DAIRY QUEEN

5239 US 98 S, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308500. 5 inspection visits from 2023-11-07 to 2026-09-29.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-09-29: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

0 of 4routine 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	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-09-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0.43	1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-08-29	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	2	0.40	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2025-01-07	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	1		1 area 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed
2024-11-08	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	2	3	0.39	5 areas 08 Food protection, cross-contamination 11 Personnel with infections restricted 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 25 Single service items properly stored, handled, dispensed 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2023-11-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	3	0.41	4 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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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.