JACKSONVILLE, FL. State inspectors visiting Hong Kong Station at 7534 Beach Blvd on September 28 found food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, a violation that means there is no way to trace that food back through the supply chain if a customer gets sick.
That was one of 12 high-severity violations documented in a single inspection. The restaurant was not emergency-closed.
What Inspectors Found
The inspection also flagged inadequate handwashing facilities and improper handwashing technique as separate high-severity violations. Both were cited on the same visit, meaning the infrastructure to wash hands properly was lacking and, where it existed, the technique used was wrong.
Inspectors documented that the restaurant had no written employee health policy and that employees were not reporting illness symptoms. Those two violations appeared together, alongside food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled. The shellfish traceability records, required so that oysters and clams can be traced to a certified harvest site if someone becomes ill, were inadequate. Parasite destruction procedures for fish were not being followed.
Time as a public health control was not properly applied, and food was described as in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated. There was no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked menu items.
Four intermediate violations accompanied the 12 high-severity citations: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, single-use items being reused, improper use of wiping cloths, and inadequate toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
The food-from-unapproved-sources violation is one of the most consequential a restaurant can receive. When a supplier is unknown or uncertified, the food bypasses federal inspection systems entirely. If a customer becomes ill, investigators have no chain of custody to trace. At a restaurant serving seafood, that gap is especially serious.
The shellfish traceability failure compounds that risk directly. Oysters, clams, and mussels are filter feeders that concentrate bacteria and viruses from surrounding water. Certified shellfish tags document exactly where and when a batch was harvested. Without those records at Hong Kong Station, there is no way to identify the source of a shellfish-related illness after the fact.
The parasite destruction citation means fish served at the restaurant may not have been frozen to the time and temperature thresholds required to kill Anisakis and other parasites. That risk is not theoretical. Anisakiasis, caused by a parasitic worm found in raw or undercooked fish, causes severe abdominal pain and can require surgical removal.
The pair of illness-reporting violations, no health policy and employees not reporting symptoms, represents a direct transmission pathway. Norovirus, one of the most common causes of foodborne illness outbreaks, spreads from a sick food worker to dozens of customers within a single service period. A written policy and a reporting requirement are the first line of prevention. Neither was in place here.
The Longer Record
Hong Kong Station: Inspection History
The September 28 inspection was the ninth on record for Hong Kong Station, and the restaurant has accumulated 50 total violations across that history. That is not a facility with a single bad week.
The October 2025 inspection produced 8 high-severity violations. The February 2026 inspection produced 5 more. The September 2026 inspection produced 12. The direction of that trend is not ambiguous.
The facility was emergency-closed on September 28, the same day as the inspection, for roach activity. It passed follow-up inspections on September 29, September 30, and October 1, with a combined two intermediate violations across those three visits and no high-severity citations. The roaches were addressed. The underlying pattern of high-severity violations, documented across three separate inspection cycles over roughly eleven months, is a different question.
The prior emergency closure matters here. Inspectors had already seen enough at this location once before to pull the license. The September 28 visit brought 12 high-severity violations and, separately, live roach activity significant enough to trigger a closure order.
After the Closure
Hong Kong Station reopened October 1 after clearing the follow-up inspections. The roach activity that prompted the closure had been resolved, according to state records.
The 12 high-severity violations from September 28, including the unapproved food source, the shellfish traceability failure, the parasite destruction lapse, and the toxic chemical storage, were documented while the restaurant was open to customers.
