JACKSONVILLE, FL. State inspectors ordered Mod Pizza at 12547 Bartram Park Blvd shut down on July 31 after documenting fly activity inside the restaurant, the second emergency closure in the location's recorded inspection history.
The closure order required the restaurant to vacate by August 1. Inspectors returned that morning and cleared the location to reopen at 9:14 a.m., after finding only one remaining violation, a non-critical intermediate citation for single-use items being improperly reused.
What Inspectors Found
Mod Pizza Bartram Park: Recent Inspection Pattern
The July 31 inspection produced four high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. The fly activity was the citation that triggered the emergency closure order.
The single remaining violation documented during the August 1 follow-up was intermediate in severity: single-use items being improperly reused. That category covers items like gloves, cups, utensils, and foil that are manufactured and intended for one use only.
What These Violations Mean
Fly activity is treated as an emergency-level finding because flies are direct vectors for foodborne illness. A fly that lands on food, a food-contact surface, or an open ingredient has the capacity to transfer bacteria including Salmonella and E. coli from wherever it has previously landed, including waste and raw food. Inspectors do not document fly activity as a high-priority violation unless the presence is significant enough to constitute an active contamination risk to food being prepared and served to customers.
The four high-severity violations cited on July 31 indicate the fly problem was not the only serious finding. High-severity violations in Florida inspections are those with the most direct potential to cause illness, covering issues like improper food temperatures, contaminated food contact surfaces, and pest activity. The state's emergency closure authority exists for exactly these situations, when the combination of violations presents an immediate risk that cannot be corrected while customers are present.
The single-use item violation that remained on August 1 carries its own contamination risk. Items designed for one use, whether a pair of gloves, a portion cup, or a sheet of foil, are not built to maintain a sanitary surface after that initial use. Reusing them introduces the possibility of cross-contamination between food types, between raw and ready-to-eat items, or between a contaminated surface and food that will be served directly to a customer.
The Longer Record
The July 31 closure was not this location's first. Records show the Bartram Park Mod Pizza was also emergency-closed on July 30, 2025, following an inspection that produced five high-severity violations and two intermediate violations. A follow-up the next day, July 31, 2025, cleared the restaurant with zero high-severity and zero intermediate violations remaining.
The pattern is notable. Both emergency closures occurred in late July, exactly one year apart. Both were preceded by inspections with multiple high-severity violations. Both were resolved within 24 hours.
Across 15 total inspections on record, the location has accumulated 63 violations. The inspection on July 25, 2022 produced three high-severity and two intermediate violations. The November 2024 inspection found two high-severity violations. The March 2024 inspection found one. The May 2024 inspection was the only recent visit that produced a clean record.
That means in the four inspections between May 2024 and the July 2026 closure, three produced high-severity violations and one produced the emergency closure itself.
The two clean inspections in this location's history, May 2024 and the July 31, 2025 follow-up, both came immediately after a period of documented violations or a prior closure. Neither represented a sustained stretch of clean inspections. The next routine inspection will show whether the August 2026 reopening holds to a different standard.
