HONG KONG RESTAURANT OF PALM BAY INC
5270 BABCOCK ST NE STE 35 · PALM BAY · Brevard County · FL 32905
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
20 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 8
08A-05-6High Priority – Raw eggs and chicken stored over cooked noodles and ready to eat pork
12A-07-5High Priority – Cook failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to cook ribs in the wok **Warning**
12A-16-4High Priority – Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands: cashier handled customer payments/ cellphone and proceeded to prepare food in fryer and box to go items. **Warning**
14-31-5High Priority – Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with meats **Repeat Violation**
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-02-6High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with ready-to-eat food in a freezer – not all products commercially packaged. Raw chicken over ready to eat in the freezer **Repeat Violation**
08A-20-5High Priority – Raw animal foods not properly separated from each other in holding unit based upon minimum required cooking temperature. Raw chicken over cooked pork in the walk-in cooler **Repeat Violation**
12A-09-4High Priority – Single-use gloves not changed as needed after changing tasks or when damaged or soiled. **Warning**
Intermediate 3
22-02-4Intermediate – Cutting boards soiled with food debris, mold-like substance **Repeat Violation**
31A-09-4Intermediate – Handwash sinks not accessible for employee use at all times. Sink near triple sink blocked by chicken being prepped, sink by mop sink with multiple items inside sink, and blocked with mop bucket and bucket**Repeat Violation** **Repeat Violation**
31B-03-4Intermediate – No soap provided at handwash sink. **Corrected On-Site**
Basic 9
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense Sugar **Repeat Violation**
23-24-4Basic – Buildup of food debris on equipment door handles.
14-09-4Basic – Cutting board has cut marks and is no longer cleanable.
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair, Reach-in cooler by fryer gaskets torn
14-69-4Basic – Ice buildup in reach-in freezer **Repeat Violation**
10-06-5Basic – In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container, handle of tongs in raw chicken **Corrected On-Site**
23-03-4Basic – Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Hood filters, gaskets on reach-in coolers **Repeat Violation**
25-32-4Basic – Reuse of single-service or single-use articles, tin cans **Repeat Violation**
08B-12-5Basic – Stored food not covered, sugar bin in dry storage,
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on October 7, 2026 2:47 PM.
Violation category totals
4 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
3 observation(s)
5 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 observation(s)
1 observation(s)
2 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.