PAPA JOHNS PIZZA #972

1853 E MEMORIAL BLVD BI 117, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307798. 4 inspection visits from 2023-10-10 to 2025-11-06.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2025-11-06: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 2 basic violations

0 of 1routine 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

2inspections 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
2025-11-06	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	2	0.40	3 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 29 Plumbing installed and maintained 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-10-25	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0		1 area 41 Toxic items properly stored, labeled and used properly
2024-03-18	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-10-10	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	4	0		3 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted (x2) 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification (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.