Starbucks Coffee in Lake City
Last inspected:
2511 W Us 90, Lake City, FL 32055Part of: Starbucks Florida health inspections, violations & closures
Starbucks Coffee 11996 in Lake City has been subject to three stop-use orders since August 2024, all citing unsanitary equipment under Florida food code (FS 500.04, FS 500.172). In each case — August 27, 2024, October 30, 2024, and October 6, 2025 — equipment was cleaned, sanitized, and checked before being released back into service. The facility has completed 12 inspections on record since January 2022 with a total of 6 violations documented. Inspections in September 2024, October 2024, and July 2024 resulted in no violations. The most recent routine sanitation inspection on November 14, 2025 identified 3 violations, which the facility was instructed to correct and report to FDACS.
Summary generated from Florida FDACS public inspection records.
Starbucks Coffee in Lake City: FDACS Inspection History (12)
Inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), which oversees grocery stores, convenience stores, bakeries, food manufacturers, mobile vendors, and vending machines.
— 3 inspections
— Met Sanitation Inspection Requirements· 3 violations· Met Requirements
Comments: When citations have been corrected and initialed, an electronic copy of the completed report may be emailed to
[email protected].
Please note each observation that has been corrected.
Routine inspection.
Good Retail Practice Violations
3-305.11
Food not stored at least 6 inches above the floor; in a clean, dry location; or food
stored where it is exposed to splash, dust or other contamination. 3-305.11
Back room area - Boxes of food stored on floor by exit door.
2-402.11
Food employee not wearing a hair restraint such as a hat, hair covering or net, beard
restraint, or clothing that covers body hair, that is designed and worn to effectively keep their hair from
contacting exposed food; clean equipment, utensils, and linens; and unwrapped single-service and
single-use articles. 2-402.11
Food processing area - Employees making drinks not wear beard guards.
4-602.13
Nonfood-contact surface of equipment not cleaned at a frequency necessary to
preclude accumulation of soil residue. 4-602.13
Back room area - Walk in cooler shelves not clean, mold like substance build up.
— Focused Inspection· 1 violation· 1 stop-sale order· Focused Inspection
Comments: Focused Inspection - Sample Collection.
Visit per request number 5139636.
Good Retail Practice Violations
97
Food has been produced, prepared, packed, transported or held under insanitary
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered
diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health. 500.10(1)(f), F.S.Repeat
Ice bin at front of store recent sample of ice collected on 9/15/2025 was analyzed and
identified to be adulterated containing coliforms and fecal coliforms. COS: Ice bin at front of store was
wash, rinsed, and sanitized during inspection. Stop Use Order and Release issued, see order.
A Supplemental Report and Sample Report was also issued during the visit which includes important information for management.
Stop-Sale Orders & Supplemental Actions
STOP USE ORDER
Reason: FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Chapter 5K-4: Food deemed adulterated.
Lot: Number of Packages:
Quantity: Size of Packages: · Total Weight:
Disposition: Equipment was cleaned, sanitized, checked, and released.
— Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection
Comments: Focused Inspection - Sample Collection.
No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.
— 5 inspections
— Focused Inspection· 1 stop-sale order· Focused Inspection
Comments: This Focused Inspection is being conducted offsite to ensure required and/or requested documentation has been received from
the food establishment. Received 2 Ice test absent of Coliform and fecal.
Stop-Sale Orders & Supplemental Actions
STOP USE ORDER
Reason: FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Chapter 5K-4: Food deemed adulterated.
Lot: Number of Packages:
Quantity: Size of Packages: · Total Weight:
Disposition: Equipment was cleaned, sanitized, checked, and released.
— Met Sanitation Inspection Requirements· 3 violations· Met Requirements
Comments: When citations have been corrected and initialed, an electronic copy of the completed report may be emailed to
[email protected].
Risk-Based Violations
2-301.14
Food employee not cleaning hands or exposed portions of arms immediately before
engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment or utensils, or
unwrapped single service or single use articles; after touching bare human body parts; after using the toilet
room; after caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals; after coughing, sneezing, using a
handkerchief or tissue, using tobacco, eating or drinking; after handling soiled equipment or utensils; during
food preparation as often as necessary to remove soil and prevent cross contamination; before donning
gloves to initiate a task that involves working with food; or after engaging in other activities that contaminate
the hands. 2-301.14 PP
Drink counter - Employee not washing hands after taking money and making drinks.
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95
Establishment does not have a certified food protection manager who has passed a
test through a recognized accredited program. 5K-4.021(1), F.A.C.
No Certified food protection manager.
Good Retail Practice Violations
3-304.14(B)
Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces not held between
uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a proper concentration as specified in the Food Code. 3-304.14(B)
(1)
Food processing counter - Wiping towels not stored in sanitizing bucket in between uses,
multiple towels sitting on counter. Sanitizing bucket had no sanitizing solution in bucket, just room
temperature water.
— Focused Inspection· 1 violation· 1 stop-sale order· Focused Inspection
Comments: Request # 384658 - Failed ice test.
Good Retail Practice Violations
97
Food has been produced, prepared, packed, transported or held under insanitary
conditions whereby it may have become contaminated with filth, or whereby it may have been rendered
diseased, unwholesome, or injurious to health. 500.10(1)(f), F.S.Repeat
Drive through ice bin - RECENT SAMPLE OF ICE COLLECTED ON 07/31/24 WAS
ANALYZED AND IDENTIFIED TO BE ADULTERATED CONTAINING COLIFORMS.
A Supplemental Report was also issued during the visit which includes important information for management.
Stop-Sale Orders & Supplemental Actions
STOP USE ORDER
Reason: FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Chapter 5K-4: Food deemed adulterated.
Comments:
Print Date: 8/27/2024
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When the department or its duly authorized agent finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food or food-processing equipment is in
violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter so as to be dangerous, unwholesome, fraudulent, or insanitary within the meaning
of this chapter, an agent of the department may issue and enforce a stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order, which order gives notice that
such article or processing equipment is, or is suspected of being, in violation and has been detained or embargoed and which order warns all
persons not to remove, use, or dispose of such article or processing equipment by sale or otherwise until permission for removal, use, or disposal
is given by the department or the court. It is unlawful for any person to remove, use, or dispose of such detained or embargoed article or
processing equipment by sale or otherwise without such permission in accordance with 500.172 (1) Florida Statutes.
AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL ORDERS, NOTICES, AND REPORTS IN THIS
SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
If you wish to contest the Department's action, you have the right to request an administrative hearing to be conducted in accordance with
Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes and to be represented by counsel or other qualified representative. Your request for hearing must
contain:
1. Your name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number (if any).
2. The name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number of your attorney or qualified representative (if any) upon whom service of
pleadings and other papers shall be made.
3. A statement that you are requesting an administrative hearing and dispute the material facts alleged by the department, in which case you must
identify the material facts that are in dispute (formal hearing), or that you request an administrative hearing and that you do not dispute the facts
alleged by the department (informal hearing).
4. A statement of when (date) you received the Notice and the file number of this Notice.
Your request for a hearing must be received at the address shown on this Notice within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of this
Notice. If you fail to obtain a Release from this Notice or fail to request an administrative hearing within the twenty-one (21) day
HEARING WAIVER AND WAIVER OF RIGHTS
NA
I, _____________________________________________________ the person in charge of STARBUCKS COFFEE 11996 hereby waive a notice
and a hearing as provided in Chapter 120, Florida Statutes and waive all rights as provided on the last page of this report.
NA
____________________________________________
(Signature)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I acknowledge receipt of a copy of this document.
(Signature of FDACS Representative)
(Signature of Representative)
GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I
EMILY ANDERSON, MANAGER
Print Name and Title
FDACS-14325 Rev. 07/13
Print Date: 8/27/2024
Page 2 of 2
Lot: Number of Packages:
Quantity: Size of Packages: · Total Weight:
— Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection
Comments: A copy of this report has been provided to the person in charge of the food establishment and will be available online at
https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov/Reports/SearchFoodEntity.aspx .
DOMINIC DELIK, PERSON IN CHARGE
GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I
No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.
— Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection
Comments: Focused Inspection - Sample Collection.
No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.
— 3 inspections
— Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection
Comments: Offsite Focused Visit to conduct assessment for Hurricane Idalia.
No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.
— Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection
Comments: A copy of this report has been provided to the person in charge of the food establishment and will be available online at
https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov/Reports/SearchFoodEntity.aspx .
REBECCA LONG, MANAGER
GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I
No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.
— Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection
Comments: A copy of this report has been provided to the person in charge of the food establishment and will be available online at
https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov/Reports/SearchFoodEntity.aspx .
SARA SEARS, MANAGER
GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I
No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.
— 1 inspection
— Met Inspection Requirements· 4 violations· Met Requirements
Comments: A copy of this report has been provided to the person in charge of the food establishment and will be available online at
https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov/Reports/SearchFoodEntity.aspx .
NAOMI PROCHAR, SHIFT MANAGER
GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I
Risk-Based Violations
2-501.11
Establishment does not have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to
an event that involves the discharge of vomitus or diarrhea onto surfaces at the food establishment, or procedures do
not address specific actions employees must take to minimize the spread of contamination and the exposure of
employees, consumers, food, and surfaces to vomitus or fecal matter. 2-501.11 PfPf
Establishment does not have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to an event
that involves the discharge of vomit or diarrhea.
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6-301.11
Handwashing sink or group of 2 adjacent handwashing sinks not provided with hand cleaning
liquid, powder, or bar soap. Handwashing sink or group of adjacent handwashing sinks not provided with: individual,
disposable towels; continuous towel system that supplies the user with a clean towel; a heated-air hand drying
device; or a device that employs an air-knife system that delivers high velocity, pressurized air at ambient
temperatures. 6-301.11 and 6-301.12 PfPf
Back room area - No paper towels provided at hand wash sink next to warewash sink.
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6-301.14
Sign or poster notifying food employees to wash their hands not provided at all handwashing
sinks used by food employees, or handwashing signage not clearly visible to food employees. 6-301.14
No hand wash sign in unisex customer restroom.
o
Good Retail Practice Violations
5-501.11
Drains in receptacles or waste handling units for refuse, recyclables, and returnables do not
have drain plugs in place. 5-501.114
Outside area - No drain plug in dumpster.
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Starbucks Coffee in Lake City: Stop-Sale & Stop-Use Orders (3)
Products placed under stop-sale or stop-use order by FDACS inspectors. Stop-sale orders prohibit the sale of food that is adulterated, mislabeled, or poses a health risk.
| Date | Order Type | Product | Brand/Lot | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STOP USE ORDER | — | Number of Packages: | FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Chapter 5K-4: Food deemed adulterated. | |
| STOP USE ORDER | — | Number of Packages: | FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Chapter 5K-4: Food deemed adulterated. | |
| STOP USE ORDER | — | Number of Packages: | FS 500.04; FS 500.172 Unsanitary Equipment.* Chapter 5K-4: Food deemed adulterated. Comments: Print Date: 8/27/2024 Pag… |
Starbucks Coffee in Lake City: Frequently Asked Questions
- When was Starbucks Coffee in Lake City last inspected?
- Starbucks Coffee 11996 in Lake City was last inspected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) on November 14, 2025. Inspection type: Met Sanitation Inspection Requirements.
- How many inspections has Starbucks Coffee in Lake City had?
- Starbucks Coffee 11996 in Lake City has 12 FDACS food safety inspection(s) on record from January 2022 to present.
- What did the most recent FDACS inspection of Starbucks Coffee in Lake City find?
- Starbucks Coffee 11996 in Lake City was most recently inspected by FDACS on November 14, 2025 (Met Sanitation Inspection Requirements).
- Has Starbucks Coffee in Lake City had any stop-sale or stop-use orders?
- Yes, Starbucks Coffee 11996 in Lake City has 3 stop-sale or stop-use enforcement action(s) on record with Florida FDACS. Most affected products were released after correction.
- What are the most common violations at Starbucks Coffee in Lake City?
- The most frequently cited FDACS violations at Starbucks Coffee 11996 in Lake City are: 2-301.14: Food employee not cleaning hands or exposed portions of arms immediately before engaging in food preparation including working with exposed food, clean equipment or utensils, or unwrapped single service or single use articles; after touching bare human body parts; after using the toilet room; after caring for or handling service animals or aquatic animals; after coughing, sneezing, using a handkerchief or tissue, using tobacco, eating or drinking; after handling soiled equipment or utensils; during food preparation as often as necessary to remove soil and prevent cross contamination; before donning gloves to initiate a task that involves working with food; or after engaging in other activities that contaminate the hands. 2-301.14 P; 3-304.14(B): Cloths in-use for wiping counters and other equipment surfaces not held between uses in a chemical sanitizer solution at a proper concentration as specified in the Food Code. 3-304.14(B) (1); 3-305.11: Food not stored at least 6 inches above the floor; in a clean, dry location; or food stored where it is exposed to splash, dust or other contamination. 3-305.11.
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