetables in reach in freezer at ware washing area. Raw chicken and beef over ready to eat food items in walk in cooler. Raw meat over ready to eat foods in reach in freezer on cook line. Operator moved meats to proper area. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning
  • 11-07-5:Intermediate - Certified Food Manager or person in charge lacks knowledge of foodborne illnesses and symptoms of illness that would prevent an employee from working with food, clean equipment and utensils, and single-service items. Person in charge lacked knowledge of big 6 food borne illnesses. Sent them form HR 5030-100 Warning
  • 09-17-4:Intermediate - Employee using bare hand contact with nonready-to-eat food (such as raw animal food or flour) unnecessarily without the use of gloves, deli paper, scoops, tongs or other utensils. Employee touching raw battered chicken bare handed. Warning
  • 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed hands in 3 compartment sink. Warning
  • 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. Operator had no procedure for clean up of vomiting and diarrheal events. Provided them form HR 5030-104 Warning
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Hand wash sink at front counter blocked by boxes. Hand wash sink in ware washing area blocked by buckets. Warning
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Operator has no chemical test kit for 3 compartment sink. Warning
  • 22-38-5:Intermediate - No sanitizer of any kind available for warewashing. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until sanitizer is available for warewashing. No sanitizer of any kind available on site. Operator purchased proper sanitizer. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Admin Complaint

Inspection Date: 3/18/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10742004

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Multiple containers and packaged food stored on the ground in the walk in cooler. Operator corrected. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Multiple food items in walk in cooler and reach in freezer uncovered. Repeat Violation
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken and beef above ready to eat vegetables. Operator relocated. Corrected On-Site
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Handwashing sink on cook line has lid and utensils stored in it. Handwashing sink next to triple sink completely blocked with buckets and items stored in sink. Operator removed items. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 22-38-5:Intermediate - No sanitizer of any kind available for warewashing. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until sanitizer is available for warewashing. Operator does not have any sanitizer available. Operator went to Publix in the same plaza and purchased chlorine bleachAdmin Complaint Corrected On-Site Admin Complaint
  • 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. Eggs rolls prepared Saturday, no date mark. Chicken and beef prepared Saturday, no date mark. Operator added date marks to food. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 12/12/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8730376

  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. No hair restraints used, Discussed the need to restrain hair when involved with food prep Repeat Violation
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Walk in cooler shrimp, prepped onions, cooked chicken, cooked pasta not covered. Operator covered all food stored in walk in cooler Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Discussed the need to store wiping cloths in sanitizer solution
  • 08A-02-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer - not all products commercially packaged. Raw egg stored over lemon. No contamination observed.. operator removed egg and relocated it over raw chicken Repeat Violation
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Papers stored in hand wash sink. Operator removed papers Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation

Inspection Date: 7/11/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8664813

  • 13-03-4:Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. No hair restraints being used. Discussed the importance of of restraining hair when involved in food prep. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-11: **Time Extended**
  • 03F-02-5:High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Bean Sprouts, cut cabbage. Operator was able to determine when the food was placed on time as a public health control and time stamped accordingly Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-11: **Time Extended**
  • 02C-04-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Cooked pork stored in freezer. Repeat Violation Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-11: **Time Extended**
  • 53B-05-5:Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Warning - From follow-up inspection 2024-07-11: Huawang zhu and Liyu Lu presently employed as staff. Huawang has training that expired on 1-28-24 and Liyu Lu has no training.Admin Complaint Admin Complaint

Inspection Date: 4/30/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8506830

  • 13-03-4:Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. No hair restraints being used. Discussed the importance of of restraining hair when involved in food prep. Warning
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Walk in cooler buckets of sauce, rice noodles Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning
  • 08B-12-5:Basic - Stored food not covered. Walk-in cooler- Raw chicken egg rolls, prepped fresh vegetables, cooked chicken Warning
  • 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Admin Complaint
  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over RTE sauce. Operator rearranged the walk in to gain compliance. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. Bean Sprouts, cut cabbage. Operator was able to determine when the food was placed on time as a public health control and time stamped accordingly Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation Warning
  • 31A-11-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Hand wash sink near 3 compartment sink blocked with paperwork. Operator removed items from sink. Corrected On-Site Warning
  • 02C-04-5:Intermediate - Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Cooked pork stored in freezer. Repeat Violation Warning
  • 53B-05-5:Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Warning

Inspection Date: 9/22/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8351569

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Buckets of chicken, bean sprouts and soy sauce stored on floor of walk in cooler Corrected On-Site
  • 25-32-4:Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Operator reusing raw egg crates to drain fried foods in strainer Repeat Violation
  • 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Cooked food stored directly in grocery bag.
  • 03F-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined.operator was able to time mark accordingly Repeat Violation
  • 03D-15-4:Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. Fried chicken cooling on counter in deep bowl.
  • 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. Operator was able to determine the prep times of food and will date accordingly Fried Chicken, pork Ribs , egg rolls and pork Repeat Violation