CASSELBERRY, FL. A state inspector walked into Sally's Diner on SR-436 East on July 16 and documented that the restaurant was not following parasite destruction procedures, a failure that means fish, pork, or wild game could have reached customers' plates carrying live parasites including Anisakis and Trichinella. The diner collected seven high-severity violations and three intermediate violations that day. It was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
Beyond the parasite finding, the inspection documented employees not reporting illness symptoms. That violation sits alongside improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, food found in poor condition or mislabeled, and toxic chemicals stored or labeled incorrectly near food areas.
The inspector also cited the diner for having no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods. That means customers ordering anything served undercooked had no written notice of the risk.
On the intermediate side, the July 16 inspection found improper sewage or wastewater disposal, single-use items being reused, and toilet facilities that were inadequate or improperly maintained. The sewage finding alone raises the possibility of fecal contamination reaching surfaces throughout the kitchen.
What These Violations Mean
Parasite destruction is not an abstract procedural requirement. When a restaurant serves fish, pork, or wild game without following required freezing or cooking protocols, parasites including Anisakis, tapeworm, and Trichinella can survive and infect diners. Symptoms range from intestinal pain and vomiting to, in severe cases, organ damage. Sally's Diner was cited for not following those procedures on July 16.
The employee illness reporting violation compounds every other finding on the list. Food workers who do not report symptoms are the leading driver of multi-victim outbreaks. Norovirus, which spreads easily through food handling, requires only a tiny infectious dose. A sick employee working a line where food contact surfaces are also not properly cleaned and sanitized creates a direct pathway from one person's illness to every plate that leaves the kitchen.
Improperly stored or mislabeled toxic chemicals present a separate and acute risk. When cleaning agents or pesticides are stored near food or in unlabeled containers, contamination can happen through splash, vapor, or misidentification. That violation appeared on the same inspection report as food found in poor condition or adulterated, meaning the July 16 record contains two distinct food-quality hazard categories simultaneously.
The improper sewage disposal finding is significant on its own. Raw sewage carries E. coli, hepatitis A, and other pathogens. When disposal is handled incorrectly inside a food service facility, the contamination potential extends to every surface in the building.
The Longer Record
The July 16 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show Sally's Diner has accumulated 302 violations across 31 inspections on file, and the pattern of high-severity citations stretches back through multiple years.
The most recent comparison point is December 22, 2025, when an inspection found 10 high-severity and 2 intermediate violations. That visit was followed the next day, December 23, by a callback inspection that still found 2 high-severity violations. The diner was not closed on either of those dates.
Before that, a July 11, 2025, inspection found 7 high-severity and 1 intermediate violation, the same high-severity count as the July 16, 2026 inspection. A March 12, 2025, inspection found 8 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations and did result in an emergency closure for roach activity. The diner reopened the following day, March 13, after a callback inspection found the roach issue addressed.
The September 17, 2024, inspection found zero high-severity and zero intermediate violations. That record stands as the exception across a timeline otherwise marked by repeated high-severity findings, not the rule.
Still Open
A follow-up inspection on July 17, the day after the seven-violation visit, found 2 high-severity violations remaining. The parasite destruction failure, the illness reporting gap, the toxic chemical storage problem, and the sewage disposal citation were not among the violations listed on the callback.
Sally's Diner on SR-436 East remained open through all of it.
