ORLANDO, FL. State inspectors visiting Orlando Fuji Sushi on North Alafaya Trail on April 20 found food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, toxic chemicals stored improperly near food areas, and employees using faulty handwashing technique at a restaurant that serves raw fish to customers every day. The facility was not closed.
The April inspection produced six high-severity violations and two intermediate violations. That tally places it among the more serious inspection records in Orange County this spring, yet the restaurant at Suite 117 of the Alafaya Trail address continued serving customers after inspectors left.
What Inspectors Found
The most direct threat to customers was the food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers. At a sushi restaurant, where raw fish moves from supplier to cutting board to plate with minimal processing, knowing exactly where that fish came from is not a formality.
Inspectors also cited the restaurant for food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned or sanitized. Cutting boards, prep surfaces, and utensils that carry bacteria from one food item to the next are a primary vehicle for cross-contamination, and at a raw-fish kitchen that risk is compounded.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled near food areas. Inspectors additionally documented two separate handwashing failures: the physical facilities were inadequate, and employees were using improper washing technique. Both violations were cited on the same visit.
The restaurant also lacked a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods. That disclosure is required precisely because sushi carries inherent risk for pregnant women, the elderly, young children, and anyone with a compromised immune system.
What These Violations Mean
Food from unapproved sources is one of the most serious categories in Florida's inspection framework because it severs the traceability chain. If a customer gets sick, investigators need to know which supplier provided the fish, when it was harvested, and how it was handled. When a restaurant cannot answer those questions, the investigation stops before it starts. Pathogens including Listeria and Salmonella can survive in improperly sourced seafood, and a raw-fish menu offers no cooking step to neutralize them.
The twin handwashing violations documented at Orlando Fuji Sushi on April 20 represent a compounding failure. Inadequate facilities means employees may not have had access to the soap, water temperature, or physical setup required to wash effectively. Improper technique means that even when an attempt was made, pathogens remained on hands. Both failures happening simultaneously at a raw-fish kitchen create a direct route from contaminated surface or supplier to a customer's plate.
Improperly stored chemicals near food areas carry the risk of acute poisoning through direct contamination or mislabeling. A bottle stored near prep surfaces that is mistaken for a food-safe product, or that leaks onto a cutting board, can cause illness that mimics foodborne disease and may not be immediately recognized as chemical in origin.
The missing consumer advisory for raw and undercooked foods may appear to be a paperwork violation. It is not. Florida requires that disclosure because the population who needs that warning, pregnant women, elderly diners, immunocompromised patients, is exactly the population least equipped to recover from a Vibrio or Salmonella infection contracted from raw fish.
The Longer Record
Orlando Fuji Sushi has 35 inspections on record with 404 total violations documented across that history. The April 2026 inspection was not an outlier.
The prior seven inspections with recorded violations tell a consistent story. In February 2023, inspectors found eight high-severity and two intermediate violations. In October 2023, seven high and two intermediate. In February 2024, nine high and four intermediate. In July 2024, ten high and two intermediate. In March 2025, nine high and one intermediate. In September 2025, six high and one intermediate.
The pattern holds across three years: six to ten high-severity violations per inspection, with brief clean inspections occasionally interrupting the sequence. The restaurant recorded zero violations in August 2023 and again in March 2026, one month before the April visit that produced six high-severity citations.
That March 2026 clean inspection and the April 2026 violations are now back to back in the record. The restaurant has never been emergency-closed across 35 inspections.
Still Open
Six high-severity violations at a raw-fish restaurant, including food from an unknown source, improperly stored toxic chemicals, and two separate handwashing failures, were not enough to trigger an emergency closure order on April 20, 2026.
Orlando Fuji Sushi remained open after the inspection.