SOUTH FLORIDA DAIRY QUEEN

4114 S FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6302963. 7 inspection visits from 2023-08-07 to 2026-09-01.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-01: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 4 basic violations

2 of 4routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (2 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
2026-09-01	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.43	4 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 40 Employee lockers provided and used, clean
2025-12-31	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-10-24	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	3	4	0.40	7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 11 Personnel with infections restricted 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 (x2) 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2024-09-25	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	5		4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed
2024-07-23	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	6	0.39	6 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-08-08	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	3		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2)
2023-08-07	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	2	4	0.41	7 areas 03 Food Out of Temperature 11 Personnel with infections restricted 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved (x2) 50 Current license properly displayed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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.