Chen's Chinese Restaurant, 7350 Curry Ford Rd Ste-E, Orlando, FL - Restaurant inspection findings and violations



Business Info

Name: CHEN'S CHINESE RESTAURANT
Type: Permanent Food Service
Address: 7350 Curry Ford Rd Ste-E, Orlando, FL 32822
License #: 5809196
Total inspections: 10
Last inspection: 11/06/2014

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Inspection findings

Inspection Date

Type

Disposition

  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food., plastic round bowl used to scoop chicken.
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Build-up of soil/debris on the floor along the walls, baseboards, cabinets and/or equipment, throughout restaurant kitchen and prep area.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation, cooks **Repeat Violation**
  • Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust, bottles of soft drinks were stored under handsink, by dry storage area., also uncovered cooling chicken stored next to back door, screen door openings are too large. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Food stored in dry storage area not covered, bottle of oil. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable, using soft drinks cardboard to hold cooked chicken by back door.
  • Basic - No suitable facilities provided to store employee clothing and other possessions, phones were stored by food products, dry storage area.
  • Basic - Packaged food has no English labeling, flour and corn starch **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Screening is not 16-mesh to the inch.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above., egg rolls were 44°f, cooked chicken was 61°f, and 51°f, employee said those were out about 20 minutes, product was moved to walk in cooler. Operator was using time as public health from 11:00 to 3:00 pm **Corrected On-Site**
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/with ready-to-eat food in reach-in freezer - not all products commercially packaged., opened bag with raw chicken was stored over bag of French fries and beef bagged in house. **Repeat Violation**
  • High Priority - Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled, female employee handling money, clean utensils, and soft drinks bottles.
  • Intermediate - Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface, round bowl used to scoop cooked chicken inside reach in cooler by cook's line.
11/06/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable, discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation, cooks . **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored, take out containers were not inverted.
  • Basic - Soiled reach-in cooler gaskets by cooksline.
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor.
  • High Priority - Improper side-by-side separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods, raw beef was stored next to container with cooked beef inside walk in cooler, walk in cooler was extremely packed.
  • High Priority - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above, cooked chicken was 88°f, employee said was cooling product was put inside walk in cooler.
  • High Priority - Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in reach-in cooler, sheet pans with raw chicken and raw beef were stored over bags of Krab, noodles inside reach in. Freezer next to chest freezers back kitchen area.
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in reach-in freezer - all products not commercially packaged. Sheet pans with raw chicken were stored over sheet pans with raw beef inside reach in freezer by chest freezer, back kitchen area.
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature in walk-in cooler, raw chicken was stored next to raw beef both products were wrapped in plastic in house.
  • Intermediate - No chlorine chemical test kit provided when using chlorine sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine.
08/20/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food, to scoop flour and sweet and sour chicken. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation, cooks in the kitchen.
  • Basic - Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust, bottles of soft drinks, front services area, and oil by walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface.
  • High Priority - Improper side-by-side separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods, bucket with raw chicken wings was stored next to buckets with sauce, inside walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
  • Intermediate - Proof of required state approved employee training not available for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233.
5/28/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.
  • Basic - Food stored on floor, bottle of oil, cooks line.
  • Basic - Food-contact surface not smooth and easily cleanable, wood palets used to hold products were made of raw wood, inside walk in cooler.
  • Basic - No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink in kitchen provided with disposable towels.
  • 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 , chicken, inside small double door reach in cooler in front of deep friers.
1/13/2014Routine - FoodInspection Completed - No Further Action
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside, back door. **Warning**
  • Basic - No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink in kitchen provided with disposable towels. **Warning**
7/25/2013Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. **Warning**
  • Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside, back door. **Warning**
  • Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment., by cooks line. **Warning**
  • Basic - No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink in kitchen provided with disposable towels. **Warning**
  • Basic - Nonfood-contact equipment exposed to splash/spillage not constructed of materials that are corrosion resistant, non-absorbent, smooth and easily cleanable, cardboard box under cutting board by cooks line **Warning**
  • Basic - Raw animal food stored above unwashed produce, raw shelled eggs over produce inside walk in cooler. **Warning**
  • Basic - Uncovered food stored near sink exposed to splash, bottles of soft drinks were stored under handsink by front service area. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses, was stored on top of reach in cooler by cooks line. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Food/ice received from unapproved source. See stop sale., couple of ducks that they had their feet still attached. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Live flies in kitchen. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Stop Sale issued due to food originating from an unapproved source, observed couple ducks with complete feet inside reach in freezer. Operator said those were brought to the store by a friend and they are for the consumption of her family. I told her she cannot bring food from unapproved sources in to the restaurant or even store food for her home with costumers food. **Warning**
7/23/2013Routine - FoodWarning Issued
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
4/24/2013Complaint FullCall Back - Complied
  • Basic - Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**
  • Basic - Food stored on floor, blue tub with chicken in the back kitchen area. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Basic - Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed at room temperature., vegetables 3 compartment sink **Warning**
  • Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored, take out boxes stored on top of egg carton. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler shelves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**
  • Basic - Walk-in cooler/freezer shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. **Warning**
  • Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses, throughout. **Warning**
  • High Priority - License expired within 30 days after expiration date. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Cooked rice/pasta hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit, was 129?f, product was reheated, reheated to 165?f. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands, operator. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to work with food., all the cooks. **Warning**
  • High Priority - Improper side-by-side separation of raw animal foods and ready-to-eat foods, open bags of cheese Rangoon were stored next to opened bag of raw chicken inside chest freezer. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature, raw chicken was stored next to raw shrimp inside chest freezer back kitchen area, both products were packed in house.**Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical stored by or with food, soap by cooked vegetables **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink., washed at 3 compartment sink without soap. **Warning**
  • Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR's contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**
4/19/2013Complaint FullWarning Issued
  • No Violations Were Observed
8/10/2012Routine - FoodCall Back - Complied
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures, reach in cooler was 53f, reach in cooler was 53f, emmployee said they put those product in the morning less than 4 hours ago, product moved to another cooler
  • Critical - Cold holding equipment incapable of maintaining potentially hazardous food at proper temperatures, walk in cooler had ambient temp of 45f. Repeat Violation 2-23-12.
  • Critical - Observed employee engage in food preparation, handle clean equipment or utensils, or touch unwrapped single-service items, without washing hands, cooks after coming from walk in cooler, then starting to cook. Repeat Violation 2-23-12.
  • Critical - Observed employees provided in-house training not performing their work duties in a manner consistent with the Food Code requirements, employee doesn't know how to use 3 compartment sink .
  • Critical - Observed equipment and utensils not washed, rinsed and sanitized in the correct order in three-compartment sink, washing and rinsing, but not sanitizing.
  • Critical - Observed food-contact surfaces encrusted with grease and/or soil deposits,blue flour container, back kitchen.
  • Critical - Observed potentially hazardous food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit, eggrolls and chicken were 53f, inside reach in cooler by cooksline Repeat Violation 2-23-12.
  • Critical - Observed uncovered food in holding unit/dry storage area, blue container with flour by back door.
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food held under time as a public health control without time marking indicating 4-hour limit, , chicken was 114f, cooked rice was 122f, no date or time on product .
  • Critical - Potentially hazardous food not held at 135 degrees Fahrenheit or above, chicken was 114f, cooked rice was 122f by cooksline .
  • Critical - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name, big bottle withoil and blue container with flour.
8/8/2012Routine - FoodAdministrative complaint recommended

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