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LING EXPRESS

803 E BLOOMINGDALE AVE · BRANDON · Hillsborough County · FL 33511-8113

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateMarch 17, 2025
Inspection typeComplaint Full
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionWarning Issued
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3583640
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10800171
DBPR license3910415

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
5 High Priority2 Intermediate3 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical10 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

10 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 5

#4High Priority12A-16-4

High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Observed employees come into kitchen and began making orders without washing hands.

#5High Priority09-01-4

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. Grab fully cooked broccoli with bare hands and place it in to go box . **Warning**

Warning
#6High Priority08A-05-6

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Observed raw shrimp and raw chicken stored over cooked chicken wings in walk in cooler **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#7High Priority03A-02-5

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On cart on cook line: krab Rangoon (67F – Cold Holding); cooked battered chicken pieces (60F – Cold Holding). Cook line: cut cabbage (60F – Cold Holding) Employee put in cooler **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#8High Priority03B-01-6

High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Cook line: cooked broccoli (70F – Hot Holding) cooked breaded chicken pieces (115F – Hot Holding); cooked fried rice (119F – Hot Holding) All items sitting with no temperature control: **Warning**

Warning

Intermediate 2

#9Intermediate11-26-1

Intermediate – No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Operator had 1 new hire but name on form was not Legible. **Warning**

Warning
#10Intermediate53B-10-4

Intermediate – Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Missing date of birth on safe staff cards **Warning**

Warning

Basic 3

#1Basic14-01-5

Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Observed soiled to go containers in cooked rice **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic08B-38-4

Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed cases of soda stored on the ground in lobby **Repeat Violation** **Warning**

Repeat ViolationWarning
#3Basic08B-63-4

Basic – Unpackaged food in an unprotected holding unit in a customer/nonsecure area. Observed reach on freezer in lobby. Customers would have access to unit heading to and from restroom. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 13, 2026 12:35 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
2 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
3 observation(s)
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
1 observation(s)
Category 12 · Handwashing and hygienic practices
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
1 observation(s)
Category 53 · Food manager certification / employee training verification
1 observation(s)

Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.