HONG YIP CHINESE RESTAURANT
905 SW MAIN BLVD SUITE 110 · LAKE CITY · Columbia County · FL 32025
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Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
13 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
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. Employee washed hands then began to move cooling chicken into bus tubs. Informed employee about glove requirements.
35A-02-5High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, or food storage area. 2 live flies in kitchen prep area.
03F-02-4High Priority – Potentially hazardous (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. Rice, noodles and garlic in oil on cook line. Manager marked item with correct time. **Corrected On-Site**
35A-05-4High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. 3 live roaches observed between shelf and white refrigerator at end of cook line. 3 live roaches observed on bottom of storage shelf at end of cook line. Operator killed.
Basic 9
14-05-4Basic – Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Cardboard on top of chest freezer used to cool chicken.
35A-03-4Basic – Dead roaches on premises. 5 dead roaches observed under white reach in cooler at end of cook line.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink without a lid on top of reach in cooler on cook line. Item removed.
12B-02-4Basic – Employee eating in a food preparation or other restricted area. Employee food/eating on chest freezer next to cooling chicken. Item moved. **Corrected On-Site**
35B-01-4Basic – Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. Back door.
08B-36-4Basic – Food stored in a location that is exposed to splash/dust. Cooked rice and cooked chicken next to back door near hand washing sink. Also, chicken stored on top of chest freezer at end of cook line. Exposed to splash when paper towels are grabbed. Manager began moving items.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Case of oil on cook line. Bag of rice on floor near back door. Item moved by end of inspection.
06-05-4Basic – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Shrimp in three compartment sink thawing in standing water. Manager turned on water.
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. In kitchen area.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 11, 2026 8:06 AM.
Violation category totals
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2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
4 observation(s)
Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.