A Southwestern PA restaurant with several violations and a repeat violation has been ruled “out of compliance” after a state inspection.
The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Food Safety says China House on Darlington Road in Beaver Falls has seven risk factors and four repeat violations.
Inspectors say the facility was issued warning letters in 2024 and 2025 and the facility did not correct those issues leading to “multiple critical violations present.”
Some of those violations include, an employee seen not washing their hands properly int between tasks. They were seen handling chicken and not washing their hands after.
Raw chick was seen using raw chicken boxes to store cooked egg rolls, (a repeat violation).
Containers will rice in them were seen to have old food residue on them and were not clean, food containers, utensils and other items are being washed without sanitizer.
Sanitizer is not being used to clean tables and other food contact surfaces after raw chicken is on them.
Several cooked foods including noodles and cabbage were held at 59 degrees, well above the 41 degrees or lower threshold.
Other foods were seen not being cooled properly.
To see the entire inspection and any updates to the restaurant’s status, visit the Bureau of Food Safety’s website.
