PF CHANG'S CHINA BISTRO
827 BRANDON TOWN CENTER MALL, BRANDON, FL 33511
License #3917910
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Mixed Health Record
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PF CHANG'S CHINA BISTRO in BRANDON currently holds an InspectFL Health Score of 74.2 out of 100 โ a C grade โ a noticeable pattern of violations across recent inspections. This restaurant has been inspected 10 times from Florida DBPR, with the most recent inspection on January 9, 2026. Across those visits, inspectors documented 41 total violations โ 5 critical, 10 major, 26 minor.
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The latest inspection on January 9, 2026 shows 13 observation rows: no critical rows, 1 major, and 12 minor.
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Inspection History
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- Disposition: Met Inspection Standards
- [06-09-1] 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. Thawed salmon portions in reduced oxygen packaging observed in walk in cooler. Operator removed from packaging.
- [16-01-4] Dishmachine has no data plate/operating specifications.
- [12B-07-4] Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee coffee drink on next to clean glasses at bar. Operator removed.
- [40-06-5] Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Purse on surface next to clean glasses at bar. Operator removed purse.
- [24-08-4] Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic containers on clean dish shelf. Operator separated to dry.
- [23-03-4] Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Soiled gasket on reach in pantry cooler
- [08B-39-4] Raw fruits/vegetables not washed prior to preparation. Observed employee cutting cucumber without washing first. Operator rinsed remaining cucumbers
- [14-33-4] Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface. Observed in 2 coolers at bar.
- [24-18-4] Silverware/utensils stored upright with the food-contact surface up. Soup spoons in silverware rack at soup station. Operator removed to dish, replaced with handles up.
- [25-06-4] Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Foil pans on shelf in dry storage. Operator inverted
- [08B-17-4] Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Multiple unwashed produce items stored over ready to eat items in walk in cooler. Operator moved all unwashed produce to unwashed rack.
- [29-17-4] Waste line missing at soda gun holster. observed at bar.
- [27-16-4] Water with a temperature of least 85 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink. Observed at hand sink by dish area. Observed at 3 hand sinks, (dish, and 2 in prep area). water temp 72F after letting water run for approximately 1 minute.
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