10/07/2026
🔵 China Buffet #2 - Shallotte
110-7 Shallotte Crossing Pkw Shallotte, NC 28470
Inspection Date: 10/6/2026
Final Score: 93 (A)
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Violations w/Demerits:
🔻 Demerits: 3
Corrected During Inspection (CDI): Yes
Repeat: Yes
Comments: In walk in cooler cooked mussels and Ready-To-Eat (RTE) gyoza were found below raw chicken. CDI by moving the RTE items to a higher shelf. Inspector observed that there is not much room to relocate items and suggests reorganizing vegetable and RTE shelf.
🔻 Demerits: 2
Corrected During Inspection (CDI): Yes
Repeat: Yes
Comments: Observed a bleach & water sanitizer wipe cloth bucket at wait station of which the concentration was too strong by partially bleaching out the test strip. CDI by Person-In-Charge (PIC) dumping out the sanitizer and remaking it at the proper concentration between 50 to 100 ppm. The same bucket at the wait station was also not labeled for the contents. CDI by PIC labeling. In wait station cabinet a bottle of windex and cleaner were found stored in the same box as clean linens. CDI by Inspector removing these chemicals to another area. Found an open box of day quil pills stored above to-go sauces behind the 3-door reach in cooler. CDI by the PIC removing the medicine.
🔻 Demerits: 0.50
Corrected During Inspection (CDI): Yes
Comments: Found 3 ziploc bags of rice in the walk in cooler between 46-51F. When asked when the rice was cooked, the employee stated it was cooked this morning at 9:45. Employee stated the procedure was take the cooked rice and place in a metal bowl, cool on the counter for a short period, then put into bags to be cooled in the walk in cooler for later use with sushi. PIC states no ice is used. Because PIC was certain these bags started cooling this morning, Inspector allowed the bags to be removed so that the rice may continue cooling without the plastic insulation. However, CDI by the rice being voluntarily disposed unprompted by Inspector.
🔻 Demerits: 1
Repeat: Yes
Comments: Repair or replace rusty shelving located by drink machine at wait station. The door to the walk-in cooler has become rusted and is cracked along the door perimeter edge and needs repair or replacement. Cutting board rack has been replaced. The left wire rack in the walk in freezer is rusty. The right side dry storage rack that holds cans has chipping paint. Replace the door gasket that is starting to tear the right door of the MOTAK 2 door upright reach-in cooler across from the ice machine near the back door. Gasket at the 3-door prep top cooler has torn.
🔻 Demerits: 0.50
Repeat: Yes
Comments: Observed that the old caulking is cracked between the wall surface and the hand wash sink at the left end of the cookline. Remove the old caulking, re-caulk between the sink and wall surface so that the caulk is smooth and easily cleanable. Grout must be added throughout kitchen especially the fryers and dish pit. At the dish pit some tiles have become loose and move. An oven and ice cream machine are being stored in the establishment as they have been recently replaced per PIC. PIC states they are trying to sell/dispose of them.
All restaurant health inspection scores come from the Brunswick County Health Dept - Public Health.
