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Licensee
Name: CHEN GARDEN CHINESE RESTAURANT License Number: SEA3909383
Rank: Seating License Expiration Date: 02/01/2025
Primary Status: Current Secondary Status: Active
Location Address: 7827 PALM RIVER RD
TAMPA, FL 33619

Inspection Information
Inspection Type Inspection Date Result High Priority Violations Intermediate Violations Basic Violations
Complaint Full 02/27/2018 Facility Temporarily Closed
Operations ordered stopped until violations are corrected.
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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. In rice bin **Warning**
23-06-4    Basic - Build-up of food debris, dust or dirt on nonfood-contact surface. Exterior bulk bins, hood filter, shelves above two compartment sink, exterior microwave. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
12B-12-4    Basic - Employee beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area does not have a lid and a straw or equivalent dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. On reach in cooler **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
40-07-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored with or above food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Cell phone above prep table, lighter, charger for phone **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
35B-01-4    Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door **Warning**
36-41-4    Basic - Fan cover in walk-in cooler has accumulation of dust or debris. **Warning**
08B-30-4    Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Starch bag, sauce, curry bottle **Warning**
10-06-4    Basic - In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food and rim of the container. Raw chicken wings . **Warning**
21-04-4    Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. **Warning**
33-11-4    Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-52-4    Basic - Nonfood-contact surfaces not designed and constructed to allow easy cleaning and maintenance. Wood shelf in walk in cooler **Warning**
16-46-4    Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. Old labels **Warning**
06-05-4    Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Shrimp still frozen placed in reach in cooler. Operator placed in walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
25-32-4    Basic - Reuse of single-service articles. Chicken containers **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. **Warning**
02D-01-5    Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk rice bin, sauces **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
01B-01-4    High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Hoisin sauce **Warning**
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 handled register then began food prep with no handwash. **Warning**
14-15-4    High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Holding egg rolls, and to go bags **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-09-4    High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken over cut onions **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 1 dry dropping present on dry storage shelf. 1 dropping unable to test on dry storage shelf, approximately 23 dry dropping present under reach in freezer in kitchen, approximately 15 dry droppings under bulk bins. 1 dry dropping on floor near prep table, two semi soft dropping on floor near rice pot. **Warning**
35A-21-4    High Priority - Rodent burrow or rodent nesting materials present. Spray foam insulation broken under reach in freezer and reach in cooler on cooks line, behind reach in freezer near front register, next to fryers on cooks line. **Warning**
35A-18-4    High Priority - Rodent rub marks present along walls/ceilings. Rub marks present along pipes under and next to two compartment sink, under cooks line **Warning**
41-10-4    High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Above cooking equipment comet **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
22-02-4    Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface. Interior microwave **Warning**
31A-03-4    Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Box stored on top of handwash sink **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
53B-13-5    Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Missing one cooks certificate **Warning**
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