PALM BAY, FL. Inspectors visiting Bizzarro Pizza on Palm Bay Road on September 2 found food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, toxic chemicals stored improperly near food, and shellfish with no identification records to trace where they came from. The restaurant collected six high-severity violations and three intermediate violations in a single inspection. It was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking violation is the one that lands hardest. State code requires poultry to reach 165 degrees Fahrenheit internally before it is served, because Salmonella survives at lower temperatures. Inspectors documented that food at Bizzarro Pizza was not reaching required minimums.
Toxic chemicals were also found stored or labeled improperly, in proximity to food. That is not a paperwork problem. A mislabeled chemical container, or one stored where it can contact food surfaces, is a direct route to acute poisoning.
The shellfish violation adds a separate layer of concern. Without proper shell stock identification records, there is no way to trace where oysters, clams, or mussels came from if a customer gets sick. Shellfish are frequently consumed raw or lightly cooked, which means traceability is not optional.
Inspectors also cited the restaurant for food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized, for improper handwashing technique among employees, and for failing to post a consumer advisory about raw or undercooked foods. The consumer advisory requirement exists specifically to warn elderly customers, pregnant women, and people with compromised immune systems before they order something that carries elevated risk.
Three intermediate violations accompanied the six high-severity findings: improper sanitizer concentration or procedures, inadequate cooling and cold-holding equipment, and insufficient ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooking violation and the sanitization failures are not independent problems. When food contact surfaces are not properly cleaned, bacteria from one food item transfer to the next. When that food is then cooked below minimum temperature, the bacteria that survived the surface transfer also survive the heat. Those two violations together create a compounding risk that neither one creates alone.
The handwashing technique violation is similarly layered. State code requires a specific sequence, including scrubbing duration and the use of soap, because technique matters as much as intent. An employee who washes hands incorrectly leaves pathogens on their hands even after the attempt. At a facility where food contact surfaces are already cited for inadequate sanitization, that gap in hand hygiene closes the last line of defense.
Improper chemical storage is in a different category. Bacterial illness typically has an incubation period measured in hours or days. Chemical contamination can cause acute symptoms within minutes. The presence of improperly stored or labeled chemicals near food at Bizzarro Pizza means that risk was present at the time of the September 2 inspection.
The inadequate cold-holding equipment citation is also worth reading carefully. Cold-holding equipment that cannot maintain required temperatures does not fail in a visible way. Food in a cooler that runs three or four degrees too warm looks and smells identical to food held at the correct temperature. The only way to know is to measure it.
The Longer Record
The September 2 inspection is not an anomaly in Bizzarro Pizza's history. State records show 20 inspections on file and 128 total violations accumulated across those visits. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern in the inspection record is consistent. In January 2026, inspectors found five high-severity violations. In January 2025, five high-severity violations and one intermediate. In August 2022, five high-severity violations and three intermediate. In April 2022, five high-severity violations and three intermediate. The September 2 inspection, with six high-severity violations, is the highest single-visit high-severity count in the recent record.
There were two inspections with clean or near-clean results: March 2026 showed zero high-severity and zero intermediate violations, and October 2022 showed zero high-severity and one intermediate. Those visits exist in the record. So does everything surrounding them.
The facility has cycled through high-violation inspections, occasional clean inspections, and then back to high-violation inspections across at least four years of documented history. The 128 violations on record across 20 inspections average out to more than six violations per visit.
Still Open
State inspectors documented six high-severity violations at Bizzarro Pizza on September 2, 2026, including food cooked below required temperatures, toxic chemicals stored near food, and shellfish with no traceability records.
The restaurant was not closed.
