CHINA BOWL
5200 NW 43 ST STE 506 · GAINESVILLE · Alachua County · FL 32606
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
15 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee entered kitchen from outside and placed prepped bags of pork in walk-in cooler. Manager had employee wash 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. Employee placed cooked pork in bags with bare hands. Manager had employee wash hands and put on gloves to handle remaining pork. **Corrective Action Taken**
14-31-5High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Chicken in walk-in freezer stored in to go bags.
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken stored over wonton wraps in walk-in freezer. Manager moved chicken to bottom shelf. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 2
22-02-4Intermediate – Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board on reach-in cooler across from cook line stove stained. **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5Intermediate – Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken in reach-in cooler across from cook line grill. Manager stated item prepared on 1/9. **Repeat Violation**
Basic 9
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl used to scoop sugar from container in dry storage area.
14-45-4Basic – Cardboard used to line nonfood-contact shelves. Cardboard lining bottom shelf of table across from walk-in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee bottle of water on shelf above reach-in cooler across from cook line stove. Manager removed bottle of water from shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-49-4Basic – Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Employee food stored on shelf in walk-in cooler.
24-08-4Basic – Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried – wet nesting. Pans stored at the end of the three compartment sink.
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets of reach-in cooler across from cook line stove torn. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Soy sauce stored on kitchen floor across from walk-in cooler. Sauces stored on walk-in cooler floor. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood vents above cook line stove greasy. Gaskets of reach-in cooler across from cook line stove.
25-06-4Basic – Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers on shelf above kitchen reach-in coolers. Manager turned containers over. **Corrected On-Site**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 14, 2026 1:08 PM.
Violation category totals
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3 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
4 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.