Inspection Report

Emergency Closure InspectionDBPR disposition: Emergency order recommended
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DRAGON STAR

7757 LAKE WORTH RD · LAKE WORTH · Palm Beach County · FL 33467

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateFebruary 14, 2017
Inspection typeComplaint Full
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionEmergency order recommended
Resultfacility_temporarily_closed
Inspection number2670453
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID6157230
DBPR license6020545

Emergency Closure Summary

ClosedFebruary 14, 2017 3:07 PM
StatusReopened after callback/compliance
ReopenedFebruary 16, 2017 9:42 AM
Record basisDBPR weekly closure extract
Closure conditionRoach activity

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
10 High Priority14 Intermediate29 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical53 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

53 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 10

#30High Priority35A-02-5

High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen and the back Doris open. **Warning**

Warning
#31High Priority14-15-4

High Priority – Nonfood-grade containers used for food storage – direct contact with food. Sugar, rice, flour all stored in grey plastic garbage cans. **Warning**

Warning
#32High Priority41-05-4

High Priority – Pesticide/insecticide labeled for household use only present in establishment. Observed roach and ant killer powder, a can of flying insect spray and a can of roach spray all in the kitchen. **Warning**

Warning
#33High Priority03A-02-4

High Priority – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed thawing chicken at 57°F. A cook put the chicken in the walk-in freezer. **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**

Corrective Action TakenWarning
#34High Priority35A-09-4

High Priority – Presence of insects, rodents, or other pests under a kitchen prep table. **Warning**

Warning
#35High Priority08A-01-4

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over cooked food. Raw eggs over cooked chicken in reach -in-cooler on cooks line. Cook moved raw eggs to different shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#36High Priority08A-02-5

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in walk-in freezer. Observed raw chicken, packaged on site, stored above cooked pork in the walk-in freezer. Operator moved chicken to bottom shelf and cooked pork to separate shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#37High Priority08A-09-4

High Priority – Raw animal food stored over ready-to-eat food in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken stored over ready to eat sauces in the walk-in cooler. Operator moved raw chicken to bottom shelf . **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#38High Priority35A-05-4

High Priority – Roach activity present as evidenced by live roaches found. Observed 4 run into holes in the wall behind the meat slicer near the 3 compartment sink. **Warning**

Warning
#39High Priority41-02-4

High Priority – Toxic grease cutter stored by cooking oil and vinegar on a shelf **Warning**

Warning

Intermediate 14

#40Intermediate22-02-4

Intermediate – Accumulation of food debris/grease on food-contact surface on prep tables. **Warning**

Warning
#41Intermediate22-05-4

Intermediate – Cutting board(s) stained/soiled. **Warning**

Warning
#42Intermediate52-03-4

Intermediate – Establishment advertised crab on menu/menu board but served imitation crab. Menu blackboard in front of restaurant reads "CRAB RANGOON". Cook states only imitation crab is used. No invoice to verify. Also observed cheese wonton/crab advertised on the in house menu and establishment use imitation crab. **Warning**

Warning
#43Intermediate31A-03-4

Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use due to items stored in the sink. Food storage container in sink. Operator removed container. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#44Intermediate53A-01-5

Intermediate – Manager Ren Feng lacking proof of food manager certification. A list of accredited food manager certification examination providers can be found at http://www.myfloridalicense.com/dbpr/hr/food-lodging/managercertification.html. **Warning**

Warning
#45Intermediate31B-02-4

Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink next to the 3 compartment sink. **Warning**

Warning
#46Intermediate53B-01-5

Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. **Warning**

Warning
#47Intermediate02C-04-4

Intermediate – Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite was held at refrigeration temperatures prior to freezing in order to properly date mark the food when it is thawed and held at refrigeration temperatures again. Cooked pork, cooked chicken and cooked park ribs in the walk-in freezer. **Warning**

Warning
#48Intermediate02D-02-4

Intermediate – Packaged food not labeled as specified by law. One gallon bottle of white distilled vinegar not labeled. **Warning**

Warning
#49Intermediate03D-16-4

Intermediate – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food covered while cooling. Observed a pan of cooling cooked noodles at 73-77°F that are covered in the walk-in cooler. Cook uncovered the noodles. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#50Intermediate02C-08-4

Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food opened/prepared, frozen and then thawed and held at refrigeration temperature not properly date marked. Cooked pork that was previously frozen and now thawed in the walk-in cooler. **Warning**

Warning
#51Intermediate02C-02-4

Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Observed multiple cooked foods in the walk-in cooler not date marked. Did not observe any date marking in use. **Warning**

Warning
#52Intermediate22-07-4

Intermediate – Slicer blade and guard soiled with old food debris. **Warning**

Warning
#53Intermediate11-03-4

Intermediate – person in charge lacks knowledge of employee health policy and health requirements. **Warning**

Warning

Basic 29

#1Basic23-25-4

Basic – Build-up of grease/dust/debris on hood filters. **Warning**

Warning
#2Basic23-24-4

Basic – Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. **Warning**

Warning
#3Basic36-36-4

Basic – Ceiling tile missing in service area by music system. **Warning**

Warning
#4Basic14-09-4

Basic – Cutting board on prep table has cut marks and is soiled and is no longer cleanable. **Warning**

Warning
#5Basic35A-03-4

Basic – Dead roaches on premises. 2 in a bus tub used to store clean food container lids near the dishmachine. 10 on the floor along the wall by the 3 compartment sink. 1 under a bag of raw brown rice on a shelf under a prep table in the kitchen. 4 behind the ice cream chest freezer in the kitchen. 8 under a prep table with rice cookers on the table. Approximately 20 under shelving used to store clean glasses, salt and pepper packets and napkins in a hallway. 4 under and behind the ice machine in the drink service area. **Warning**

Warning
#6Basic08B-49-4

Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public in walk in cooler and reach-in-freezer across from cooks line. **Warning**

Warning
#7Basic24-08-4

Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. **Warning**

Warning
#8Basic36-18-4

Basic – Floor tiles cracked, broken or in disrepair in front of walk-in-cooler. **Warning**

Warning
#9Basic23-21-4

Basic – Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of microwave. **Warning**

Warning
#10Basic23-20-4

Basic – Food debris/dust/grease/soil residue on exterior of oven. **Warning**

Warning
#11Basic36-14-4

Basic – Grease accumulated on kitchen floor and/or under the deep fat fryers on the cooks line. **Warning**

Warning
#12Basic36-24-5

Basic – Hole in or other damage to wall in dish room area. **Warning**

Warning
#13Basic36-47-5

Basic – Hood soiled with accumulated grease, dust or food debris. . **Warning**

Warning
#14Basic10-12-4

Basic – In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. **Warning**

Warning
#15Basic10-11-4

Basic – In-use rice scoop/spoon stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Observed a water temperature of 78°F. **Warning**

Warning
#16Basic10-01-4

Basic – In-use utensil in nonpotentially hazardous (non-time/temperature control for safety) food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Plastic take out bowls stored in flour, sugar bins. Rice scoop in rice bin with handle in rice. **Warning**

Warning
#17Basic10-02-4

Basic – In-use utensil not stored on a clean portion of food preparation or cooking equipment. Serving spoons laying on counter where raw chicken was prepared without being cleaned and sanitized. **Warning**

Warning
#18Basic10-03-4

Basic – In-use utensil used with moist food stored in running water with insufficient velocity to flush food particles away. **Warning**

Warning
#19Basic22-08-4

Basic – Interior of oven has heavy accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. **Warning**

Warning
#20Basic22-19-4

Basic – Interior of two microwaves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**

Warning
#21Basic05-16-4

Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in reach-in coolers on line. **Warning**

Warning
#22Basic06-05-4

Basic – Potentially hazardous (time/temperature control for safety) food thawed in standing water. Chicken thawed in standing water. Cook dumped the water and put the chicken in the walk-in freezer. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**

Corrected On-SiteWarning
#23Basic25-06-4

Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination To go boxes in kitchen over rice cooker. **Warning**

Warning
#24Basic08B-13-4

Basic – Stored food not covered in walk-in cooler. Raw chicken, and pork. **Warning**

Warning
#25Basic25-02-4

Basic – Unwrapped single-service utensils not presented so that only the handles are touched. Plastic forks, spoon and knives in containers in the kitchen. **Warning**

Warning
#26Basic23-12-4

Basic – Walk-in cooler and/or walk-in freezer shelves soiled with encrusted food debris. **Warning**

Warning
#27Basic14-41-4

Basic – Walk-in freezer/cooler gaskets torn/in disrepair. **Warning**

Warning
#28Basic36-27-5

Basic – Wall soiled with food debris above prep table next to back door. **Warning**

Warning
#29Basic02D-01-5

Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Observed flour, sugar, salt and starch containers are not labeled. **Warning**

Warning

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on August 11, 2026 8:05 AM.

Violation category totals
Category 2 · Original container, labeling, date marking and consumer advisory
5 observation(s)
Category 3 · Time/temperature control for safety food
2 observation(s)
Category 5 · Food and equipment thermometers
1 observation(s)
Category 6 · Proper thawing of TCS food
1 observation(s)
Category 8 · Food protection and cross-contamination
5 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
5 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
1 observation(s)
Category 14 · Food-contact and nonfood-contact surface design/maintenance
3 observation(s)
Category 22 · Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized
5 observation(s)
Category 23 · Non-food-contact surfaces clean
5 observation(s)
Category 24 · Storage/handling of clean equipment and utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 25 · Single-service and single-use items
2 observation(s)
Category 31 · Handwash sinks, supplies and signage
2 observation(s)
Category 35 · Pest control / insects / rodents / animals / outer openings
4 observation(s)
Category 36 · Floors, walls, ceilings, attached equipment and ventilation
6 observation(s)
Category 41 · Chemicals and toxic substances
2 observation(s)
Category 52 · Misrepresentation / misbranding
1 observation(s)
Category 53 · Food manager certification / employee training verification
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.