NO 1 CHINESE FOOD
2949 TRAVERSE TRAIL, THE VILLAGES, FL 32162
License #7000582
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Failing Health Score
How is this score calculated? →NO 1 CHINESE FOOD in THE VILLAGES currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 69.9 out of 100 — an F grade — a serious pattern of repeat or critical violations. This restaurant has 2 inspections on record from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on May 19, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 17 total violations — 5 critical, 1 major, 11 minor.
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What stands out in this inspection history
The latest inspection on May 19, 2026 shows 14 observation rows: 4 critical, 1 major, and 9 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Inspection Completed - No Further Action
- [25-06-4] Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Several white foam trays on top shelf of cook line not inverted.
- [08B-38-4] Food stored on floor. Several bulk containers of sauce on floor in kitchen. Bin of pork on floor in walk in cooler. Cases of wontons on floor n walk in freezer.
- [09-01-4] 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. Male employee chopping broccoli with bare hands.
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Several containers of vitamins on dry storage shelf over bulk containers.
- [23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Handles on walk in freezer door soiled with food debris. Gaskets land exterior of black reach in chest freezer soiled with food debris. Exterior of flour bin in prepared soiled with food debris.
- [51-18-6] No copy of latest inspection report available.
- [53B-10-4] Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. Multiple certificates missing trainer number . All certificates missing date of birth.
- [10-01-5] In-use utensil in non-time/temperature control for safety food not stored with handle above top of food within a closed container. Handle of scoop in flour in bulk containers. Removed during this inspection.
- [14-01-5] Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Bowl in onions inwalk in cooler. Pan in rice. Bowl in flour.
- [12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. One drink on top of reach in chest freezer. One drink on prep table at end of cook line. Both were moved.
- [12A-28-4] Employee touched soiled apron/clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Female employee touched clothes then continued to cook and stir rice in wok without washing hands.
- [08A-05-6] Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. In walk in cooler: pans of raw chicken and raw beef on shelf over sauce buckets. Moved during this inspection.
- [14-86-1] Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Paper that previously held cans of soda lining tray with cooked chicken.
- [25-32-4] Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. Oyster sauce can used as a scoop for dry rice. Egg flats that previously contained raw eggs used under colanders and bulk items in walk in cooler.
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