CHINA KING
15924 E HWY 40 · SILVER SPRINGS · Marion County · FL 34488
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
18 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 5
12A-14-4High Priority – Employee coughed, sneezed, used a handkerchief or disposable tissue then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Male employee at the prep area coughed and cover his mouth with hands and continued working with ready to eat food and handle cleaned containers, inspector addressed situation with manager.
12A-12-4High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Male employee started working and touching cleaned containers after handling raw chicken, Inspector instructed to washed his hands. Employee rubbed his hands for less than 5 seconds and closed the water without using a paper towel as a barrier. Inspector instructed to properly washed his hands. **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. At the prep area, female employee working with cook noodles touched the noodles with her bare hands. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
22-45-4High Priority – Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Female employee rinsed white container with no soap and no sanitization and placed container with the cleaned ready to be use containers above triple sink, Inspector instructed to set up triple sink and properly sanitized all the containers. Also same female employee used prep sink at the end of the cook line to washed rice cooker, o sanitization occurred. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. At the cook line at room temperature, observed beans sprouts at 75F and cabbage 48F. Reach-in cooler at the cook line, noodles at 54F. **Warning**
Intermediate 5
11-27-4Intermediate – Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment. Inspector provided a digital copy.
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade heavily soiled.
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Handwash sink at the triple sink with items inside sink, employee moved all items. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-04-5Intermediate – Operator is not properly tracking/marking the number of days ready-to-eat, 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. In walk-in cooler and reach-in coolers no date marked on any item, per Employee all items were cooked and freeze and pulled out of freezer 24 hrs prior to used.
53B-14-5Intermediate – Required employee training expired for some employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. Total of three employees, two certificates expired (September 2023).
Basic 8
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl no handle inside bulk container.
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Multiple opened employee drinks on prep tables, employee removed all. **Corrected On-Site**
14-38-4Basic – Food storage container/container lid cracked or broken. Multiple containers cracked.
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. At the prep area observed multiple food containers stored on floor, also oil jugs on floor.
10-01-5Basic – In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. At the front part of the cook line, observed scoop handle in direct contact with fried noodles, employe moved the scoop. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of equipment heavily soiled with grease build up (wok station, rice cooker, condiment shelf at the wok station), also exterior of microwave. **Repeat Violation**
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Gallon cut in half and used for scooping cooked rice. Also observed cardboard boxes cutter and used to stored fried noodles, also paper menus used as a liner.
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. At the dry storage area, bulk containers not labeled (sugar, salt and flour).
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 20, 2026 12:53 PM.
Violation category totals
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1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
2 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.