SAINT AUGUSTINE, FL. A state inspector walked into Jenks Pizza at 2245 W CR 210 on April 29, 2026, and left with a report documenting seven high-severity violations, including food from unapproved sources, employees not reporting illness symptoms, and no procedures in place to destroy parasites in fish. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The most direct threat to customers in the April 29 report was the food sourcing violation. State records show the inspector cited food arriving from unapproved or unknown sources, meaning some ingredients on that menu bypassed USDA and FDA safety inspections entirely. If a customer got sick, there would be no supply chain record to trace.
Inspectors also cited a failure to follow parasite destruction procedures. For fish and pork served raw or undercooked, state rules require specific freezing or cooking protocols to kill organisms including Anisakis worms and Trichinella. The record does not indicate those steps were being taken.
Shell stock identification records were also inadequate. Oysters, clams, and mussels are high-risk foods, often eaten raw, and the tags that accompany each shipment are the only way to trace a contaminated batch back to its harvest source. Without them, an outbreak investigation has nowhere to start.
Food contact surfaces, including cutting boards and prep equipment, were cited as not properly cleaned or sanitized. That is a direct cross-contamination pathway between raw ingredients and finished food going to customers.
Toxic chemicals were stored or labeled improperly. The three intermediate violations covered sewage and wastewater disposal, the reuse of single-use items, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
The employee illness reporting violation is the one that can turn a single sick worker into a multi-table outbreak. Norovirus, the most common cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurants, spreads through direct contact with an infected food handler. State rules require employees to report symptoms before they come into contact with food. The April 29 inspection found that system was not functioning at Jenks Pizza.
The unapproved food source violation compounds every other risk on the list. When an ingredient has not passed through a licensed, inspected supplier, there is no documentation of where it came from, how it was handled, or what pathogens it may carry, including Listeria and Salmonella. If a customer becomes ill, investigators cannot pull a supplier record because none exists.
The absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods is a separate layer of risk. Customers who are pregnant, elderly, immunocompromised, or caring for young children face significantly elevated danger from undercooked proteins. Without a posted advisory, those customers have no way to make an informed choice about what they order.
Improper sewage disposal, one of the three intermediate violations, means the risk is not limited to the food itself. Raw sewage carries E. coli and other pathogens. A disposal failure anywhere in the facility creates a contamination pathway that can reach food preparation surfaces.
The Longer Record
The April 2026 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show Jenks Pizza has been inspected 22 times and has accumulated 175 total violations across that history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern of high-severity violations is consistent going back years. In July 2023, inspectors cited 10 high-severity violations in a single visit. In August 2022, the count was 8. December 2022 produced 6. The most recent inspection before April 2026, conducted in December 2025, found 6 high-severity violations and zero intermediate ones.
Only once in the available inspection history did Jenks Pizza receive a clean report: April 2022, when inspectors documented zero high-severity and zero intermediate violations. Every other inspection on record produced at least two high-severity citations.
The April 29, 2026 inspection, with seven high-severity violations, is the second-highest single-visit count in the facility's recorded history, behind only the July 2023 visit.
Still Open
State inspectors documented all ten violations on April 29 and left. Jenks Pizza continued to operate.