CASSELBERRY, FL. An employee illness reporting failure, skipped parasite destruction procedures, and toxic chemicals stored improperly near food: those were among six high-severity violations state inspectors documented at Anthony's Pizza at 1455 SR 436 on June 17, and the restaurant was not closed.
The inspection also turned up four intermediate violations, bringing the total to ten citations from a single visit.
What Inspectors Found
The employee illness violation is the one that reaches directly into the dining room. When food workers do not report symptoms, they continue preparing food while potentially infectious, and norovirus in particular spreads with extreme efficiency through that route.
Parasite destruction was also cited. Serving fish or pork without proper freezing or cooking protocols leaves parasites including Anisakis and Trichinella capable of surviving in the food.
Toxic chemicals stored improperly near food is a violation that can cause acute poisoning if a container is mislabeled or leaks. The intermediate citations compounded the picture: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, sanitizer solutions not at correct concentrations, and single-use items being reused. Together those four intermediate violations describe a kitchen where standard sanitation procedures were not being followed at multiple points simultaneously.
What These Violations Mean
The illness reporting failure is the violation with the most direct potential to harm the most people. Norovirus can incapacitate an entire household from a single exposure, and the transmission route, an infected food handler preparing a meal, is exactly what this violation describes. Customers who ate at Anthony's Pizza on or before June 17 had no way of knowing whether the person who made their food had reported symptoms or not.
The parasite destruction citation matters because parasites are not visible and do not change the taste or smell of food. A customer ordering a fish item has no ability to independently assess whether the kitchen followed proper freezing protocols. Without those protocols, parasites can survive cooking if temperatures are not precise.
The combination of improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, failed sanitizer procedures, and reused single-use items describes a layered sanitation breakdown. Bacterial biofilms develop on improperly cleaned surfaces within 24 hours and become progressively harder to remove. When the sanitizer solution is also wrong, those surfaces are not being disinfected even when staff believe they are.
The consumer advisory violation means customers who are elderly, pregnant, immunocompromised, or otherwise at elevated risk had no notice that raw or undercooked items were being served.
The Longer Record
The June 17 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show Anthony's Pizza has been inspected 27 times and has accumulated 252 total violations. It has never been emergency-closed.
The eight most recent inspections before June 17 tell a consistent story. In April 2025, inspectors documented 10 high-severity and 8 intermediate violations in a single visit, the worst single-visit total in the recent record. That September, the count was 9 high and 4 intermediate. February 2026 produced 4 high and 5 intermediate. The June 2026 inspection, with 6 high and 4 intermediate violations, falls squarely within the range the facility has been producing for at least two years.
The illness reporting violation appeared in the June 2026 inspection. The parasite destruction violation appeared in the June 2026 inspection. These are not administrative paperwork issues. They are the categories that state food safety rules treat as most likely to cause direct harm to customers.
Across eight documented inspections spanning roughly 26 months, Anthony's Pizza logged high-severity violations in every single one. The lowest count in that stretch was 2 high violations, in June 2025. The highest was 10, in April 2025.
Still Open
State inspectors have the authority to order an emergency closure when violations pose an immediate threat to public health. After the June 17 inspection at Anthony's Pizza, with six high-severity violations on the record including a failure to report employee illness, improper parasite destruction, and toxic chemicals near food, that authority was not exercised.
The restaurant remained open.