MCDONALD'S 717

2835 S FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6300427. 4 inspection visits from 2023-12-13 to 2025-11-19.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-11-19: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic violations

3 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (0 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk 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
2025-11-19	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	4	0.40	4 areas 09 Foods handled with minimum contact 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean (x2) 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2025-03-12	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	0
2024-11-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0	0.39	2 areas 09 Foods handled with minimum contact 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2023-12-13	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	2	0.41	4 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 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.