FLORIDA. The Chick-fil-A at 6050 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee racked up five high-severity violations in the last 90 days, including food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized. Inspectors also cited the location for failing to demonstrate allergen awareness and for posting no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
That single location produced more high-severity violations than any other Chick-fil-A in Florida during the March 27 through June 24, 2026 inspection window. It was not alone.
The Violations
Across the ten worst-performing Florida locations during this period, state inspectors documented a combined 37 high-severity violations and 9 intermediate violations. The chain operates 216 locations in Florida and holds a 95.83 percent pass rate, with an average of 3.42 violations per inspection across 3,915 inspections on record. No Florida Chick-fil-A location has been emergency-closed this year.
Tied for second-worst in the state, Chick-fil-A Hamlin at 15899 New Independence Parkway in Winter Garden drew five high-severity citations of its own. Those included an employee not reporting symptoms of illness, toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and a failure to properly use time as a public health control. Inspectors also flagged the location for improper sewage or wastewater disposal and multi-use utensils not properly cleaned.
Chick-fil-A Lake Buena Vista at 13524 SR 535 in Orlando drew four high-severity violations, including inadequate shell stock identification records, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. That last violation, improperly stored chemicals, appeared at six of the ten flagged locations.
Chick-fil-A at Malabar Road FSR, 1130 Malabar Road SE in Palm Bay, was cited for food from an unapproved or unknown source, food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, no consumer advisory, and toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. Food from an unapproved source is among the most serious violation categories in Florida's inspection system.
Chick-fil-A Gibsonton and 301 at 10110 S US 301 in Riverview was also cited for food from an unapproved source, alongside an employee not reporting illness symptoms, improper hand and arm washing technique, no consumer advisory, and improperly cleaned multi-use utensils.
Chick-fil-A at Okeechobee and Turnpike, 6060 Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach, drew three high-severity violations: an employee not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate shell stock identification records, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled. Shell stock identification violations appeared at both this location and the Lake Buena Vista store, a notable finding for a chain not typically associated with shellfish on its menu.
Chick-fil-A FSU 4737 at 1197 W Lantana Road in Lantana was cited for both inadequate handwashing by food employees and improper hand and arm washing technique, along with food not cooked to the required minimum temperature. Two separate handwashing violations at a single location is an unusual finding.
Chick-fil-A Black Lake and 192 at 7891 W Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee was cited for food from an unapproved or unknown source and improper hand and arm washing technique. That location is roughly eight miles west of the Kissimmee location that led the chain statewide. Two Kissimmee locations on the same highway appearing in the bottom ten of the same 90-day window is a pattern worth noting.
Chick-fil-A at Cypress Creek Town Center, 2349 Sun Vista Drive in Lutz, drew two high-severity violations, including improper hand and arm washing technique and no consumer advisory, plus intermediate citations for improperly cleaned multi-use utensils and improper use of wiping cloths.
Chick-fil-A FSR 3846 at 234 W SR 436 in Altamonte Springs rounded out the list with two high-severity violations: no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled.
What These Violations Mean
The most common high-severity violation across this group was the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, which appeared at seven of the ten locations. That citation matters most for customers who are pregnant, elderly, immunocompromised, or managing chronic illness. Without a posted advisory, those customers have no way to make an informed choice about what they are ordering.
Toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled appeared at six locations, including both Kissimmee stores, Winter Garden, Lake Buena Vista, West Palm Beach, and Altamonte Springs. Chemicals stored near food or in unlabeled containers create a direct route for acute poisoning, whether through a spill, a mislabeled container mistaken for a food product, or residue on a surface that contacts food.
Food not cooked to the required minimum temperature is a different category of risk entirely. At a chicken-focused chain, undercooking is not an abstract concern. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. The Kissimmee location on Irlo Bronson, the Palm Bay location, and the Lantana location were all cited for this violation during the same 90-day window.
The illness reporting failures at Winter Garden, Riverview, and West Palm Beach carry their own weight. A food worker who does not report symptoms of illness and continues handling food is the most direct transmission route for norovirus and other pathogens that spread person to person. This violation does not require the worker to actually be sick. It requires only that the facility lacks a system to catch the risk before it reaches a customer.
The Longer Record
Across 216 Florida locations and 3,915 inspections on record, Chick-fil-A's statewide average sits at 3.42 violations per inspection. The ten locations flagged in this 90-day window produced violation totals well above that average, with the Kissimmee Irlo Bronson and Winter Garden Hamlin locations each generating eight violations in a single inspection cycle.
The chain has recorded zero emergency closures in Florida this year, which places it in a better position than many large quick-service chains operating at the same scale. A 95.83 percent pass rate across nearly 4,000 inspections is a meaningful figure. But the pass rate measures whether a location met minimum standards on a given day, not whether serious violations were present.
The Riverview location on US 301 and the Lantana location on Lantana Road both drew multiple violations in categories, handwashing technique and food temperature, that inspectors treat as foundational. A facility can pass an inspection while still carrying high-severity citations if those violations are corrected during the visit. The records do not indicate whether corrections were made on-site.
The two Kissimmee locations on Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway together account for 10 high-severity violations and 4 intermediate violations during this window. One location was cited for undercooking, unsanitized food contact surfaces, missing allergen awareness, and improperly stored chemicals. The other was cited for food from an unapproved source and improper handwashing. Neither location has a publicly available record showing those violations were resolved before the next inspection.