JACKSONVILLE, FL. A state inspector walked into D'BO'S Daiquiri, Wings and Seafood at 901 King St. on July 24 and found food coming from unapproved or unknown sources at a restaurant that also serves shellfish, with no documentation to trace where that shellfish came from.
The inspector cited six high-severity violations and four intermediate violations. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The food sourcing and shellfish traceability violations hit together in a restaurant whose name includes "seafood." Inspectors found both that food was coming from unapproved or unknown sources and that shell stock records, the tags and documentation required to trace oysters, clams, and mussels back to their harvest location and date, were inadequate.
Those two violations compound each other. A restaurant serving shellfish without proper identification records has no way to tell a health investigator where its shellfish came from if a customer gets sick.
Employees were also cited for not reporting symptoms of illness, a separate high-severity finding. And the inspection found no allergen awareness demonstrated by staff, meaning employees could not adequately identify or communicate which menu items contain common allergens to customers who ask.
Food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized. Toxic chemicals were improperly stored or labeled, raising the risk of contamination near food.
On the intermediate side, inspectors found improper sewage or wastewater disposal, improper sanitizing solution or procedures, inadequate cooling and cold holding equipment, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
The food from unapproved sources violation is not a paperwork technicality. Food that bypasses USDA and FDA inspection channels has no verified safety history. If a customer becomes ill after eating there, investigators following the supply chain hit a dead end.
The shellfish traceability failure sharpens that risk considerably. Oysters, clams, and mussels are frequently eaten raw or lightly cooked, and they are among the highest-risk foods for Vibrio, norovirus, and hepatitis A. State and federal rules require shell stock tags to stay with the product through service so that a single contaminated harvest lot can be identified and pulled before more people are exposed. Without those records at D'BO'S, that traceability chain does not exist.
The employee illness reporting failure is what epidemiologists point to first when a multi-victim outbreak occurs. A food worker who does not know to report symptoms, or is not required to, can transmit norovirus to dozens of customers before anyone realizes what is happening. Combined with food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized, that risk does not stay contained to one plate.
The allergen awareness finding means staff could not reliably tell a customer whether a dish contains shellfish, peanuts, tree nuts, or any of the other major allergens. At a restaurant that serves seafood, that gap is not abstract. Allergic reactions to shellfish send people to emergency rooms and, in severe cases, kill them.
The Longer Record
The July 24 inspection is not an outlier for D'BO'S. State records show 29 inspections on file and 290 total violations across the facility's history.
The pattern in recent years is difficult to ignore. The December 2025 inspection produced six high-severity and two intermediate violations. The August 2025 inspection produced the same count: six high-severity, two intermediate. The March 2025 inspection turned up four high-severity and three intermediate violations. July 24's inspection matches the December and August tallies exactly on high-severity violations.
The March 2023 inspection stands out further back in the record. Inspectors cited 11 high-severity and six intermediate violations in a single visit that month, followed by a second inspection one week later that still found two high-severity violations. A third visit in late March 2023 cleared those issues.
The facility has never been emergency-closed in 29 inspections. Two inspections in 2025, one in May and one in July 2024, and one in March 2023 came back clean. But the stretch from August 2025 through July 2026 shows three consecutive inspection cycles with six high-severity violations each.
D'BO'S Daiquiri, Wings and Seafood was not closed after the July 24 inspection. It remained open with six high-severity violations on record, including unapproved food sourcing and no way to trace its shellfish.
