Hong Kong Chinese Food, 2422 N Sr 7, Margate, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: HONG KONG CHINESE FOOD
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 2422 N Sr 7, Margate, FL 33063
License #: 1620102
Total inspections: 16
Last inspection: 09/22/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Found in rice container
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Rice
  • Basic - Soil residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. Flour and cornstarch containers.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • Basic - Wall soiled with accumulated food debris.in kitchen next to hand wash sink.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Storing cleaning material.
  • 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 roll in walk in cooler.
09/22/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Bag with flour.
  • Basic - Nonfood-grade plastic to-go/thank you bags used in direct contact to store food. Found in walk in cooler.
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water,Chicken and beef.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Prep vegetables. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
  • Basic - containers of food stored on floor in walk-in freezer.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Pasta, chicken and egg roll in walk in cooler.
5/22/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer.
  • Basic - Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Rice.
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Chicken found in 3 compartment sink. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Egg roll, chicken.
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. **Corrected On-Site**
  • 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 roll and chicken found in walk in cooler.
1/13/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - 4-603.15(A)
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment throughout kitchen.
  • Basic - Case/container/bag of food stored on floor in walk-in cooler/freezer. Case on shrimp in walk in freezer **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting.
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered. Rice, flour.
  • Basic - Food stored in holding unit not covered. Prep carrot.
  • Basic - In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Rice, flour.
  • Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination.
  • Basic - Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Prep broccoli .
  • Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
  • High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Eggs roll, pasta in walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site**
9/17/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. FLOUR, SUGAR.
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in freezer y not all products commercially packaged. RAW CHICKEN ABOVE SHRIMP.
  • Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. FOOD BUCKET.
  • Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. FRIED CHICKEN.
  • Intermediate - Torn packages/bags of food exposing the contents to contamination. FLOUR.
4/8/2013Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures. FRONT COUNTER WHITE REFRIGERATOR.
  • Critical - Observed employees provided in-house training not performing their work duties in a manner consistent with the Food Code requirements. SAFELY STORING FOOD.
  • Critical - Observed food stored on floor. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense ready-to-eat food. BREAD CRUMBS.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. EGGROLLS. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. RAW POULTRY STORED ABOVE COOKED CHICKEN. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. BEEF ABOVE VEGETABLES IN WALK IN FREEZER.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food. RAW POULTRY ABOVE SAUCES IN WALK IN COOLER. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. CHICKEN ABOVE BEEF IN WALK IN COOLER.
  • Critical - Observed unlabeled spray bottle. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Portable fire extinguisher not properly mounted at least 4 inches off the floor and the top no higher than 5 feet off the floor. For reporting purposes only. K CLASS.
  • Wet mop not hung to dry.
10/24/2012Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Violation: 03D-01-1 Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. FRIED CHICKEN. FRIED WON TONS AT CALL BACK COOLING AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. 85 degrees after 2 1/2 HOURS OUT OF THE FRYER.
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-22-1 Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. RAW EGGS BEHIND VEGETABLES IN LINE COOLER.
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-29-1 Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. PREPED BROCCOLI IN WALK IN COOLER.
  • Critical - Violation: 53B-02-1 Observed employees provided in-house training not performing their work duties in a manner consistent with the Food Code requirements. PROPER COOLING PROCEDURES.
8/6/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Admin. complaint recommended
  • Critical - Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. 85 degrees 2 HOURS AFTER REMOVING FROM FRYER. 84 degrees 30 MINUTES LATER. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TAKEN. This violation must be corrected by : 5/16/12.
  • Critical - Observed employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. KITCHEN.
  • Critical - Observed employees provided in-house training not performing their work duties in a manner consistent with the Food Code requirements. PROPER COOLING PROCEDURES.
  • Critical - Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. FRIED CHICKEN.
  • Critical - Observed improper horizontal separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods. RAW EGGS BEHIND VEGETABLES IN LINE COOLER.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. SAUSAGE.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. DUMPLINGS IN WALK IN COOLER.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. PREPED BROCCOLI IN WALK IN COOLER.
  • Critical - Old boxes used to store raw chicken also used to drain cooked fried chicken.
  • Critical - Person in charge failed to insure that employees properly cook food. FRIED CHICKEN AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.
5/15/2012Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Nonfood-contact equipment not designed and constructed in a durable manner. SPLASH GUARD NOT INSTALLED BETWEEN HAND SINK AND FOOD STORAGE BINS.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical - Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. UTENSIL STORAGE. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. STARCH.
  • Critical - Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. CHICKEN ABOVE BEEF IN WALK IN FREEZER. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. FLOUR.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. RICE#1.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. RICE#2.
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. FADED, STARCH.
12/19/2011Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical - Violation: 08A-24-1 Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. RAW BEEF NEXT TO and IN CONTACT WITH RAW CHICKEN IN WIC.
  • Critical - Violation: 09-05-1 Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. RICE.
  • Critical - Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. ALL FOOD BINS.
  • Critical - Violation: 22-27-1 Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. FOOD CONTAINERS IN WIC.
  • Violation: 23-05-1 Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. WHITE REFRIGERATOR BEHIND FRONT COUNTER.
  • Critical - Violation: 31-09-1 Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. REAR KIT. Repeat Violation.
3/24/2011Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. CHICKEN WALK IN FREEZER.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. PREPPED BROCCOLI IN WALK IN COOLER.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. CORN STARCH. Corrected On Site.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. UTENSIL STORAGE.
11/1/2010Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. EGGROLLS IN WIC. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. RAW BEEF NEXT TO & IN CONTACT WITH RAW CHICKEN IN WIC.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal food stored over cooked food. RAW CHICKEN ABOVE COOKED CHICKEN IN WIC. Corrected On Site.
  • Critical. Observed improper use of bowl/plastic food container or other container with no handle used to dispense food that is not ready-to-eat. RICE.
  • Observed employee with ineffective hair restraint.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. ALL FOOD BINS.
  • Critical. Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits. FOOD CONTAINERS IN WIC.
  • Observed residue build-up on nonfood-contact surface. WHITE REFRIGERATOR BEHIND FRONT COUNTER.
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. REAR KIT. Repeat Violation.
12/2/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Critical. Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous food prepared on site and held more than 24 hours with not properly date marked. EGGROLLS IN WIC.
  • Critical. Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above. SOUP IN STEAM TABLE.
  • Critical. Observed food being cooled by nonapproved method. FOOD 7" DEEP IN KITCHEN. PLACED 2" DEEP PANS PLACED IN FREEZER.
  • Critical. Cooked potentially hazardous food not cooled from 135 degrees Fahrenheit to 70 degrees Fahrenheit within 2 hours. 95 degrees after 2 HRS. PLACED IN PANS 2" DEEP AND PLACED IN FREEZER.
  • Critical. Observed raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit/during preparation. RAW CHICKEN ABOVE BEEF IN WIC. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed food stored on floor. PRODUCE IN WIC. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area. COOKED & RAW CHICKEN IN WIC. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed employee with no hair restraint.
  • Critical. Observed soiled reach-in cooler gaskets. ALL.
  • Critical. Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. FOOD CONTAINERS. Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Critical. Observed handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. EQUIPMENT STORAGE Corrected On Site. Repeat Violation.
  • Observed unnecessary persons in the food preparation, food storage, or warewashing area. Corrected On Site.
7/20/2009Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
No report available. 4/24/2009Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
No report available. 12/12/2008Routine - FoodWarning Issued
No report available. 8/27/2008Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action

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