FLORIDA. A Chipotle at 13354 Hartzog Road in Winter Garden accumulated six high-severity violations in a single inspection window this spring, more than any other Chipotle location in the state during the period, with inspectors citing food from unapproved or unknown sources, employees not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate shell stock records, parasite destruction failures, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, and no demonstrated allergen awareness.
That combination, six high-priority findings at one address, is the sharpest edge of a broader pattern inspectors documented at ten Chipotle locations across Florida between March 10 and June 7, 2026.
The Violations
The Chipotle at 9100 Conroy-Windermere Road in Windermere was the second-most cited location, with five high-severity findings. Inspectors flagged parasite destruction failures, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, toxic substances improperly stored or used, and no allergen awareness on staff. An intermediate violation for inadequate toilet facilities rounded out the inspection.
The Chipotle at 125 Palm Bay Road in West Melbourne drew four high-severity citations: no employee health policy, inadequate handwashing, parasite destruction failures, and toxic substances improperly identified or stored. An intermediate citation for reusing single-use items accompanied those findings.
At the Chipotle at 6274 W Indiantown Road in Jupiter, inspectors found employees not reporting illness symptoms, inadequate shell stock records, improper use of time as a public health control, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. The Jupiter location also drew an intermediate citation for improper use of wiping cloths.
The Chipotle of Colorado location at 9466 W Linebaugh Avenue in Tampa collected four high-severity violations: unreported employee illness, inadequate shell stock records, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, and no consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
At the Chipotle at 3001 S US Highway 27 in Clermont, inspectors cited improper time-as-public-health-control use, no consumer advisory, improperly stored or labeled toxic chemicals, and no allergen awareness. Two intermediate violations, for multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and inadequate ventilation, were also documented.
The Chipotle at 12827 N Dale Mabry Highway in Carrollwood drew four high-severity findings: inadequate shell stock records, improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, food not cooked to minimum temperature, and no consumer advisory. Inspectors also noted improper sewage or wastewater disposal and equipment in poor repair as intermediate violations.
At the Chipotle at 2662 Gulf to Bay Boulevard in Clearwater, inspectors found no person in charge present or performing duties, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and inadequate handwashing. The absence of active management at the time of inspection is a finding the CDC links directly to higher critical violation rates.
The Chipotle at 2380 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard in West Palm Beach was cited for two high-severity violations: employees not reporting illness symptoms and inadequate shell stock records.
The Chipotle at 891 S Miami Avenue in Miami drew two high-severity violations, improper hand and arm washing technique and parasite destruction failures, along with an intermediate citation for inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The most frequently cited violation across these ten locations was employees not reporting illness symptoms, flagged at Winter Garden, Clearwater, Jupiter, Tampa, and West Palm Beach. A food worker with Norovirus who handles food without reporting symptoms can infect dozens of customers in a single shift. Norovirus is the leading cause of multi-victim foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, and it spreads directly from contaminated hands to food.
Parasite destruction failures appeared at four locations: West Melbourne, Winter Garden, Windermere, and Miami. This violation means the facility could not demonstrate it was properly freezing or cooking fish, pork, or other proteins to kill parasites such as Anisakis or Trichinella. At a chain where steak, carnitas, and barbacoa are central to the menu, this is not a peripheral concern.
The food-from-unapproved-sources citation at Winter Garden is among the most serious findings in the dataset. When food enters a kitchen outside the regulated supply chain, there is no USDA or FDA inspection trail. If a customer gets sick, tracing the source becomes significantly harder. That violation, combined with no allergen awareness at the same location, means staff could not identify which menu items contained allergens for customers who needed to know.
Food not cooked to minimum temperature, found at both Windermere and Carrollwood, is a direct pathway to Salmonella survival. Salmonella in poultry is not destroyed below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Both locations were also cited for improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, meaning the risk of cross-contamination extended beyond the cooking step.
The Longer Record
Statewide, Chipotle's 296 Florida locations have accumulated 5,396 inspections on record, averaging 2.51 violations per inspection and passing 94.59 percent of the time. That overall pass rate provides context: most Florida Chipotle locations clear inspections without high-severity findings. The ten locations flagged here are the outliers within the chain's own footprint.
The Carrollwood location on N Dale Mabry Highway has one of the longer inspection histories in this group. Sewage disposal and equipment condition violations alongside food temperature and surface sanitation failures suggest accumulated maintenance issues rather than a single bad shift.
The Clearwater location on Gulf to Bay Boulevard presents a different concern. The "no person in charge" finding is not a food handling violation in isolation. CDC data shows restaurants without active managerial control at the time of inspection record three times the critical violations of those that do. The two violations that followed at that location, unreported employee illness and inadequate handwashing, fit exactly the pattern that finding predicts.
The Winter Garden location's six high-severity violations in a single inspection period remain the hardest number to set aside. Food from an unapproved source, no allergen awareness, unreported employee illness, inadequate shell stock records, parasite destruction failures, and improperly cleaned food contact surfaces documented at one address, in one stretch, with no emergency closure recorded.
The Broader Pattern
Shell stock identification failures appeared at five locations: Winter Garden, West Palm Beach, Jupiter, Tampa, and Carrollwood. This violation means inspectors could not verify the origin or harvest date of shellfish on the premises. Shellfish consumed without traceability documentation is a food safety blind spot with particular urgency, because oysters, clams, and mussels are often eaten raw or only lightly cooked, and shellfish are a primary vehicle for Vibrio and hepatitis A.
No consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was cited at Jupiter, Tampa, Clermont, and Carrollwood. Customers with compromised immune systems, pregnant women, and the elderly rely on those disclosures to make informed choices. At all four locations, that information was not available.
The Winter Garden Chipotle on Hartzog Road is the only location in this dataset cited for food from an unapproved or unknown source. That violation has not been paired with an emergency closure.
