CHICKEN SALAD CHICK

5216 S FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6308981. 6 inspection visits from 2025-01-30 to 2026-07-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-21: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 1 intermediate, 1 basic violations

1 of 3routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (2 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
2026-07-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1	0.43	2 areas 11 Personnel with infections restricted 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2026-01-09	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2025-09-03	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	0	0.40	1 area 12 Hands washed and clean, good hygienic practices, eating/drinking/smoking
2025-06-03	Complaint follow-up	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-03-28	Complaint inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	0	1	0		1 area 53 Food management certification valid / Employee training verification
2025-01-30	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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This is a Chicken Salad Chick location. How Chicken Salad Chick's 38 Florida stores compare with their counties.

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.