WENDY'S 599

1405 S US HWY 98, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6301955. 7 inspection visits from 2023-10-26 to 2026-05-12.

Corrected at follow-upLast visit, 2026-05-12: follow-up visit, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 0 basic violations

5 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (1 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

0inspections 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
2026-05-12	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2026-04-30	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	0	0.40	1 area 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-10-10	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	2	0.40	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed (x2) 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-04-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	3	0.39	5 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation
2024-11-18	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.39	2 areas 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-03-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.41	2 areas 21 Wiping cloths clean, used properly, stored 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-10-26	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.41	1 area 09 Foods handled with minimum contact

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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.