Lee's China Garden
337 McIntyre St E North Bay ON P1B 1C9 · Restaurant
Inspection summary
Lee's China Garden has been inspected 8 times by North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit since February 15, 2024. The most recent inspection, on August 13, 2026, recorded 4 infractions.
3 of 8 inspections on record found no infractions at all. In the past 12 months there were 2 inspections with 6 infractions recorded. The higher-risk findings here relate to: Pests, Food temperature control and Cleaning and sanitizing.
The number of infractions per inspection has stayed roughly the same over time.
What these findings mean
Health authorities word their violations differently, so we group them by what they mean for food safety. Higher-risk findings are the ones inspectors treat as critical, because they can directly make someone sick.
PestsHigher risk
Signs of mice, rats, cockroaches or flies, or gaps and clutter that let them get in or hide. Pests carry bacteria and can contaminate food and surfaces, so evidence of activity is treated seriously and usually triggers a follow-up visit.
Recorded once on August 13, 2026. For example:
Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
Food temperature controlHigher risk
Bacteria multiply fastest between about 4 °C and 60 °C (40 °F to 140 °F). Inspectors check that cold food stays cold, hot food stays hot, cooked food is cooled quickly, and that staff have accurate thermometers. Temperature problems are one of the most common causes of food poisoning, so these are treated as critical findings.
Recorded once on January 16, 2026. For example:
Thermometers used to verify food preparation and storage temperatures
Cleaning and sanitizingHigher risk
Anything that touches food, such as cutting boards, dishes and utensils, must be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Inspectors check dishwasher temperatures, sanitizer strength and how wiping cloths are stored. Poor sanitizing lets bacteria survive from one use to the next.
Recorded once on August 8, 2024. For example:
Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
Protecting food from contaminationHigher risk
This covers how food is stored, prepared and displayed: raw meat kept away from ready-to-eat food, food covered and stored off the floor, and nothing dripping or splashing into it. Cross-contamination from raw to cooked food is a direct route for salmonella and E. coli.
Recorded once on February 15, 2024. For example:
Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
Building, plumbing and upkeepLower risk
Floors, walls and ceilings must be smooth and clean, with working lighting, ventilation, plumbing, hot and cold water, and washrooms. These are rarely an immediate food-safety risk on their own, but persistent problems can lead to pest or sanitation issues.
Recorded 2 times on August 13, 2026. For example:
Ceilings clean and in good repair
About this data
These results come from North Bay Parry Sound District Health Unit, which inspects food premises and other public facilities in this area. We republish the authority's public disclosure data and refresh it regularly; the official record is the final word.
8 inspections
- Compliance (Required)
4 infractions
- Ceilings clean and in good repair
- Walls clean and in good repair
- * Fail to ensure walls of food premise kept clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure walls of food premise are maintained in a sanitary condition and in good repair
- Equipment, non-food contact surfaces and linen are maintained, designed, constructed, installed and accessible for cleaning
- * Fail to maintain all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are in clean and in good repair
- Operator to ensure that all equipment/non-food contact surfaces are maintained clean and in good repair
- Adequate protection against the entrance of insects, vermin, and rodents
- * Evidence of pests observed
- Operator to ensure written records are maintained for 1 year
- Operator to ensure food premise shall be protected against the entry of pest
- Compliance (Required)
2 infractions
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- * Fail to provide a minimum of 1 certified food handler per hour of operation
- Operator to ensure a minimum of 1 certified food handler is present during every hour of operation
- Thermometers used to verify food preparation and storage temperatures
- * Fail to use accurate thermometer to check storage temperature of potentially hazardous food
- Operator to provide accurate and easily readable indicating thermometers in temperature controlled rooms/equipment used for storage of potentially hazardous foods
- Minimum of 1 Certified Food Handler per hour of operation?
- Compliance (Required)
0 infractions
- Compliance (Required)
0 infractions
- Compliance (Required)
1 infraction
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- Do not thaw hazardous foods at room temperature
- Observed potentially hazardous foods not being thawed in an appropriate and safe manner
- Operator to ensure potentially hazardous foods are prepared in a safe manner
- Food is prepared in a safe manner
- Compliance (Required)
0 infractions
- Compliance (Required)
1 infraction
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- * Fail to use proper wash/rinse/sanitize technique
- Operator to provide an appropriate test reagent to verify the concentration of the sanitizer
- Manual dishwashing: Wash, rinse, sanitize technique
- Compliance (Required)
1 infraction
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
- * Observed raw foods stored above cooked / ready-to-eat foods
- Operator to ensure cooked and ready-to-eat foods are separated and above raw foods when handled or stored
- Food protected from potential contamination and/or adulteration
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