Chens China
Last inspected: Jan 5, 2026
78
Score
The health department has logged eight inspections at Chens China, the earliest from 2022. On Jan 5, 2026, the health department conducted the most recent visit. Low risk means the most recent visit produced few or no significant findings.
Performance has remained roughly level over recent inspections, averaging near six violations each time.
The pattern that stands out is “equipment in poor repair”, which has been cited seven times.
Compared to the broader Jasper restaurant scene, where the average is 71, this is a stronger showing. The file should reassure diners considering a visit.
8
Inspections
0
Critical latest
0
Major latest
5
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 5, 2026
Routine - Food
5 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Wet nesting pans over three compartment sink. Operator moved to table to dry. **Corrective Action Taken**
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Plastic in back freezer cracked on bottom shelf exposing insulation. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. **Repeat Violation** **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler and dry storage shelves soiled with dust accumulation and food debris. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris and mold-like substances. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Wet wiping cloth on cutting board. Operator moved to bucket. **Corrected On-Site**
21-12-4
Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk container of sesame seed not labeled. Operator labeled. **Corrected On-Site**
02D-01-5
78
Aug 8, 2025
Food-Licensing Inspection
1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards soiled with mold-like substance. Can opener blade soiled with old food debris.
22-02-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on prep table. Employee discarded. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Back prep table cutting board grooved.
14-11-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler and dry storage shelves soiled with dust accumulation and food debris. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris and mold-like substances.
23-03-4
Basic - Uncleanable knife block in use to store knives. Knife block in use on back prep table.
14-55-4
74
Feb 10, 2025
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 6 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. Employee placed hands in pants pockets, rinsed hands with water only in three compartment sink, and continued with food preparation. Operator instructed employee to wash hands with soap. **Corrective Action Taken**
12A-20-4
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In reach-in cooler: noodles (46F - Cold Holding). Over fill line. Operator moved excess to walk-in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Deflector plate of ice machine soiled with mold-like substance. Can opener blade soiled with old food debris and slime. Cutting board soiled with mold-like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap in men's room. Operator replaced during inspection. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31B-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Drink on shelf over reach-in cooler and on prep table. Operator removed. **Corrected On-Site**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Food bins wet nesting n shelf over three compartment sink.
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Cutting board grooved. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler and dry storage shelves soiled with dust accumulation and food debris. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris and mold-like substances. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Cut carrots and onions not covered in walk-in cooler. Operator placed wrap over bins. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-12-5
Basic - Uncleanable knife block in use to store knives. Wood knife block on back prep table in use.
14-55-4
45
Aug 2, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Two live flies observed n kitchen area.
35A-02-6
High Priority - Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. License expired June 1, 2024. **Admin Complaint**
50-17-3
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting board soiled with mold-like substance. Upper white plate of ice bin soiled with mold-like substance. **Repeat Violation**
22-02-4
Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. No soap at fresh not hand wash sink. Manager replaced. **Corrected On-Site**
31B-03-4
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drink on shelf over reach-in cooler prep table. **Repeat Violation**
12B-07-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach-in cooler gaskets torn and separated from door. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Cutting board grooved. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler and dry storage shelves soiled with dust accumulation and food debris. Hood vents soiled with grease accumulation. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris and mold-like substances.
23-03-4
52
Mar 22, 2024
Routine - Food
2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
View 5 violations
Food Received at Proper Temperature
FL-12
Required Records Available; Shellstock Tags/Labels
FL-14
Food Contact Surfaces Clean and Sanitized
FL-22
Non-Food Contact Surfaces Clean
FL-23
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
70
Dec 5, 2023
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 7 violations
High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. Two live flies in kitchen area.
35A-02-6
Intermediate - Commercially processed ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food opened and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked after opening. Gallon of milk opened two days prior with no date mark. Manager dated. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade soiled with old food debris.
22-02-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Reach-in cooler gaskets torn and separated from door. Ice buildup in reach-in freezer. Cutting board grooved. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Walk-in cooler and dry storage shelves soiled with dust accumulation and food debris. Reach-in cooler gaskets soiled with food debris. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Single-service articles improperly stored. Case of cups stored on floor. Manager moved to shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
25-05-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Large bowl of shrimp in walk-in cooler not covered.
08B-12-5
58
Mar 16, 2023
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 7 minor violations.
View 11 violations
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. chicken (50F - Cold Holding) in reach in cooler on cooks line, in a small bowl on top of a container in the top part of the cooler, operator placed chicken in metal container directly in cooler. **Corrective Action Taken**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. At the end of the splitter at the mop sink.
29-34-4
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over raw shrimp and sauce, raw pork over carrots and onions in walk in cooler. Raw chicken over raw beef in reach in freezer in storage room.
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Stained cutting board on reach in cooler on cooks line. Reach in cooler on cooks line shelves are soiled. Can opener blade soiled.
22-02-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Circle cutting boards with deep cut marks. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Inside the mens restroom. Ceiling light shields soiled in the kitchen.
36-73-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bean sprouts and large bucket of sauce on floor in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior ice machine. Walk in cooler shelves. Both reach in freezer gaskets soiled in back storage room. Can opener attachment to prep table. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old labels stuck to food containers after cleaning. One black container on clean shelf above Three compartment sink with 1 old label on it.
16-46-4
Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. At the handle part of the faucet at the Three compartment sink.
29-11-4
Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer bucket on shelf in dining area 0ppm.
21-07-4
41
Aug 16, 2022
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 8 minor violations.
View 10 violations
High 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. Washed fresh green beans being cut with bare hands/no gloves and placed in container in walk in cooler.
09-01-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Cooked chicken made previous days in walk in cooler, operator dated. **Corrected On-Site**
02C-02-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Small cutting board on cooks line with deep cut marks. Tape on the fryer basket handles. White container cracked holding cabbage in walk in cooler. Ice build up in reach in freezer in back room next to storage shelves.
14-11-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bean sprouts on floor in walk in cooler, operator placed on shelf. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-38-4
Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior bulk containers holding dried goods. **Repeat Violation**
23-03-4
Basic - Old food stuck to clean dishware/utensils. On the large wok pan stored on top of walk in cooler.
16-48-4
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Pork and chicken thawed at room temperature on prep tables, operator placed items in walk in cooler. **Corrected On-Site**
06-01-5
Basic - Uncovered food stored near sink exposed to splash. Chicken and pork cooling by Three compartment sink when dishes are being washed, operator moved foods to prep area to cool without exposing it to splash. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-54-4
Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed mushrooms in cardboard container above ready to eat cut onions in walk in cooler, operator placed mushrooms on the bottom. **Corrected On-Site**
08B-17-4
Basic - In-use wet wiping cloth/towel used under cutting board. 2 clothes under cutting boards at prep area.
21-04-4
52
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Chens China last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Chens China on file is from Jan 5, 2026. The public record contains eight inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Chens China?
Across the inspection record, “equipment in poor repair” has been cited seven times, more than any other issue at Chens China.
How does Chens China compare to other restaurants in Jasper?
Chens China most recently scored 78 out of 100, which is higher than the Jasper average of 71.
Has Chens China's inspection record improved over time?
Results have been roughly steady. Inspections at Chens China have averaged around six violations per visit across the recent record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Chens China means inspectors found minimal or no significant issues at the most recent visit. Most facilities at this tier have a clean recent inspection report.
How often is Chens China inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Chens China is inspected around two times per year on average.
Nearby Restaurants