CHEN'S KITCHEN
7056 WATERSET BLVD · APOLLO BEACH · Hillsborough County · FL 33572
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
23 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee began working with food without washing hands.
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over cooked chicken in reach in cooler across from fryers.
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Cut lettuce 68 F sitting out on prep table on cook line for 2 hours, manager placed in walk in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
03F-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. No time mark on chicken and egg rolls held on time. Employee time marked at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 4
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards. Old food residue on prep table next to rice cooker.
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Sani bucket in hand wash sink, employee removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Ribs in reach in cooler not date marked.
27-16-4Intermediate – Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Hand wash sink near register temped 79 F, ran approximately 2 minutes.
Basic 15
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowls with no handle in sugar. Employee removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable. Cutting boards.
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee hat above prep cooler.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Fryer oil on floor, employee removed at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between reach in cooler and prep table.
22-08-4Basic – Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Microwave.
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters.
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Observed employee use half cut up single service gallon to scoop rice.
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go boxes not inverted on dry storage rack.
25-02-4Basic – Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. Plastic forks and spoons not all facing the same direction.
42-01-4Basic – Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
21-03-4Basic – Wet wiping cloths stored in detergent and sanitizer mixed together. Manager remade sanitizer bucket tested 50 ppm chlorine. **Corrected On-Site**
21-38-4Basic – Wiping cloth sanitizing solution stored on the floor. Sanitizer bucket on floor.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Container of flour not labeled. Manager labeled at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 16, 2026 8:17 AM.
Violation category totals
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 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.