DAIRYQUEEN OF SILVER SPRINGS

5240 E SILVER SPRINGS BLVD HWY40, SILVER SPRINGS, Marion County. DBPR licence 5200293. 5 inspection visits from 2023-10-17 to 2026-09-28.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-28: complaint inspection, 3 high-priority, 3 intermediate, 4 basic violations

0 of 2routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Marion County average that year (2 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

2inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Marion County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-28	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	3	4		9 areas 01 Approved source 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 11 Personnel with infections restricted 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2026-05-01	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2026-01-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	1.76	3 areas 02 Original container: properly labeled, date marking, consumer advisory 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-01-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	3	4	1.42	6 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (x2)
2023-10-17	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	1		3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly 50 Current license properly displayed

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A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.