JAYS CANG TONG
110 SEBRING SQ · SEBRING · Highlands County · FL 33870
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
26 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 7
12A-29-4High Priority – Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Cook used cell phone and did not wash hands. Operator educated employee whom washed hands. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
35A-02-6High Priority – Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Observed two flies on table in dish room. **Warning**
14-86-1High Priority – Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container for salmon and tuna. **Warning**
08A-04-5High Priority – Raw animal food stored over or with unwashed produce. Raw beef over cabbage in walk in cooler. Operator stored correctly. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Yellowfin tuna in sink with no running water, at 74 degrees. Operator removed from service. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Yellowfin tuna in sink with no running water, at 74 degrees. Operator removed from service. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
03B-01-6High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Egg drop soup (130F – Hot Holding), operator applied rapid heating to : egg drop soup (185F – Reheating) **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
Intermediate 1
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink by walk in. **Warning**
Basic 18
35A-06-4Basic – Accumulation of 5 dead small flying insects on fly ribbon. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
14-01-5Basic – Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food in bulk rice at storage area. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
51-11-4Basic – Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. Observed CO tanks unsecured in back area of kitchen. **Warning**
14-05-4Basic – Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves at cook line, which is soiled. **Warning**
36-34-5Basic – Ceiling/ceiling tiles/vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance at cook line. **Warning**
24-05-4Basic – Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Observed forks that were not stored correctly in dish room, operator moved. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
06-09-1Basic – Commercially processed reduced oxygen packaged fish bearing a label indicating that it is to remain frozen until time of use no longer frozen and not removed from reduced oxygen package. Tuna in package that states removed from packaging not removed from packaging. **Warning**
29-18-4Basic – Drain cover(s) missing. Observed drain cover missing in dish area. **Warning**
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Observed two cell phones in wait staff area in prep area and there was a basket of personal items on the shelves in the alcohol storage. **Warning**
14-11-5Basic – Equipment in poor repair. Cutting board with hole in it. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
08B-38-4Basic – Food stored on floor. Observed food containers and boxes stored on the floor in storage area, bar area, walk in freezer. **Warning**
06-06-5Basic – Frozen time/temperature control for safety food being slacked at room temperature is no longer frozen solid. Tuna in sink with no running water, at 74 degrees. **Warning**
10-12-5Basic – In-use ice scoop stored on soiled surface between uses. Observed ice scoop directly on top of ice machine, operator removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
05-09-4Basic – No conspicuously located ambient air temperature thermometer in holding unit. Observed no ambient thermometer in reach in cooler in wait staff area. **Warning**
33-38-4Basic – No waste receptacle installed at handwash sink provided with disposable towels. Observed no garbage can at hand washing sink in kitchen. **Warning**
36-50-4Basic – Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. Electrical cords on line soiled . **Warning**
21-12-4Basic – Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Three wet wash cloths found on prep tables in the kitchen area, operator put in sanitizer bucket. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
02D-01-5Basic – Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Several containers in back storage area, with no labels on them. **Warning**
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 21, 2026 2:18 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.