ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FL. Chicken that did not reach the minimum required cooking temperature was among six high-severity violations documented at Huey's Magoo's Chicken Tenders on East Altamonte Drive during an August 6, 2026 inspection, state records show. The restaurant was not emergency-closed.
At a restaurant whose entire menu is built around chicken tenders, an undercooked poultry citation is not a peripheral finding. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and state inspectors flagged the facility for failing to meet that threshold.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooked chicken was not the only finding that put customers at direct risk. Inspectors also cited toxic chemicals stored improperly near food, a violation that carries the risk of acute poisoning through contamination or mislabeling.
Employees were documented using improper handwashing technique, meaning pathogens could remain on hands even after a washing attempt. That finding, combined with improperly cleaned multi-use utensils and single-use items being reused, describes a facility where contamination had multiple active pathways.
Food in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated was also flagged as a high-severity violation. So was a missing consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods, which is required so that vulnerable customers, including pregnant women, elderly diners, and people with compromised immune systems, can make an informed choice.
The shellfish traceability violation rounds out the six high-severity citations. Inspectors noted inadequate shell stock identification records, which matters because shellfish consumed raw or lightly cooked carry elevated risk, and without proper records, there is no way to trace the source if a customer becomes ill.
On the intermediate side, inspectors documented improper sewage or wastewater disposal, a violation that creates risk of fecal contamination throughout the facility. Wiping cloths were improperly used, a common but significant contamination vehicle. Ventilation and lighting were also found inadequate.
What These Violations Mean
Undercooked poultry is one of the most direct routes to a Salmonella outbreak. The bacterium survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and at a restaurant specializing in chicken tenders, the volume of product moving through the kitchen amplifies the risk considerably. A single batch served below temperature is not a theoretical hazard.
The improper handwashing technique citation compounds that risk. Handwashing is the primary barrier between what employees touch and what ends up on food. When the technique is wrong, that barrier fails even when the motion is performed, and inspectors documented exactly that at this facility on August 6.
Toxic chemicals stored near food represent a separate and acute danger. Mislabeled or improperly stored cleaning agents can contaminate food directly, and the resulting illness can be severe and fast-moving in a way that differs from bacterial foodborne illness.
The sewage disposal violation is the finding many customers would find most alarming if they understood what it means. Improper sewage handling creates the possibility of fecal contamination spreading through the facility, not just in one area. Combined with improperly cleaned utensils that can harbor bacterial biofilms and reused single-use items that were never designed to be sanitized, the August 6 inspection describes a facility with compounding hygiene failures, not isolated ones.
The Longer Record
The August 6 inspection was not an aberration. State records show 18 inspections on file for the Altamonte Springs location, with 103 total violations documented across that history.
The pattern in the most recent inspections is difficult to ignore. In April 2026, inspectors found five high-severity violations and two intermediate ones. That was ten days after a separate April visit that found only one intermediate violation, suggesting a rapid deterioration between inspections. Then, four months later, the facility produced six high-severity violations and five intermediate ones on August 6.
A March 2025 inspection found two high-severity violations. A September 2023 visit found three. The facility has never been emergency-closed across all 18 inspections on record, and there was a clean visit in January 2024 with zero violations at any level.
That clean record in early 2024 makes the trajectory since more notable. The five high-severity violations in April 2026 and the six in August 2026 represent the two worst single-inspection totals in the facility's documented history, and they occurred within the same calendar year.
Open for Business
Despite six high-severity violations documented on August 6, including undercooked chicken at a restaurant whose entire identity is built on chicken, Huey's Magoo's on East Altamonte Drive was not emergency-closed. It remained open.
State records show the same six high-severity violations and five intermediate violations appear on the August 7 entry as well, suggesting the findings carried into the following day's record.
The facility has accumulated 103 violations across 18 inspections and has never been ordered shut.
