CHINA HOUSE
184 MARION OAKS BLVD 2D · OCALA · Marion County · FL 34473
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
Counts reported for this inspection visit.
All DBPR Inspector Observations
11 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. Male employee entered kitchen touching the back door then placed bin of chicken in cooler without washing hands.
12A-28-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Male employee cooking chicken with hand on shirt continued to pick up tongs without washing hands.
08A-02-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. In reach in freezer: bags of raw pork on shelf over bags of cooked pork. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. On top of make table at cookline: spring roll (68F – Cold Holding for 1.5 hours) discussed Time as a Public Health Control (TPHC) and emailed DBPR forms. **Corrective Action Taken**
Basic 7
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. One bowl in thick sauce. Removed during this inspection. **Repeat Violation**
24-05-4Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Bowl on shelf over triple sink not inverted.
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food on shelf over customer food in reach in cooler. Operator moved all to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Several metal pans on clean dish shelf stacked together wet.
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Tongs in water at 109F on cookline. Operator refreshed then 155F. **Corrected On-Site**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Around doors of reach in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. One at triple sink.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 13, 2026 11:03 PM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.