POWELLS DAIRY FREEZE
1212 N TEMPLE AVE · STARKE · Bradford County · FL 320912116
Inspection Summary
Violation Summary
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All DBPR Inspector Observations
15 full violation description(s) documented by the inspector during this visit.
High Priority 4
12A-12-4High Priority – Employee switched from working with raw food to ready-to-eat food without washing hands. Observed employee on cook line handle frozen raw beef patty with gloves then handle ready to eat food out of the fryer without changing gloves and washing hands.
50-17-3High Priority – Operating with an expired Division of Hotels and Restaurants license. Current license expired 06/01/2024. **Admin Complaint**
01B-02-5High Priority – Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. In the sliding door reach in cooler with broken glass pane, cheese (55F – Cold Holding). Will discard cheese from sliding door reach in cooler. **Warning**
03A-02-5High Priority – Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. In the flip top reach in cooler, cheese (51F – Cold Holding) stocked above the container and cooling plane. In the ice bin used as storage for ice cream toppings, ice cream mix (51F – Cold Holding). In the sliding door reach in cooler with broken glass pane, cheese (55F – Cold Holding). Operator relocated cheese from cookline, added ice to cooler for ice cream mix and will discard cheese from sliding door reach in cooler. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Intermediate 2
31B-02-4Intermediate – No paper towels or mechanical hand drying device provided at handwash sink. No paper towels at hand wash sink by three compartment sink.
53B-01-5Intermediate – No proof of required state approved employee training provided for any employees. To order approved program food safety material, call DBPR contracted provider: Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (SafeStaff) 866-372-7233. At time of inspection unable to provide food handling training certificates. **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
Basic 9
51-11-4Basic – Carbon dioxide/helium tanks not adequately secured. At entrance to prep area, 4 carbon dioxide tanks not stored secured. **Repeat Violation**
14-05-4Basic – Cardboard used to line food-contact shelves. Multiple shelves lined with cardboard on cookline and as drying rack by three compartment sink. **Repeat Violation**
14-74-7Basic – Cold holding equipment not maintained in good repair. Do not store time/temperature control for safety food in this unit until the unit is repaired. Sliding door reach in cooler with broken glass pane, repaired with cardboard. Reach in cooler holding ambient air temperature of 51F. **Warning**
12B-07-4Basic – Employee beverage container on a food preparation table or over/next to clean equipment/utensils. Employee beverage on prep table by hot holding units.
40-06-5Basic – Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. On cook line, employee cigarettes stored over flip top reach in cooler.
36-22-4Basic – Floor area(s) covered with standing water. Standing water on floor under ice cream machine and in back prep area under reach in freezer.
10-17-4Basic – In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife stored between cutting board and reach in cooler on cook line.
33-16-4Basic – Open dumpster lid. Dumpster lid open. **Repeat Violation**
14-12-4Basic – Utensils in poor condition. Steam pot for chili with broken/missing handle.
Inspector observations synchronized from DBPR on September 15, 2026 12:53 PM.
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Inspection records and inspector observations reflect conditions documented by DBPR at the time of the inspection and may not reflect current conditions.