PANDA BUFFET
1841 SR 44 · NEW SMYRNA BEACH · Volusia County · FL 32168
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 6
22-45-4High Priority – Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Employee washed and rinsed knife and cutting board and moved to air dry **Warning**
22-43-4High Priority – Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. 0 ppm. Operator change chemical and 200 PPM was reached. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. – Raw shell eggs over sauces cookline Raw shell eggs over noodles upright cooler Raw fish over ready to eat food walk in cooler speed rack **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. – Rice noodles 54F raw shrimp 48F, noodles 50F, overnight in Avantco cooler. See stop sale Other shrimp 45F same cooler – in sushi cooler, cream cheese and krab 48F. Door open while employees prepping items for buffet **Warning**
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 as required. On buffet: Sushi items and rice, hibachi items, cut melons **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
Intermediate 3
55-01-5Intermediate – Basic – Establishment charging operational charges without properly disclosing the information on the menu/web/app and the bill/receipt. Posted at table, not on the menu **Warning**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. – Large meat and vegetable processing equipment – veg peelers and cutters – utensils in large pot in storage area soiled **Warning**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Krab mix, fresh garlic in oil, walk in cooler **Warning**
Basic 7
16-15-4Basic – Accumulation of debris on drainboards or equivalent. **Warning**
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. In sauce **Warning**
06-09-2Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. See stop sale. Tuna **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. In cookline, cell phone, burn spray, jacket **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Tub of raw meat on the floor under shelving walk in cooler **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Sushi area and cookline **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 10, 2026 5:49 AM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
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1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
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3 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.