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Licensee
Name:
NO 1 CHINA BUFFET
License Number:
SEA3916921
Rank:
Seating
License Expiration Date:
02/01/2026
Primary Status:
Current
Secondary Status:
Active
Location Address:
8857 N FLORIDA AVE #6-152 NORTHGATE TAMPA, FL 33604
Inspection Information
Inspection Type
Inspection Date
Result
High Priority Violations
Intermediate Violations
Basic Violations
Routine - Food
07/25/2025
Follow-up Inspection Required Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public. More information about inspections.
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Violations:
A summary of the violations found during the inspection are listed below.
The department cites violations of Florida's sanitation and safety laws,
which are based on the standards of U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Code.
High Priority violations are those which could contribute directly to a foodborne
illness or injury and include items such as cooking, reheating, cooling and hand-washing.
Intermediate violations are those which, if not addressed, could lead to risk factors
that contribute to foodborne illness or injury. These violations include personnel training,
documentation or record keeping and labeling. Basic violations are those which are considered
best practices to implement. While most establishments correct all violations in a timely
manner (often during the inspection), the division's procedures are designed to compel
compliance with all violations through follow-up visits, administration action or closure
when necessary.
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Unlabeled bin with container used as scoop by walk in freezer **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Still observed scoop with no handle near walk in freezer. **Admin Complaint**
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Walk in cooler shelves **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Still observed cardboard lining shelves in walk in cooler **Admin Complaint**
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Exterior screen door in back of house has gap. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Screen exterior door still has a gap. **Admin Complaint**
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Food not stored at least 6 inches off of the floor. Box of sweet potatoes stored on floor to the right just before kitchen entrance. Bag of rice stored on floor in front of walk in freezer. Soy bean oil stored on floor under prep table near walk in cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Soy bean oil still observed under prep table near back door. Still observed sweet potatoes on floor in box**Admin Complaint** **Admin Complaint**
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of drink machine needs cleaning, Hood filters and stove soiled, AC vents inside walk in cooler soiled. **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Still observed hood filters and stove soiled with food debris. **Admin Complaint**
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw shrimp in container filled with water on 3 compartment sink; chicken and imitation crab thawing on prep table near back door **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Did not observed any chicken and imitation krab thawing on prep tables but did observe shrimp thawing in bucket on floor **Admin Complaint**
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Wet mop still not stored to dry. **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Bags sitting on top of food in reach in cooler across from stove **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Still observed non food grade bags sitting on top of food in reach in cooler **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce.
Raw chicken over lettuce in walk in cooler **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Still observed raw chicken stored over vegetables in walk in cooler **Admin Complaint**
High Priority - - From initial inspection : High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. All items located in reach in cooler across from stove: Seasoned raw chicken 52 F; cooked chicken 48F; raw beef 55F; raw shrimp 44F; Beef 55F; butter 60F; pasta noodles 51F; Fish 56F; dumplings 50F; krab Rangoon 59F. Advised operator to move to different cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Cooked chicken 45; raw chicken 44; noodles 50F; raw beef 44F, raw shrimp 44F; dumpling 47F, cooked fish 46F **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Operator could not provide a written procedure for time as a public health for the buffet bar. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Emailed copy of time as a public health control to operator **Admin Complaint** **Corrective Action Taken**
Intermediate - - From initial inspection : Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. No date marks on raw chicken, noodles, teriyaki chicken located in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2025-07-25: Date marks still not observed on raw chicken, noodles, and other items in walk in cooler. **Admin Complaint**
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