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Licensee
Name: HOUSE OF CHINA License Number: SEA6215391
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2018
Primary Status: Closed Secondary Status:
Location Address: 3899 ULMERTON RD STE D
CLEARWATER, FL 33762

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Food-Licensing Inspection 09/28/2017 Follow-up Inspection Required
Violations require further review, but are not an immediate threat to the public.
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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.
Violation    Observation
14-01-4    Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Soy sauce **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Reach in cooler gaskets, exterior containers, walk in cooler shelving **Warning**
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
14-45-4    Basic - Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves. Walk in cooler **Warning**
36-32-5    Basic - Ceiling/ceiling tile shows damage or is in disrepair. Dry storage room, water da,aged acoustic ceiling tiles in dining room **Warning**
14-11-4    Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach in cooler/freezer gaskets cook line, cutting board with cut marks and no longer cleanable, shelving on cook line with rust that has pitted the surface, walk in cooler shelving with rust that has pitted the surface **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Along baseboards **Warning**
36-11-4    Basic - Floors not maintained smooth and durable. Floor tiles in disrepair, covers on floor in disrepair **Warning**
08B-38-4    Basic - Food stored on floor. Soy sauce **Warning**
36-24-5    Basic - Hole in or other damage to wall. Kitchen **Warning**
36-47-5    Basic - Hood soiled with accumulated grease, dust or food debris. . **Warning**
42-02-4    Basic - Improper storage of maintenance equipment that interferes with cleaning. Empty mop bucket after each use **Warning**
10-17-4    Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Reach in cooler and reach in freezer **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
16-48-4    Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. **Warning**
33-16-4    Basic - Open dumpster lid.lid broken off- operator has called company for new dumpster **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
42-04-4    Basic - Storage of tools on shelf above or with food. Drill on shelf with can goods **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-14-4    Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in freezer. Wontons **Warning**
36-27-5    Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated grease, food debris, and/or dust. Dry storage, cook line **Warning**
29-11-4    Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe for mop sink **Warning**
01B-37-4    High Priority - Cooked/heated potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within six hours. See stop sale. Cooked chicken 55-46°f (cooling from 9/26/17) **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Soy sauce, ketchup, bamboo shoots **Warning**
12A-28-4    High Priority - Employee touched soiled apron/clothes/wiping cloth and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Wiping cloth and shirt- manager had employee wash hands **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
50-08-6    High Priority - Establishment operating without a license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants. Operator must obtain a public food service license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants within 30 days. Submit a license application and payment to DBPR/Bureau of Central Intake Unit, 2601 Blair Stone Rd., Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783. To apply online or obtain an application for license visit www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr. Establishment has applied for license and was sent deficiency letter **Warning**
14-15-4    High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. And thank you bags **Warning**
03D-05-4    High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cooked/heated yesterday/on a previous day not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 41 degrees Fahrenheit within a total of 6 hours. Food has been cooling overnight. See stop sale. Cooked chicken 55-46°f (cooling from 9/26/17) **Warning**
08A-07-4    High Priority - Raw animal food not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over cooked chicken- rearranged, raw shrimp behind cooked shrimp- rearranged, raw chicken over sauces in walk in cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 40+ hard and dry in cabinets under unused buffet, 5 hard and dry on dry storage shelving- operator began cleaning **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
29-42-4    High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Splitter (place on both sides of splitter) **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Bulk food scoops **Warning**
16-35-4    Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine. Strips in disrepair- on order from company **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
05-08-4    Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products. **Warning**
02C-02-4    Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Not consistent in walk in cooler **Warning**
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