Inspection Report

Florida DBPR Inspection Report
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FANCY Q JAPANESE INC

5615 S FLORIDA AVENUE, SUITE 115 · LAKELAND · Polk County · FL 33813

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Inspection Summary

Inspection dateAugust 20, 2025
Inspection typeRoutine – Food
Inspection classFood
DBPR dispositionAdministrative complaint recommended
Resultfollow_up_required
Inspection number3641942
Visit number1
Inspection Visit ID10946150
DBPR license6308494

Violation Summary

Counts reported for this inspection visit.

Full inspector observations available
5 High Priority1 Intermediate5 Basic0 Critical0 Non-Critical11 Total
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All DBPR Inspector Observations

11 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.

High Priority 5

#6High Priority12A-18-4

High Priority – Employee dried hands on clothes/apron/soiled towel after washing. Employee dried his hands on his clothes.

#7High Priority09-01-4

High Priority – Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands – food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee touched a slice of lime to garnish a plate with her bare hands. I had the employee to discard the lime and use a fork. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site
#8High Priority12A-20-4

High Priority – Employee washed hands with no soap. Employee washed hands at the hand washing sink in the kitchen without using soap.

#9High Priority10-05-5

High Priority – In-use utensil stored in unclean water at or above 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Spoons and spatulas in a container of water at 119F. The water was discarded.

#10High Priority50-17-3

High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. February 1,2025. **Admin Complaint**

Admin Complaint

Intermediate 1

#11Intermediate31A-09-4

Intermediate – Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Stainless container inside the hand washing sink next to the 3 compartment sink. The container was removed. **Corrected On-Site**

Corrected On-Site

Basic 5

#1Basic14-05-4

Basic – Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Cardboard lining the shelf above the flip top reach in cooler across from the cook line.

#2Basic50-09-4

Basic – Current Hotel and Restaurant license not displayed.

#3Basic36-73-4

Basic – Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. Under the kitchen cooking equipment and dry storage shelves.

#4Basic08B-38-4

Basic – Food stored on floor. Cases of Fish Inside the walk in freezer.

#5Basic10-06-5

Basic – In-use utensil not stored with handle above the top of time/temperature control for safety food and rim of the container. Red spoon inside the rice container. On top of the flat top reach in cooler across cooler next to the hand wash sink in the kitchen.

Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 2, 2026 12:07 PM.

Violation category totals
Category 9 · Bare-hand contact with ready-to-eat food / AOP
1 observation(s)
Category 10 · In-use food dispensing utensils
1 observation(s)
Category 11 · Employee health knowledge / ill employees
2 observation(s)
Category 13 · Clothing, hair restraints, jewelry and fingernails
2 observation(s)
Category 15 · No longer used
1 observation(s)
Category 32 · Bathrooms
1 observation(s)
Category 37 · No longer used
1 observation(s)
Category 51 · Other sanitary and safe-operation conditions
2 observation(s)

Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.