DAYTONA BEACH, FL. Back in April 2026, inspectors walked into Mr. Pizza Plus on Seabreeze Boulevard and found food sourced from unknown or unapproved suppliers, meaning no one could trace where it came from or whether it had ever passed a federal safety inspection.
That single violation, buried in a ten-item inspection report, was one of seven high-severity citations the restaurant collected on April 6. The facility was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The April 6 inspection produced ten violations in total, seven of them high-severity. Inspectors cited the restaurant for having no written employee health policy and for employees not reporting symptoms of illness, two violations that, together, describe a kitchen with no formal mechanism to keep a sick worker away from food.
The shellfish citation added another layer. Inspectors found inadequate shell stock identification records, meaning the oysters, clams, or mussels served at the restaurant could not be traced to a certified harvest source. Shellfish are frequently consumed raw or lightly cooked, which makes traceability essential when someone gets sick.
Inspectors also found that food was not being cooked to required minimum temperatures and that the restaurant had no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked menu items. Customers who are elderly, pregnant, or immunocompromised had no written notice that they were eating food that had not reached a temperature sufficient to kill Salmonella or other pathogens.
Toxic chemicals were stored or labeled improperly, a violation inspectors flagged alongside a citation for inadequate sanitizing procedures. Three intermediate violations rounded out the report: improper sanitizer concentration, inadequate ventilation and lighting, and poorly maintained toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of no employee health policy and employees not reporting illness symptoms is what public health officials describe as an outbreak pathway. Norovirus spreads through direct contact with contaminated food, and a single infected worker who is not required to report symptoms, and who has no written policy instructing them to stay home, can expose every customer served during a shift. The two violations found at Mr. Pizza Plus on April 6 describe exactly that scenario.
Food from unapproved sources is a different category of risk. When food bypasses USDA or FDA inspection, there is no chain of custody if someone gets sick. Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli have all been traced to uninspected supply chains. At Mr. Pizza Plus, the shellfish traceability failure compounded that problem. Oysters and clams carry a particular risk because they filter water and can concentrate pathogens, and the industry's tagging system exists specifically so a contaminated harvest can be pulled before it causes widespread illness.
Undercooking violations and the missing consumer advisory belong together. Inspectors found food not reaching required minimum temperatures, and customers were given no warning that some items on the menu were being served undercooked. For most healthy adults, that is a calculated risk they can make for themselves. For someone on chemotherapy, an elderly diner, or a pregnant woman, it is a risk they were never given the chance to refuse.
Improperly stored or labeled toxic chemicals near food carry the most immediate and acute risk of any violation on the April 6 list. A mislabeled chemical used to wipe down a prep surface, or stored where it can contaminate ingredients, can cause poisoning that presents within hours. It is not a slow-build risk. It is immediate.
The Longer Record
The April 6 inspection did not happen in isolation. State records show Mr. Pizza Plus has accumulated 308 violations across 34 inspections on file. The restaurant was emergency-closed once before, in September 2020, for rodent activity. It reopened the same day.
The inspection record since then shows a consistent pattern of high-severity citations. In April 2025, inspectors found six high-severity violations and two intermediate ones. In September 2024, five high-severity and two intermediate. In February 2024, another five high-severity and two intermediate. The numbers fluctuate slightly, but the high-severity count has never dropped to zero in any of the six most recent substantive inspections.
Two days after the April 6 inspection, a follow-up visit on April 8 still found two high-severity violations and two intermediate ones. That follow-up result means the restaurant had not fully corrected its most serious deficiencies within 48 hours of the original inspection.
Thirty-four inspections and 308 total violations over the life of the record is not a snapshot of a bad week. It is a documented pattern across years, with the same categories of high-severity violations appearing in visit after visit.
Open for Business
Florida law gives inspectors the authority to order an emergency closure when conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Seven high-severity violations at Mr. Pizza Plus on April 6, including unapproved food sourcing, no illness reporting policy, and improperly stored toxic chemicals, did not meet that threshold.
The restaurant served customers that day, and the day after, and the day after that.