FLORIDA. Inspectors visiting the Dominos Pizza at 18505 S Dixie Highway in Miami found toxic chemicals improperly stored near food, food contact surfaces that had not been properly cleaned or sanitized, and documented failures in parasite destruction procedures, all in a single inspection during the three-month stretch ending October 4, 2026.
That location logged four high-severity violations and three intermediate violations, the worst performance of any Dominos in Florida during the July 7 through October 4 inspection window. Statewide, 179 Florida Dominos locations generated 2,558 inspections on record, with an average of 2.94 violations per inspection and a pass rate of 95.53 percent.
What Inspectors Found at the Worst Locations
The Miami S Dixie Highway location drew citations for two separate chemical violations: toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, and toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. Inspectors also cited the location for improperly reused single-use items and inadequate ventilation and lighting, along with improper use of wiping cloths.
At Dominos on US Highway 19 in New Port Richey, inspectors flagged two high-severity violations: inadequate shell stock identification records and a failure to follow parasite destruction procedures. The same parasite destruction citation appeared at the Miami S Dixie location, making it the most repeated high-severity finding across the chain during this period.
The Dominos Pizza at 130 NE 8th Street in Homestead had no written employee health policy, or an inadequate one, and was also cited for failing to properly use time as a public health control. Those two violations appeared alongside two intermediate citations: improperly cleaned multi-use utensils and improperly reused single-use items.
At Dominos Pizza #5150 on SW 13th Street in Gainesville, inspectors cited the location for food from an unapproved or unknown source, a finding that stands apart from the other violations in this group. That citation was accompanied by three intermediate violations: improper sanitizing procedures, inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
The Dominos on SR 52 in Hudson drew the same shell stock identification citation as the New Port Richey location, paired with two intermediate violations for equipment in poor repair and inadequate toilet facilities.
Dominos 3149 on Narcoossee Road in Orlando received a single high-severity citation for improper hand and arm washing technique. The Dominos Pizza at 17028 Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles and the Dominos Pizza LLC 8631 at 13623 S Dixie Highway in Miami both drew citations for food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction citations at two locations, Miami S Dixie and New Port Richey, are not administrative paperwork problems. When parasite destruction procedures are not followed, organisms including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in pork can survive and infect customers. Proper freezing at required temperatures for required durations is the control point. If that step is skipped or undocumented, there is no way to verify it happened.
The shell stock identification failures at New Port Richey and Hudson carry a specific traceability consequence. Shellfish consumed raw or lightly cooked are among the highest-risk foods in any kitchen. Without proper tagging records, there is no way to trace an outbreak back to a harvest location or recall a contaminated batch before more people are exposed.
The food from an unapproved source citation at the Gainesville location raises a different concern. Food from outside the regulated supply chain bypasses USDA and FDA inspections entirely, meaning there is no documented safety check between the source and the customer. If someone gets sick, investigators have no paper trail to follow.
The improperly cleaned food contact surfaces citations at the Miami S Dixie, Miami S Dixie LLC 8631, and Sunny Isles locations point to a basic sanitation breakdown. Cutting boards, prep surfaces, and equipment that are not properly cleaned and sanitized between uses are among the most reliable vectors for bacterial transfer, including Salmonella and E. coli, from one food to the next.
The Pattern Across the Chain
Reused single-use items appeared at three locations: Miami S Dixie, Homestead, and the Miami LLC 8631 location. Single-use items are designed to be discarded precisely because they cannot be reliably sanitized. Gloves, cups, and foil that are reused carry whatever contamination they picked up during initial use directly to the next food they contact.
The Homestead location's missing employee health policy is the violation with the most direct transmission pathway. Norovirus, which causes 20 million cases of foodborne illness in the United States annually, spreads most efficiently when sick workers continue handling food. A written health policy is the mechanism that keeps symptomatic employees out of the kitchen.
The Orlando Narcoossee Road location's improper handwashing technique citation is distinct from a missing handwashing sink. An employee who attempts to wash hands but uses incorrect technique, too brief, skipping soap, or not reaching all surfaces, can leave enough pathogen load on their hands to contaminate food. Studies have documented that technique failures can leave hands nearly as contaminated as unwashed hands.
The Longer Record
Florida's Dominos network has accumulated 2,558 inspections across 179 locations, a volume that reflects years of routine state oversight. That history provides context for where the current violations land, but the data available for this reporting period does not include individual prior inspection counts broken down by location, which limits direct comparison of chronic underperformers against newer problem sites.
What the statewide record does show is that with a 95.53 percent pass rate and a 90-day window producing eight locations with high-severity citations, the chain's compliance picture is not uniformly troubled. The violations are concentrated, not distributed evenly across all 179 stores.
The two Miami locations that drew citations during this period, the S Dixie Highway store and the LLC 8631 store at 13623 S Dixie Highway, are geographically close and independently cited for the same food contact surface violation. Whether that reflects shared management, shared suppliers, or coincidence is not something the inspection record alone can answer.
The Gainesville location's food from unapproved source citation remains the single most unresolved finding in this group. That violation does not indicate a labeling lapse or a documentation gap that can be corrected with a signature. It means inspectors identified food in that kitchen that could not be traced to a regulated, inspected source, and as of the inspection record available, no follow-up disposition for that finding is documented.
