PAPA JOHNS PIZZA #2420

6747 US 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6306726. 4 inspection visits from 2023-12-06 to 2026-06-22.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-06-22: complaint inspection, 1 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 0 basic violations

0 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (3 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
2026-06-22	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	1	0		2 areas 27 Water source safe, hot and cold under pressure 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2025-11-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
2025-03-27	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.39	1 area 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored
2023-12-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.41	1 area 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored

The food: where these dishes come from

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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.