ORLANDO, FL. Inspectors visiting Made in Puerto Rico Latin Cuisine & Sports Bar on South Semoran Boulevard on August 13, 2026 found food coming from unapproved or unknown sources, a violation that means no one can trace where the ingredients came from if a customer gets sick.
That was one of eight high-severity violations documented in a single inspection. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The August 13 inspection documented eight high-severity violations and three intermediate ones. Among the high-severity findings: food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, and toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food.
Inspectors also cited employees for not reporting symptoms of illness and for using improper handwashing technique. A person in charge was either not present or not performing required supervisory duties.
The restaurant had no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods. Three intermediate violations covered multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, single-use items being reused, and inadequate ventilation and lighting.
What These Violations Mean
Food from unapproved or unknown sources is not a paperwork problem. It means the ingredients bypassed USDA and FDA inspection entirely, and if a customer becomes ill, health investigators have no supply chain to trace. Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli have all been linked to uninspected food sources in outbreak investigations.
The cooking temperature violation compounds that risk directly. Salmonella survives in poultry held below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. When food arrives from an unverifiable source and is then undercooked, the two violations stack into a single, unbroken pathway from contaminated ingredient to sick customer.
The employee illness reporting failure is the third leg of that risk. Food workers who do not report symptoms are the leading cause of multi-victim outbreaks, particularly for norovirus, which spreads with as few as 18 viral particles and can move through an entire dining room from a single infected handler.
Improperly stored chemicals near food represent a separate and acute danger. Mislabeled or misplaced cleaning agents have caused poisoning incidents when they contaminate food or beverages during preparation. Combined with the absence of active managerial oversight documented on August 13, there was no one confirmed to be catching these conditions as they developed.
The Pattern
The August 13 inspection was not an outlier. It was the continuation of a record that now spans 36 inspections and 368 total violations at this address.
The seven most recent inspections before August 13 each produced high-severity violations. The June 2025 inspection logged 10 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations. The April 3, 2025 inspection logged 11 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations and triggered an emergency closure for roach activity. The restaurant reopened the following day.
The only clean inspection in the recent record was April 22, 2025, logged the day after a follow-up from that closure. Two weeks later, high-severity violations were back.
The August 14 follow-up inspection, conducted the day after the inspection that is the subject of this article, found 6 high-severity and 2 intermediate violations. The violations did not resolve in 24 hours.
The Longer Record
Thirty-six inspections is a substantial history. At 368 total violations across that record, the average inspection at this address has produced more than 10 violations. That average includes the one clean inspection in April 2025.
The prior emergency closure came after the April 3, 2025 inspection, which documented 11 high-severity violations including the roach activity that prompted the shutdown. The closure lasted one day. Within three weeks, the April 22 clean inspection had given way to a return of high-severity citations by early June.
Six of the eight most recent inspections on record each produced at least six high-severity violations. The categories repeat: management failures, food handling, sanitation, temperature. The August 13 inspection added food from unapproved sources and toxic chemical storage to a list that has remained largely consistent across more than a year of documented visits.
The restaurant at 6651 South Semoran Boulevard remained open after the August 13 inspection, with eight high-severity violations on record and a follow-up the next day that found six more.
