CHEN'S DUCK AND DUMPLINGS

5125 S FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307968. 4 inspection visits from 2024-07-26 to 2026-08-04.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-04: routine inspection, 3 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 2 basic violations

2 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-08-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	3	2	0.43	5 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination (x3) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2026-04-16	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-03-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	2	2	0.39	4 areas 06 Potentially hazardous food properly thawed 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking (x3) 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-07-26	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean

A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.