Inverness, Citrus County

FORTUNER CHINESE REST. 257 INC

257 E HIGHLAND BLVD, Inverness, FL 34452

FoodSeating
Latest violations
0
No violations
May 15, 2026
City
Inverness
County
Citrus
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
2

Violation history

Florida violations grouped by priority level over time.

Inspection history

Florida inspections are violation-priority based, with high priority, intermediate, and basic counts shown separately.

May 15, 2026

Routine - Food

Call Back - Complied

No violations recorded for this inspection.

May 6, 2026

Routine - Food

Warning Issued

High Priority: 5Intermediate: 3Basic: 8Total: 16

09-01-4

Detail 24560257

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. Male employee touched with bare hands cooked (cooling) chicken when moved to a different container.

22-45-4

Detail 24560255

High Priority - Food-contact surfaces not sanitized after cleaning, before use. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Female employee rinsed soiled utensil and rice cooker container in mop sink, no soap and no sanitization occurred, inspector instructed to place equipment in dish machine.

01B-02-5

Detail 24560256

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. Walk-in cooler with a ambient temperature of 50F, tofu 50F-51F, cooked shrimp 50F, cooked chicken 67F and 51F, cooked pork 52F, wontons 51F, cooked ribs 51F and 50F, raw pork 49F. Warning

03A-02-5

Detail 24560265

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Walk-in cooler with a ambient temperature of 50F, tofu 50F-51F, cooked shrimp 50F, cooked chicken 67F and 51F, cooked pork 52F, wontons 51F, cooked ribs 51F and 50F, raw pork 49F. Also at the cook line, cut cabbage 68F, per employee cabbage pulled out of refrigeration at 11:00am. Warning

03B-01-6

Detail 24560258

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At the cook line, (room temperature) egg rolls 79F, chicken 71F, cabbage 77F, per employee items were reheated/cooked around 11:00am. Inspector provided Time as a public health control form. Operator will discard food at 3:00pm. Corrective Action Taken Warning

12A-03-4

Detail 24560267

Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Male employee washed his hand in mop sink.

31B-02-4

Detail 24560262

Intermediate - No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. Handwash sink at the front server area.

41-17-4

Detail 24560263

Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Under triple sink multiple spray bottles with yellow and blue liquid not labeled.

14-74-7

Detail 24560254

Basic - Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Walk-in cooler with a ambient temperature of 50F, tofu 50F-51F, cooked shrimp 50F, cooked chicken 67F and 51F, cooked pork 52F, wontons 51F, cooked ribs 51F and 50F, raw pork 49F. Warning

12B-07-4

Detail 24560264

Basic - Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee drinks above prep tables and stored food, employee moved all. Corrected On-Site

08B-38-4

Detail 24560260

Basic - Food stored on floor. Drinks stored on floor at the kitchen entrance.

10-07-4

Detail 24560266

Basic - In-use utensil stored in standing water less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. At the cook line, spoons in 85F water.

23-03-4

Detail 24560261

Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Exterior of cooking equipment soiled with food residue and grease, also hood filter with grease build up.

22-16-4

Detail 24560268

Basic - Reach-in cooler interior/shelves have accumulation of soil residues. Interior of reach-in coolers soiled with food residue

25-32-4

Detail 24560269

Basic - Reuse of single-service or single-use articles. At the cook line, observed soiled to go containers stored with clean containers, employee rinsed discarded the used container. Corrected On-Site

25-06-4

Detail 24560259

Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. To go containers stored not protected, employee inverted. Corrected On-Site