JONES FOODS LLC

3509 US HWY 98 N, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307494. 8 inspection visits from 2023-10-17 to 2026-02-18.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-02-18: licensing inspection, 0 high-priority, 2 intermediate, 0 basic violations

1 of 5routine 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

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
2026-02-18	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0		1 area 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed (x2)
2025-08-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.40	2 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2025-04-11	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-04-03	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	2	0.39	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-11-08	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	4	0.39	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved 42 Premises maintained, free of litter, unnecessary articles. Cleaning and maintenance equipment properly stored. Kitchen restricted to authorized personnel
2024-06-14	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2024-02-28	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2023-10-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean

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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.