TACO BELL #126

501 NE PARK ST, OKEECHOBEE, Okeechobee County. DBPR licence 5700724. 9 inspection visits from 2023-09-26 to 2026-08-11.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-08-11: complaint inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

0 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Okeechobee County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

3inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Okeechobee 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
2026-08-11	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2026-07-07	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
2026-05-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.64	1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-10-31	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.64	1 area 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-02-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.64
2024-09-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0	0.64
2024-05-17	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	3	2	2		7 areas 01 Approved source 03 Food Out of Temperature 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 13 Clean clothes, hair restraints 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2024-02-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	2	4	1.06	6 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed
2023-09-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	3	1.06	4 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)

The food: where these dishes come from

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This is a Taco Bell location. How Taco Bell's 447 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.