CHEN'S KITCHEN
7056 WATERSET BLVD · APOLLO BEACH · Hillsborough County · FL 33572
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
16 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
01B-01-4High Priority – – From initial inspection : High Priority – Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. 4 dented cans of oyster sauce. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
09-01-4High Priority – – From initial inspection : 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. Observed employee touch cut lettuce and cooked chicken with bare hands. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
03A-02-5High Priority – – From initial inspection : High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce 62 F on counter, employee placed in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
03B-01-6High Priority – – From initial inspection : High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Broccoli 88 F, chicken 117 F- retemp 165 F on counter. Employee reheated chicken. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
Intermediate 2
31A-09-4Intermediate – – From initial inspection : Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Sanitizer bucket in handwash sink, employee removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
02C-02-5Intermediate – – From initial inspection : Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Multiple food items in reach in cooler on cook line not date marked. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
Basic 10
14-01-5Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl with no handkerchief in sugar, employee removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
08B-49-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food in reach in cooler with chicken, employee removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
40-06-5Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
36-73-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Throughout kitchen. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
08B-38-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Food stored on floor. Meat on floor in walk in cooler. Oil on floor on cook line. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
22-08-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
23-03-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
21-12-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloths on prep table through out establishment. **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
21-07-4Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer bucket tested 0 ppm chlorine, employee removed at remade tested 50 ppm. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
02D-01-5Basic – – From initial inspection : Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of sugar not labeled, employee removed at labeled at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning** – From follow-up inspection 2025-05-27: **Time Extended**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 9, 2026 12:26 PM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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.