FLORIDA. Inspectors visiting Dominos Pizza at 18505 S Dixie Hwy in Miami found toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, parasite destruction procedures not followed, and toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used, all in a single inspection during a 90-day stretch ending October 7, 2026.
That is four high-severity violations at one location, more than any other Dominos in Florida during the period. Three intermediate violations accompanied them, including improper use of wiping cloths, inadequate ventilation and lighting, and single-use items being reused.
The Miami location on S Dixie was not alone.
What Inspectors Found Across Florida
At Dominos at 5031 US Hwy 19 in New Port Richey, inspectors cited two high-severity violations: inadequate shell stock identification and records, and parasite destruction procedures not followed. The shell stock traceability violation is notable at a pizza chain, where shellfish ingredients can appear in specialty toppings.
The Dominos Pizza at 130 NE 8 St in Homestead drew two high-severity violations of a different kind. Inspectors found no written employee health policy or an inadequate one, and documented that time as a public health control was not properly used. Two intermediate violations accompanied those findings: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and single-use items improperly reused.
In Gainesville, Dominos Pizza #5150 at 2106 SW 13 St was cited for food from an unapproved or unknown source, a high-severity finding. Inspectors also noted improper sanitizing solution or procedures, inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
A second Miami location, Dominos Pizza LLC 8631 at 13623 S Dixie Hwy, was cited for food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, single-use items improperly reused, and equipment in poor repair. The Dominos at 8730 SR 52 in Hudson carried the same shell stock traceability violation found in New Port Richey, alongside inadequate toilet facilities and equipment in poor repair.
The Dominos 3149 at 11930 Narcoossee Rd in Orlando was cited for improper hand and arm washing technique, a single high-severity violation. The Dominos Pizza at 17028 Collins Ave in Sunny Isles received one high-severity citation for food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized.
The Pattern Across 179 Locations
Statewide, Dominos operates 179 Florida locations with 2,562 inspections on record. The chain's average is 2.94 violations per inspection, and its overall pass rate sits at 95.53 percent. No Florida Dominos location has been emergency-closed this year.
That pass rate means most inspections end without serious findings. But eight locations accumulated high-severity violations during this 90-day window, and several share the same violation categories across locations that are hundreds of miles apart.
Food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized appeared at three separate locations: the S Dixie Hwy Miami location, the 13623 S Dixie Hwy Miami location, and the Sunny Isles location on Collins Ave. The shell stock traceability violation appeared independently at both New Port Richey and Hudson. Single-use items improperly reused turned up at three locations: Miami S Dixie, Homestead, and the second Miami location on S Dixie Hwy.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction citations at Miami S Dixie and New Port Richey are among the most direct food safety failures in this report. When fish or pork is not properly frozen or cooked to required temperatures, parasites including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in pork can survive and infect customers. At a pizza chain, fish toppings such as anchovies and certain pork products carry this risk if handling procedures are not followed.
The toxic chemical violations at the Miami S Dixie location carry immediate risk of a different kind. Improperly stored or unlabeled chemicals near food can cause acute poisoning if they contaminate ingredients or prep surfaces. Mislabeled containers compound the hazard because workers handling them may not recognize the substance or know the correct response if a spill occurs.
The Homestead location's missing employee health policy is an acute transmission risk. Without a written policy requiring sick employees to report symptoms and stay away from food preparation, workers with Norovirus, Salmonella, or Hepatitis A can handle food during the full period they are contagious. Norovirus alone accounts for an estimated 20 million cases of illness in the United States annually, and food handlers are a primary transmission vector.
Food from unapproved or unknown sources, cited at the Gainesville location, removes the traceability that makes outbreak investigation possible. If a customer becomes ill after eating food that entered the kitchen outside of licensed distribution channels, inspectors have no records to follow. That gap is what allows a single contaminated batch to affect many customers before the source is identified.
The Longer Record
The chain's statewide record of 2,562 inspections across 179 locations represents an average of roughly 14 inspections per location over the inspection history on file. That volume of documentation makes the 95.53 percent pass rate meaningful context, but it also means the locations accumulating high-severity violations in a single 90-day window are departing from the chain's documented baseline.
Two Miami locations appear in the same worst-performers list, and both carry food contact surface violations. The S Dixie Hwy location at 18505 led all Florida Dominos locations with seven total violations across a single inspection period, four of them high-severity. That concentration at one address is the most significant single-location finding in this data set.
The shell stock traceability violation appearing at both New Port Richey and Hudson is worth noting because it is an unusual finding at a pizza chain. Shellfish records are required so that if a customer becomes ill, health officials can trace the product back to its harvest location and pull contaminated stock. When those records are absent or inadequate, that traceability chain breaks entirely.
The Gainesville location's food-from-unapproved-source citation stands apart from the other findings. Every other high-severity violation in this report involves how food is handled, stored, or sanitized after it arrives. A sourcing violation means the food itself may have never passed through the inspection and licensing system that is supposed to screen for contamination before it reaches a kitchen.
As of the close of this reporting period, the Gainesville location's unapproved food source remained the only citation of its kind among Florida's 179 Dominos locations, with no public record indicating where that food originated or whether it was removed from service.
