WENDY'S #8181

5740 US 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6306692. 8 inspection visits from 2023-08-17 to 2026-10-07.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-07: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

3 of 7routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (4 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
2026-10-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.43	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2026-04-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	0	6	0.40	8 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 32 Restrooms with self-closing doors, fixtures operate properly, facility clean, supplied with hand-soap, disposable towels or hand drying devices, tissue, covered waste receptacles 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-08-22	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2025-05-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.39	1 area 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-09-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	2	1	1	0.39	4 areas 01 Approved source 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2024-01-23	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	4	0.41	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2023-08-17	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-08-17	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	2	0.41	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean (x2)

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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.