Lin China
Last inspected: Feb 6, 2026
90
Score
Public records show 10 inspections at Lin China stretching back to 2022. The newest entry in the record is dated Feb 6, 2026. A low risk tier reflects an inspection that turned up minimal issues.
Violation counts have ticked up lately, averaging around six violations per visit versus roughly four violations earlier in the record.
Across the inspection history, “raw animal food stored over/not properly separated” is the issue that surfaces most often, recorded five times.
That puts the facility ahead of the local pack: the average Odessa restaurant scores 73. The full record sits in fairly typical territory for a working restaurant.
10
Inspections
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Critical latest
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Major latest
2
Minor latest
Inspection History
Feb 6, 2026
Routine - Food
2 minor violations.
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Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table by cut board yellow employee removed **Repeat Violation** **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-02-06: **Time Extended**
40-06-5
Basic - - From initial inspection : Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Stored on prep table in front of three compartment sink. **Warning** - From follow-up inspection 2026-02-06: **Time Extended**
21-12-4
90
Dec 1, 2025
Routine - Food
3 critical violations. 1 major violation. 4 minor violations.
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High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over cooking sauce walk in cooler. **Warning**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Black reach in cooler in front of cash register area. Buckets of egg rolls and wanton sitting on top of takeout menus inside bucket. Discussed with owner to remove the paper. **Warning**
14-86-1
High Priority - Raw animal food stored in top portion of make table over ready-to-eat food in bottom portion of make table - no complete physical barrier between top and bottom. Raw shrimp over vegetables reach in top table main cook line. Employee removed to proper storage **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08A-13-5
Intermediate - Required employee training expired for all employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. 2 employees one is food manager and other is employee expired 10-6-24 **Warning**
53B-05-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Fried rice pot cooks Lind **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table by cut board yellow employee removed **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
40-06-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Boxes of noodles multiple other food items on floor walk in freezer **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Stored on prep table in front of three compartment sink. **Warning**
21-12-4
47
Jun 9, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 2 major violations. 5 minor violations.
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High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw shrimp and raw beef over sot sauce in walk in cooler. Operator relocated at time of inspection. **Corrected On-Site**
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Cutting boards in kitchen.
22-02-4
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Egg rolls and multiple items in reach in cooler.
02C-02-5
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Plastic bowl in bulk soy sauce.
14-01-5
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee phone on prep table in kitchen.
40-06-5
Basic - Food stored on floor. Bulk soy sauce on floor in kitchen.
08B-38-4
Basic - Opened employee beverage container in a cold holding unit with food to be served to customers. Employee drink in reach in cooler on cooks line.
12B-13-4
Basic - Time/temperature control for safety food thawed in an improper manner. Raw chicken in 3 compartment sink without running.
06-01-5
55
Jan 23, 2025
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 2 major violations. 3 minor violations.
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High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee walked out of restroom and went on the cook line open a lid of soup no hand washing observed before. Discussed with management the importance of hand washing
12A-16-4
High Priority - Establishment using a sanitizer solution that does not meet the requirements specified in 40 CFR 180. Only use single-service items to serve food to customers until approved sanitizer is available for warewashing. Restaurant had a Clorox bleach that wasn't for food contact surfaces manager went to store to buy correct food contact surfaces chlorine. **Corrected On-Site** **Admin Complaint**
22-48-5
High Priority - Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. Using paper menus to lay egg rolls on sheet trays.
14-86-1
High Priority - Raw animal food stored in top portion of make table over ready-to-eat food in bottom portion of make table - no complete physical barrier between top and bottom. Raw shelled eggs over veggies in main reach in prep cooler.
08A-13-5
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef over soy sauce buckets in walk in cooler.
08A-05-6
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. Egg rolls and fried chicken in white bins black reach in cooler by cash register.
02C-03-5
Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
11-27-4
Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items.keys phone on prep table
40-06-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. 1 employee
13-03-4
Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed produce over washed cut lettuce walk in cooler **Repeat Violation**
08B-17-4
33
Jul 11, 2024
Routine - Food
1 minor violation.
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Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
95
May 8, 2024
Complaint Partial
No violations found.
100
Apr 29, 2024
Routine - Food
5 critical violations. 2 major violations. 11 minor violations.
View 18 violations
High Priority - Employee touched clothes and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands. Line cook pulled down on the bottom of his shirt then started touching utensils on cooks line. **Warning**
12A-25-4
High 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. Employee came through back door and went right to preparing food without washing his hands. **Warning**
12A-29-4
High Priority - Nonfood-grade bags used in direct contact with food. Multiple food items are stored in thank you bags. **Warning**
14-31-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Raw chicken left in the counter 73F moved to cooler. Operator states it was brought out at 12:15 for their employee food. Rechecked 48F **Corrective Action Taken** **Warning**
03A-02-5
High Priority - Toxic substance/chemical improperly stored. Hand sanitizer above reach in cooler on cook line. Operator removed. Corrected on site **Warning**
41-10-4
Intermediate - Toxic substance/chemical on premise that is not required for the operation of establishment. Motor oil for car on shelf next to lemon juice bottles. Operator moved to the floor. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
41-04-4
Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses. Zhu hua jiang **Warning**
11-26-1
Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Water bottle on food preparation table and cup next to prep table on cooks line. **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
12B-07-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. No employees are wearing hair restraints. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
13-03-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. Plastic containers wet **Warning**
24-08-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Potatoes and ginger on floor of walk in cooler, chicken on floor in walk in freezer, soy sauce buckets on floor of storage area **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-38-4
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. Candy and milk from McDonald's in reach in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
08B-49-4
Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. **Warning**
42-01-4
Basic - Garbage on the ground and/or pad around dumpster. Food boxes and broken wood pallet around Dumpster **Warning**
33-19-4
Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster. **Repeat Violation** **Warning**
33-11-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. Egg rolls, cut cabbage, peppers , chicken wings no covered **Warning**
08B-12-5
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Moved to sanitizer bucket **Corrected On-Site** **Warning**
21-12-4
Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Box of mushrooms and squash over carrots and cut green peppers **Warning**
08B-17-4
22
Nov 13, 2023
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 2 major violations. 11 minor violations.
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High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. -1 live fly above hand washing station near front counter. Not landing on food or food contact surfaces
35A-02-6
High Priority - Non-food grade paper/paper towel used as liner for food container. -Togo menus used as liner for egg roll in walk-in cooler discussed with manager on duty proper food storage **Repeat Violation**
14-86-1
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. -Raw chicken over cooked pork in walk-in freezer not all commercially packaged -Raw chicken over noodles in walk-in cooler -Raw beef over French fries reach in freezer on cook line not all commercially packaged **Repeat Violation**
08A-05-6
High Priority - Dented/rusted cans present. See stop sale. Cans dented at seam: -3 Hoisin Sauce -1 Soy Sauce
01B-01-4
Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. -Shrimp cooling in walk-in cooler covered with plastic wrap manager on duty removed wrap to allow cooling **Corrected On-Site**
03D-15-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. No chlorine test strips to check sanitary buckets. Provided manager on duty with test strips **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1
Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. -Bowl with no handle used to portion raw pork in reach-in cooler on cook line Manager on duty removed bowl **Corrected On-Site**
14-01-5
Basic - Employee personal food not properly identified and segregated from food to be served to the public. -Energy drink in walk-in cooler over food to be served to the public -Coffee creamer in walk-in cooler over food to be served to the public
08B-49-4
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. -Cook preparing food with no hair restraint **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4
Basic - Exterior door has a gap at the threshold that opens to the outside. -Rear-door leading to alleyway had gap at bottom of door. Does not prevent possible vermin entering.
35B-01-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. -Walk-in freezer has multiple food items stored on floor **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. -Rice scoop in standing water of 88 F near hot holding unit Manager on duty removed scoop from water **Corrected On-Site**
10-07-4
Basic - Missing drain plug at dumpster.
33-11-4
Basic - Open dumpster lid.
33-16-4
Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. -Can of ketchup paste used to store soy sauce on cook line.
25-32-4
Basic - Stored food not covered. -Dumplings, broccoli, cabbage in walk-in cooler not covered for storage.
08B-12-5
Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. -Wet wiping cloth on cutting board adjacent to fryer not stored in sanitizing solution. Discussed with manager on duty proper cloth storage
21-12-4
26
Apr 6, 2023
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 5 major violations. 3 minor violations.
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High Priority - Non-food grade paper, to go menus, used as liner for food container. Discussed with manager.
14-86-1
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw beef and chicken over soy sauce containers and tofu in walk in cooler.
08A-05-6
Intermediate - Establishment has no written procedures for employees to follow in response to a vomiting or diarrheal event where the vomit or diarrhea is discharged onto surfaces in the establishment.
11-27-4
Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Rice cooker lid in hand sink at back kitchen. Manager removed. **Corrected On-Site** **Repeat Violation**
31A-09-4
Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. **Repeat Violation**
16-37-1
Intermediate - No proof provided that food employees are informed of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities related to foodborne illnesses.
11-26-1
Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Eggrolls and chicken not date marked in walk in cooler and reach in cooler by fryers. **Repeat Violation**
02C-02-5
Basic - Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation. Two employees preparing food, no hair restraints. **Repeat Violation**
13-03-4
Basic - Food stored on floor. Oil on floor in back storage area. Multiple items in freezer on floor. **Repeat Violation**
08B-38-4
Basic - Unwashed fruits/vegetables stored with ready-to-eat food. Unwashed zucchini and mushrooms over washed green pepper, onion, mushroom in walk in cooler. **Repeat Violation**
08B-17-4
39
Oct 25, 2022
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 3 major violations. 4 minor violations.
View 9 violations
Supervisor/Person in Charge Present
FL-01
Certified Food Manager Identification
FL-02
Proper Eating, Tasting, Drinking, or Tobacco Use
FL-06
Hands Clean and Properly Washed
FL-08
Food in Good Condition, Safe, and Unadulterated
FL-13
Potentially Hazardous Food Held at Proper Temperature
FL-16
Approved Thawing Methods Used
FL-31
Food and Non-Food Contact Surfaces Designed and Constructed
FL-50
Toilet Rooms Maintained
FL-53
39
Frequently Asked Questions
When was Lin China last inspected?
The most recent health inspection at Lin China on file is from Feb 6, 2026. The public record contains 10 inspections in total.
What is the most common violation at Lin China?
Across the inspection record, “raw animal food stored over/not properly separated” has been cited five times, more than any other issue at Lin China.
How does Lin China compare to other restaurants in Odessa?
Lin China most recently scored 90 out of 100, which is higher than the Odessa average of 73.
Has Lin China's inspection record improved over time?
No. Recent inspections at Lin China have averaged around six violations per visit, up from roughly four earlier in the record.
What does a low risk rating mean?
A low risk rating at Lin 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 Lin China inspected?
Based on the inspection history on file, Lin China is inspected around three times per year on average.
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