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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
Routine - Food 04/02/2018 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
23-25-4    Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. Hood filters above woks have dripping debris **Warning**
21-05-4    Basic - Cloth used as a food-contact surface. Red tablecloth used to cover cooling rice **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-09-4    Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting board in prep area has noticeable grooves **Warning**
08B-49-4    Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Candy and monster in reach in cooler and walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
40-06-4    Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area. Soda and water in food prep area **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-22-4    Basic - Employee using tongs to handle raw animal food and then ready-to-eat food without first washing, rinsing and sanitizing tongs. Tongs used for raw beef and raw chicken in reach in cooler by prep line **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
13-03-4    Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employees handling food prep had no hair restraints **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
36-73-4    Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor in kitchen area under reach in cooler, under cooking line and by large white rice bins soiled with food/debris **Warning**
23-21-4    Basic - Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. Microwave by prep area **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
10-01-4    Basic - In-use utensil in potentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. **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. Tongs stored in raw chicken **Warning**
33-11-4    Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
35B-05-4    Basic - Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present. Gap underneath the back exit door and evidence of droppings seen in establishments **Warning**
29-20-5    Basic - Standing water or very slow draining water in handwash sink, three-compartment sink, or mop sink. Mop sink outside by the dumpster **Warning**
21-12-4    Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. 2 blue wet wiping cloths stored on metal food prep table instead of in solution **Warning**
21-07-4    Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Chlorine ppm not detected upon initial testing. Operator added bleach to the solution to obtain proper strength **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-38-4    Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer bucket was stored in the floor underneath the comp sink **Warning**
14-15-4    High Priority - Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage - direct contact with food. Plastic bags used to store meat in the walk in cooler and freezer **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-24-4    High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other during preparation based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken observed in bottom reach in cooler. Tongs going from raw beef to raw chicken **Warning**
35A-04-4    High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 3 dry and dark droppings by the reach in freezer close to the register. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
02C-03-4    Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Dumplings in reach in cooler **Warning**
22-28-4    Intermediate - Interior of reach-in cooler soiled with accumulation of food residue. Reach in cooler by cooks line soiled **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-14-4    Intermediate - Nonfood-grade basting brush used in food. Non-food grade Painter's grade brush used to make crab Rangoon **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. Egg rolls in walk in cooler not date marked **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. All employees need up to date food safety permit **Warning**
41-17-4    Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. 2 unlabeled clear bottles in kitchen area under metal food prep area **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
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