DELRAY BEACH, FL. An inspector visiting Furin Sushi and Thai on Linton Boulevard on September 11 found food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, a violation that means pathogens like Salmonella can survive in undercooked poultry and reach a customer's plate. The restaurant was not closed.
That single violation was one of six high-severity citations issued that day. Inspectors also documented three intermediate violations, bringing the total to nine. The facility at 4801 Linton Blvd., Suite B-2, remained in operation throughout.
What Inspectors Found
No person in charge was present or performing duties at the time of the inspection. CDC data cited in the violation record notes that establishments without active managerial control accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those that do.
Inspectors also found that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, one of the most direct pathways to a multi-victim outbreak. Norovirus, which spreads through food handled by symptomatic workers, can incapacitate dozens of people from a single service shift.
The handwashing picture was particularly layered. Inspectors cited the facility both for inadequate handwashing facilities and for improper handwashing technique. That means the infrastructure to wash hands properly was insufficient, and the technique being used was also wrong. Two separate failures, documented on the same visit.
Furin Sushi and Thai does not post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, which is a required disclosure for any menu item that may be served below minimum safe temperatures. Without that notice, a pregnant woman, an elderly customer, or someone with a compromised immune system has no way of knowing the risk before ordering.
On the intermediate side, inspectors documented improper sewage or waste water disposal, improperly cleaned multi-use utensils, and single-use items being reused. Improperly cleaned utensils can develop bacterial biofilms within 24 hours, according to the violation record, biofilms that resist standard cleaning and continue to contaminate food contact surfaces.
What These Violations Mean
Undercooking is one of the most direct causes of foodborne illness on record. Salmonella in poultry requires an internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit to be destroyed. When food is pulled before reaching that threshold, any bacteria present survives and is served to the customer. At Furin, this violation was documented alongside a finding that no qualified manager was on site to catch or correct it.
The illness-reporting failure compounds that risk. When a food worker does not report symptoms and continues handling food, they become a direct transmission route. Norovirus in particular requires only a tiny viral load to infect another person, and it spreads efficiently through food that is touched by symptomatic hands.
The sewage disposal violation adds a separate contamination pathway. Improper handling of wastewater creates the potential for fecal matter to reach food preparation surfaces. Combined with inadequate handwashing facilities and flawed technique, the inspection record from September 11 describes a kitchen where multiple hygiene barriers had broken down simultaneously.
The Longer Record
The September 2026 inspection was not an aberration. State records show Furin Sushi and Thai has been inspected 24 times and has accumulated 121 total violations across its history.
High-severity violations have appeared in every single inspection on record going back to at least 2022. The counts per visit: three in September 2022, four in March 2023, three in September 2023, three in February 2024, one in July 2024, four in January 2025, five in August 2025, two in December 2025, and six on September 11, 2026. The trajectory is not improving.
The facility has never been emergency-closed. Not once across 24 inspections and 121 violations.
The August 2025 inspection, just over a year before this one, produced five high-severity violations with no intermediate citations. Four months later, in December 2025, inspectors returned and found two more high-severity violations. The pattern is one of persistent, recurring high-severity findings with no sustained period of clean inspections in the record.
Still Open
Florida's emergency closure authority is triggered when an inspector determines that conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Six high-severity violations, including undercooked food, no manager on duty, employees not reporting illness, and broken handwashing infrastructure, were not enough to trigger that determination on September 11.
Furin Sushi and Thai remained open that day.
