Cooked?Golden Ox
- gradeGrade B
- inspection score80 pts
- critical violations1
- last inspectedMay 7, 2025 →
- address10060 Mills Ave, Whittier 90604
Is Golden Ox clean?
Golden Ox is currently Grade B from LA County Department of Public Health, Environmental Health, from an inspection on May 7, 2025. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Golden Ox?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting up# 40. PLUMBING: PLUMBING IN GOOD REPAIR, PROPER BACKFLOW DEVICES
- ❓food from an unapproved source# 06. ADEQUATE HANDWASHING FACILITIES SUPPLIED & ACCESSIBLE
- ⚠️# 51. PERMIT SUSPENSION
- 🚻bathroom issues# 43. PREMISES; PERSONAL/CLEANING ITEMS; VERMIN-PROOFING
- 🐀rodents, insects, or animals insidecritical# 23. NO RODENTS, INSECTS, BIRDS, OR ANIMALS
- 🛠️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
- 🌡️thermometers missing# 36. EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS AND LINENS: STORAGE AND USE
- ⚠️# 01A. DEMONSTRATION OF KNOWLEDGE
When was Golden Ox last inspected?
Golden Ox has 2 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2023, averaging 85 points.
May 7, 2025 B
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View full inspection →November 16, 2023 A
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View full inspection →Golden Ox vs South Whittier
South Whittier runs 97% clean across 177 tracked restaurants — 171 clean, 6 mid, 0 cooked.
Against the 177 spots Cooked tracks in South Whittier, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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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.
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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily, but the authority publishes in batches, so a recent visit may not appear yet. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.
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 May 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.
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