ORLANDO, FL. An inspector visiting Maracaibo MIA LLC on S Semoran Boulevard on July 27 documented food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, a violation that means customers may have been served meat carrying live pathogens, including salmonella in poultry, which survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
That was one of seven high-severity violations cited that day. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooked food violation appeared alongside a finding that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, a combination that creates two separate pathways for the same bacteria to reach a customer's plate. Inspectors also cited inadequate handwashing facilities and improper hand and arm washing technique as separate violations, meaning the physical setup and the staff behavior both failed on the same visit.
No person in charge was present or performing supervisory duties during the inspection.
Inspectors also documented that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, and that the facility lacked adequate shellfish traceability records. Shellfish, including oysters, clams, and mussels, are served raw or lightly cooked and carry no safety margin if the sourcing chain cannot be reconstructed after a customer falls ill.
Two intermediate violations rounded out the report: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned and equipment found in poor repair or condition.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooked food violation is the most direct threat on this inspection report. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and if food at Maracaibo MIA was not reaching that threshold, customers eating chicken dishes had no protection from the pathogen. This is not a procedural paperwork issue.
The handwashing findings compound the risk. Two separate violations, one for inadequate facilities and one for improper technique, mean that even if an employee wanted to wash their hands correctly, the setup did not support it. Studies show that improper handwashing technique leaves pathogens on hands even when a washing attempt is made, so the technique violation alone is not a minor citation.
The employee illness reporting failure is a different category of danger. Food workers who do not report symptoms of illness are the leading cause of multi-victim norovirus outbreaks. A single sick employee handling food without reporting can expose dozens of customers before anyone connects the illnesses.
The shellfish traceability gap matters most after the fact. Without proper shell stock identification records, if customers who ate raw shellfish at Maracaibo MIA become ill, health officials cannot trace the lot back to a harvest source to determine how many others may have been exposed.
The Longer Record
The July 27 inspection was not an aberration. State records show 35 inspections on file for this facility, with 332 total violations accumulated across that history.
The most recent inspections tell a consistent story. In February 2026, inspectors cited 4 high-severity violations. In August 2025, another 4 high-severity violations. In February 2025, a single follow-up inspection showed zero high-severity violations, but the very week before, on February 17, inspectors had cited 10 high-severity violations in a single visit.
The pattern reaches further back. In January 2024, Maracaibo MIA logged 12 high-severity violations and 7 intermediate violations in one inspection. In October 2023, inspectors found 10 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations. In August 2024, 7 high-severity and 6 intermediate violations.
The July 2026 inspection, at 7 high-severity violations, is not the worst this facility has produced. It is roughly the median. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The Pattern
What the inspection history shows is not a restaurant that had a bad week. It is a restaurant that has accumulated more than 330 violations across 35 inspections, with high-severity counts of 10, 12, 10, 7 and 4 in the years leading up to July 2026, broken occasionally by a clean inspection before the numbers climb again.
The person-in-charge violation on July 27 is worth holding against that history. CDC data links the absence of active managerial control to three times the rate of critical violations. In a facility where the critical violation count has repeatedly reached double digits, the absence of supervision on inspection day fits a recognizable shape.
As of July 27, 2026, Maracaibo MIA on S Semoran Boulevard remained open for business.
