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Chop Chinese Food
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score87 pts
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 28, 2025
- address12052 Valley Blvd, El Monte 91732
Is Chop Chinese Food clean?
Chop Chinese Food is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on April 28, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Chop Chinese Food?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 28, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧼hand hygiene slipping# 04. PROPER EATING, DRINKING, OR TOBACCO USE
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- 🍽️food left unprotected# 26. APPROVED THAWING METHODS USED, FROZEN FOOD MAINTAINED FROZEN
- 🧫food prep surfaces dirty# 27. FOOD SEPARATED AND PROTECTED
- 🍗undercooked food risk# 09. PROPER COOLING METHODS
- 🛠️equipment grimy or busted# 33. NONFOOD-CONTACT SURFACES CLEAN AND IN GOOD REPAIR
- ⚠️# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE# 38. THERMOMETERS PROVIDED AND ACCURATE
- ⚠️# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION# 01B. FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION
- 🛠️gear not up to code# 35. EQUIPMENT/UTENSILS - APPROVED; INSTALLED; CLEAN; GOOD REPAIR, CAPACITY
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy# 44. FLOORS, WALLS AND CEILINGS: PROPERLY BUILT, MAINTAINED IN GOOD REPAIR AND CLEAN
When was Chop Chinese Food last inspected?
Chop Chinese Food has 1 inspection on record going back to April 28, 2025, averaging 87 points.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 28, 2025 | Grade B | 87 pts |
Chop Chinese Food vs City Of El Monte
City Of El Monte runs 94% clean across 308 tracked restaurants — 288 clean, 16 mid, 4 cooked.
Against the 308 spots Cooked tracks in City Of El Monte, this one comes out cleaner than 6% of them.
Other spots in City Of El Monte
How Los Angeles grades restaurants
Los Angeles County posts a letter placard in the window, and unlike New York the score runs the friendly way: higher is better. 90 to 100 points earns an A, 80 to 89 a B, and anything below that a C. The county inspects roughly every six months to a year depending on risk, and a failed inspection can close a kitchen until it is fixed. Because LA’s scores are final at the time of inspection — there is no pending window — a letter can be read straight off the score when the placard field is blank.
Source: LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health via LA County Open Data. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated April 28, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.