NEWBERRY, FL. A state inspector walked into McDonald's #34967 on West Newberry Road on June 19 and found food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, a violation that puts every customer who ordered that day at direct risk of pathogen exposure. The restaurant was not closed.
The June 19 inspection produced six high-severity violations and six intermediate violations, a total of 12 citations at a location that has now accumulated 131 violations across 19 inspections on record.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking citation is the most direct threat to customers. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and at a McDonald's, where chicken products move through the kitchen at high volume, a failure to reach minimum cooking temperatures is not a theoretical risk.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled, a violation that creates a contamination route through mislabeling or proximity to food preparation surfaces. That citation appeared alongside the finding that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, meaning bacteria could transfer from surface to food on every order prepared that day.
Parasite destruction procedures were also not followed. At a fast food chain, that citation is unusual and points to a failure in how fish or pork products are being handled before cooking.
The inspector also cited inadequate shell stock identification records and the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. Without that advisory posted, customers who are elderly, pregnant, or immunocompromised had no notice that they were being served food that carried elevated risk.
On the intermediate side, the inspector found improper sewage or wastewater disposal, a citation that introduces the possibility of fecal contamination reaching food preparation areas. Cooling equipment was found inadequate, multi-use utensils were not properly cleaned, single-use items were being reused, ventilation and lighting were insufficient, and equipment was in poor repair.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooking violation is the one that most directly affects anyone who ate at this location on or around June 19. When food does not reach required internal temperatures, pathogens including Salmonella and E. coli survive. A customer has no way to know this happened. There is no visible sign that a piece of chicken was pulled from the fryer thirty seconds too early.
The improper chemical storage citation compounds the risk. When cleaning agents or sanitizers are stored near food or mislabeled, the contamination pathway is direct and fast. Combined with food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned, the kitchen on June 19 had multiple simultaneous failure points between raw ingredients and the customer's tray.
The sewage citation is the kind of violation that tends to get lost beneath more dramatic findings, but it should not. Improper wastewater disposal introduces fecal bacteria into a kitchen environment. That bacteria does not stay in one place.
The absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked items means that the customers most at risk, pregnant women, elderly diners, people on immunosuppressants, received no warning. State rules require that advisory to be posted precisely because those customers cannot afford to find out after the fact.
The Longer Record
This was not a bad day at an otherwise clean restaurant. The June 19 inspection is the latest entry in a record that now spans 19 inspections and 131 total violations, with no prior emergency closures.
The most instructive comparison is September 2025. On September 22 of last year, the same location drew eight high-severity violations and two intermediate ones. A follow-up inspection the next day, September 23, showed one high-severity violation remaining. Then, on October 30, 2025, inspectors found zero high-severity and zero intermediate violations. That sequence suggested the problems had been corrected.
Eight months later, the location produced six high-severity violations in a single visit.
The pattern across the full history is consistent. The October 2023 inspection found five high-severity and five intermediate violations. The February 2023 inspection found two high and two intermediate. The January 2025 inspection found three high and four intermediate. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
Open for Business
State inspectors documented undercooking, improperly stored toxic chemicals, unsanitized food contact surfaces, parasite control failures, sewage disposal problems, and broken cooling equipment at this Newberry McDonald's on June 19, 2026.
The restaurant stayed open.