TEMPLE TERRACE, FL. Back in April 2026, state inspectors walked into Hyderabad Biryani House at 6810 Fowler Ave and left with a citation for failing to follow parasite destruction procedures, meaning fish, pork, or wild game served to customers had not been frozen or cooked to the temperatures required to kill Anisakis, tapeworms, and Trichinella.
That was one of seven high-severity violations documented during the April 13 inspection. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The parasite destruction citation was not the only violation with direct consequences for what landed on a customer's plate. Inspectors also found that food contact surfaces had not been properly cleaned or sanitized, a condition that creates a direct transfer route for bacteria between raw and ready-to-eat foods.
Toxic chemicals were improperly stored or labeled near food. That citation carries the risk of acute poisoning from contamination or mislabeled containers, and it appeared on the same inspection report alongside a finding that the restaurant had no written employee health policy.
Inspectors also cited the restaurant for inadequate shellfish traceability records. Without those records, there is no way to trace shellfish back to a harvest source if a customer becomes ill. The restaurant was further cited for failing to post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked menu items, leaving customers with no way to make an informed choice about that risk.
Improper handwashing technique rounded out the high-severity findings. Inspectors noted that employees were making handwashing attempts but using technique that left pathogens on their hands.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction failure is among the most direct food safety risks on this inspection report. When fish, pork, or wild game is not frozen to required temperatures or cooked thoroughly, parasites including Anisakis and Trichinella can survive and infect anyone who eats the food. At a restaurant serving biryani and other dishes that often feature fish or meat as centerpiece ingredients, that violation is not abstract.
The absence of a written employee health policy compounds nearly every other risk on the list. Without a policy that instructs sick workers to stay home, a single employee with Norovirus can contaminate food, surfaces, and utensils during a shift. Norovirus accounts for roughly 20 million illnesses in the United States each year, and food service workers are a primary transmission route.
Improperly sanitized food contact surfaces and improper sanitizer concentration, cited here as both a high-severity and intermediate violation, work together. Even if surfaces are wiped down, a sanitizer solution that is too weak or improperly applied leaves bacteria alive. Combined with the handwashing technique failure, the April 13 inspection described a kitchen where multiple contamination pathways were simultaneously uncontrolled.
The toxic chemical storage citation adds a separate category of risk entirely. Cleaning agents stored near or above food preparation areas can contaminate food directly. Mislabeled containers mean an employee reaching for one product could unknowingly grab another.
The Longer Record
The April 13 inspection was not an outlier. It was the second time in less than two weeks that inspectors documented exactly seven high-severity and three intermediate violations at the Fowler Avenue location. The March 31 inspection produced an identical count.
Across 28 inspections on record, Hyderabad Biryani House has accumulated 266 total violations. Every inspection in the available history going back to October 2023 included at least three high-severity citations. The December 2024 inspection matched the April 2026 count precisely, with seven high-severity and three intermediate violations documented in a single visit.
Four of the eight most recent inspections reached four or more high-severity violations. The restaurant has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern across those inspections suggests that violations in the high-severity category are not isolated incidents tied to a bad week or a staffing gap. They have appeared consistently, across different seasons, across different inspection teams, for at least two and a half years of documented history.
The Facility Remained Open
State inspectors cited Hyderabad Biryani House for seven high-severity violations on April 13, 2026, including failures tied to parasite destruction, chemical storage, food surface sanitation, shellfish traceability, and employee health policy. The restaurant was not emergency-closed.
It was the restaurant's 28th inspection on record. It was not the worst one.