KISSIMMEE, FL. An inspector visiting + KE Pizza on East Osceola Parkway on August 18 found that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, that food was not being cooked to required minimum temperatures, and that toxic chemicals were stored improperly near food. The restaurant logged six high-severity violations and one intermediate violation in a single visit. It was not closed.
The facility at 2822 E Osceola Pkwy remained open to customers after the inspection concluded.
What Inspectors Found
The illness-reporting violation is the one that most directly puts customers at risk. When food workers experience symptoms of illness and continue handling food without reporting to a manager, they become a direct transmission route for pathogens like norovirus, which spreads person-to-person through contaminated food and surfaces. A single infected employee can trigger a multi-victim outbreak.
The undercooking violation compounds that risk. Food that does not reach required minimum internal temperatures can harbor Salmonella, E. coli, and other pathogens that survive low heat. In a pizza kitchen, that means proteins, sauces, and toppings that customers assume have been cooked through may not have been.
Toxic chemicals stored near or improperly labeled around food represent a separate and immediate hazard. Contamination from cleaning agents or pesticides can cause acute poisoning with no warning and no way for a customer to detect it before eating.
The improper sewage disposal violation, classified as intermediate, added a fecal contamination risk to the list. Sewage issues inside a food facility can spread bacteria throughout the kitchen through splash, drainage backup, or worker contact with contaminated surfaces.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of violations documented at + KE Pizza on August 18 represents nearly every major pathway through which a restaurant can sicken its customers simultaneously. Illness-reporting failures and undercooking are not administrative paperwork problems. They are the two conditions most directly associated with confirmed foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurant settings.
When time is used as a public health control, food is intentionally kept out of refrigeration for a defined window, and the restaurant tracks how long each item has been out. When that system is not properly used, food sits in the temperature danger zone between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit without anyone tracking how long it has been there. Bacteria double roughly every 20 minutes in that range.
Improperly sanitized food contact surfaces, including cutting boards, prep tables, and utensils, transfer bacteria from raw proteins to ready-to-eat food without any visible sign of contamination. A surface that looks clean can carry enough pathogen load to cause illness. The violation at + KE Pizza means that standard was not being met on the day of the inspection.
The Longer Record
August 18 was not an anomaly for + KE Pizza. State records show 26 inspections on file for the facility and 210 total violations across its history. That volume places this restaurant among the more heavily cited food service operations in Osceola County.
The pattern of high-severity violations is consistent and long-running. The inspection on March 12, 2025 produced six high-severity violations and one intermediate, an identical count to August 18. The July 12, 2024 inspection also produced six high-severity violations and one intermediate. The March 4, 2024 inspection produced five high-severity violations and one intermediate. Going back further, the August 8, 2023 inspection produced eight high-severity violations and two intermediate violations, the worst single-visit count in the recent record.
Every inspection in the past three years has produced at least two high-severity violations. None has produced zero.
The facility has never been emergency-closed. That fact sits alongside a record of 210 cumulative violations and a pattern of six high-severity citations appearing in multiple inspection cycles across 2023, 2024, and 2025.
Still Open
State inspectors have the authority to order an emergency closure when conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. On August 18, 2026, with six high-severity violations documented at + KE Pizza, including an illness-reporting failure, an undercooking violation, and improperly stored toxic chemicals, that authority was not exercised.
The restaurant on East Osceola Parkway served customers after the inspector left.
