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
12 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
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 from outside and started working with food and cleaned equipment, Inspector instructed to stop and wash his hands. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
09-01-4High 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. Male employee cutting vegetables for latter use with bare hand, inspector instructed to stop, wash hands and use gloves **Corrective Action Taken**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Establishment observed preparing, serving, and selling food to customers with an expired license from the Division of Hotels and Restaurants dated June 1, 2026 **Admin Complaint**
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In Walk in cooler, raw chicken stored above bucket with sauce, also on cook line, raw chicken above egg rolls, manager moved all. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Reach in cooler on cook line, noodles 49F, raw beef 47F, raw shrimp 48F, chicken 46F, noodles 49F, Manager moved all items to freezer, also at room temperature, cooked chicken 48F, chicken 66F, per manager items were pulled out of fridge at 12:00, chicken will be held on time and discarded at 4:00pm, Inspector provided DBPR form during inspection. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 3
12A-03-4Intermediate – Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Male employee rinsed hands and arms in triple sink. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Reach in cooler on cook line, lid with mold like substance, also microwave soiled with food residue and can opener blade.
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. All Food in Walk in cooler and reach in cooler missing date marked.
Basic 4
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Oil jug under wok station, manager moved off the floor. **Corrected On-Site**
10-07-4Basic – In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At the cook line, next to rice warmer, spoon in 120F water, Manager discarded the water. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Reach in cooler gaskets with mold like substance.
25-05-4Basic – Single-service articles improperly stored. Multiple to go containers not inverted, manager inverted all. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 15, 2026 11:14 AM.
Violation category totals
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 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.