SEBRING, FL. Back in April 2026, state inspectors ordered Cang Tong at 110 Sebring Square closed to the public after finding roach activity inside the restaurant, the seventh emergency closure the facility had accumulated in state records.
The April 6 closure was not an isolated incident. It was the third emergency shutdown in less than seven weeks at the same address.
What Inspectors Found
Cang Tong Emergency Closures: October 2025 to April 2026
The April 6 roach-activity closure came after a stretch of inspections that had already documented high-severity violations at the restaurant. Inspectors who returned in the weeks that followed found conditions serious enough to trigger another emergency shutdown on April 30, this time for a combination of rodent, roach, and fly activity.
The April 30 closure produced six high-severity violations and three intermediate violations in a single inspection, the heaviest single-visit tally in the most recent inspection run.
The Violations
State records from the most recent inspection on file show four violations at the restaurant. Two were rated high-severity: no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. Two were rated intermediate: improper sewage or waste water disposal, and single-use items being reused.
The chemical storage citation and the sewage disposal finding stood alongside the pest-related closures as part of a facility that inspectors returned to repeatedly without finding lasting resolution.
Violations at the restaurant in the days and weeks surrounding the April 6 closure followed a consistent pattern. Inspections on April 13, 14, and 15 each produced one high-severity violation and two intermediate violations. The April 30 inspection, which triggered the sixth documented emergency closure, was the worst single-day count in the recent run.
What These Violations Mean
Roach activity is among the most direct grounds for an emergency closure because cockroaches move freely between sewage, garbage, and food preparation surfaces, carrying bacteria including salmonella and E. coli on their bodies and legs. When inspectors document live roach activity in a commercial kitchen, the contamination risk is not theoretical. Every surface the insects have contacted becomes a potential transmission point for anyone who eats food prepared there.
The April 30 closure added rodents and flies to the roach finding. Rodent droppings contain pathogens including hantavirus and salmonella. Flies are capable of transferring bacteria from waste to food in a single landing. A facility closed for all three pest types simultaneously represents a compounding contamination risk across multiple vectors at once.
The chemical storage violation documented in the most recent inspection adds a separate category of danger. Toxic cleaning agents or pesticides stored near or above food preparation areas can contaminate food directly through spills or mislabeling. A customer who consumes food that has come into contact with a cleaning chemical has no way to know it happened.
The sewage disposal citation is significant for a different reason. Improper handling of waste water creates the possibility of fecal contamination spreading across surfaces in the facility, including areas where food is handled. That violation, combined with active pest activity, means inspectors were documenting overlapping contamination pathways at the same location across multiple visits.
The Longer Record
Cang Tong has 55 inspections on record with the state and 612 documented violations across its history as a permanent food service facility. That volume places it well outside the range of a restaurant that has had occasional compliance problems. Six hundred and twelve violations across 55 inspections is an average of more than 11 violations per visit.
The six prior emergency closures before the April 6 shutdown are the starkest part of the record. The first documented closure in this recent pattern came in October 2025 for rodent activity. Four more followed between February and March 2026, alternating between roach findings, rodent findings, and combinations of both. Each time, state records show the restaurant was allowed to reopen, sometimes within a single day.
The April 6 roach closure was followed by yet another closure on April 30. That second April shutdown, for rodent, roach, and fly activity combined, has not been confirmed as resolved in state records.
Inspections continued into May 2026. Records from May 1, 2, and 4 each show high-severity and intermediate violations still being documented at the facility. The reopen status from the April 30 closure remains unconfirmed in state records as of the most recent data available.