CHINA KITCHEN
6484 LAKE WORTH RD · LAKE WORTH · Palm Beach County · FL 33463
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
9 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 3
12A-25-4High Priority – Employee touched face/hair and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Employee touched face while repositioning glasses then continued preparing food for customers without washing hands. Advised Operator of proper hand washing.
14-31-5High Priority – Non-food grade "takeout/shopping" bags used in direct contact with food (cooked pork). Operator removed pork from bag. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-17-6High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from one another based upon minimum required cooking temperature when stored in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. At front reach in freezer; plastic wrapped sheet tray of raw chicken stored over plastic wrapped sheet tray of raw beef. Operator moved raw chicken to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
Intermediate 4
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink (middle compartment at triple sink) other than an approved hand wash sink, after cleaning, before preparing food for customers. Advised Operator of proper hand washing requirements.
03D-15-4Intermediate – Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. At walk in cooler; cooked dumpling (66F – Cooling 3:05/66F 3:45); cooked shrimp (69F – Cooling 3:05/69F 3:45). Operator stated items cooling for 30 minutes in full , deep, tightly covered containers at this rate will not reach 41F within 6 hours, split into smaller uncovered containers to facilitate faster cooling. **Corrective Action Taken**
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at back kitchen hand wash sink. Operator provided paper towels. **Corrected On-Site**
53B-10-4Intermediate – Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Employee training has no date of certification/expiration date. Operator completed certifications with proper dates during inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 2
35B-04-4Basic – Outer opening (rear exit door)of establishment cannot be properly sealed when not in operation/in operation.
35B-13-4Basic – Screening on rear exit door is not 16-mesh to the inch.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 12, 2026 12:09 AM.
Violation category totals
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.