CHINA LATINA
3715 E BUSCH BLVD
Overall Food Safety Rating
★☆☆☆☆ (1.3/5)
Based on 3 health inspection reports
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Inspection on 1/6/2025
High Priority
3
Intermediate
0
Basic
11
Total
14
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowls with no handle in flour and sugar. Repeat Violation
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Tape on reach in cooler door handle. Repeat Violation
- 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on chest freezer, phone removed at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Multiple food items on floor in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation
- 10-06-5:Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Tongs handle in raw chicken in reach in cooler.
- 10-07-4:Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Rice spoon in standing water, operator emptied water at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 42-03-5:Basic - Storage of maintenance equipment/tools in areas that may result in cross contamination of food, equipment, utensils, linens and/or single-service and single-use articles. Tools above microwave on cook line.
- 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Corrected On-Site Repeat Violation
- 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth on prep table. Operator placed in sanitizer bucket at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 21-07-4:Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer bucket tested 10 ppm chlorine, operator remade tested 50 ppm. Corrected On-Site
- 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Containers of flour not labeled, operator labeled at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Pork in grocery bag in chest freezer. 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 chest freezer, employee removed at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 03B-01-6:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Chicken 87 F on counter.
Food safety inspection conducted on 1/6/2025 revealed 14 total violations (3 high priority, 0 intermediate, 11 basic).
Inspection on 4/17/2024
High Priority
3
Intermediate
3
Basic
5
Total
11
Disposition: Follow-up Inspection Required
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed employee scoop rice using bowl with no handle. Repeat Violation
- 14-71-4:Basic - Duct tape used to repair nonfood-contact surface. Tape on reach in cooler door handle.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Shrimp, chicken and other food items on floor in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation
- 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. Scoop handle in sugar.
- 42-01-4:Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Operator hung at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 14-31-5:High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Ribs in grocery bags in chest freezer.
- 50-17-3:High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Expired 2/1/2024. Admin Complaint
- 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw shrimp over celery in walk in cooler. Repeat Violation
- 12A-03-4:Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Observed employee wash hands in 3 Compartment Sink.
- 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Scrubber in handwash sink, operator removed at time of inspection. Corrected On-Site
- 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. No date on chicken and pork in reach in cooler.
Food safety inspection conducted on 4/17/2024 revealed 11 total violations (3 high priority, 3 intermediate, 5 basic).
Inspection on 11/1/2023
High Priority
1
Intermediate
2
Basic
3
Total
6
Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
Inspection Details:
- 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl without a handle used as scoop inside flour bin by back door.
- 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bucket of shrimp stored on floor inside walk in cooler.
- 51-13-4:Basic - No Heimlich maneuver/choking sign posted.
- 08A-04-5:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Shelled eggs stored overtop onions inside walk in cooler. Owner removed eggs and properly stored them. 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. Emailed operator body fluid clean up sign. **Corrective Action Taken**
- 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at hand washing sink by food preparation sink in back kitchen area. Owner placed soap at hand washing sink. Corrected On-Site
Food safety inspection conducted on 11/1/2023 revealed 6 total violations (1 high priority, 2 intermediate, 3 basic).