KISSIMMEE, FL. Food workers at the Ramada by Wyndham on East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway were not reporting symptoms of illness during a July inspection, state records show, and the hotel had no written employee health policy to require them to do so.
State inspectors visited Ramada by Wyndham at 2261 East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway on July 28, 2026, and documented 8 high-severity violations and 3 intermediate violations. The facility was not emergency-closed.
What Inspectors Found
The three violations clustered around illness and hygiene form what inspectors consider a compounding risk. No written health policy means employees have no formal standard for when to stay home. No mechanism for reporting symptoms means sick workers stay on the line. And inadequate handwashing facilities, combined with improper technique, means that even workers who want to wash their hands cannot do so effectively.
Food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized. Inspectors also cited the facility for failing to follow required procedures for specialized food processes, a category that covers techniques like smoking, curing, and reduced-oxygen packaging, all of which require precise controls to prevent bacterial growth.
The intermediate violation for improper sewage or wastewater disposal stood out. Sewage exposure in a food-service environment creates the risk of fecal contamination across a facility, not just at a single point of contact.
No person in charge was present or performing supervisory duties during the inspection. That finding, on its own, often predicts the rest of the list.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of no employee health policy and employees not reporting illness symptoms is, according to public health data, the most direct route to a multi-victim outbreak. Norovirus, the pathogen most commonly linked to food-worker transmission, causes roughly 20 million cases in the United States each year, and a single sick employee handling food can infect dozens of guests. At a hotel property on one of Florida's busiest tourist corridors, the guest population cycles rapidly, which means any outbreak can scatter across multiple counties and states before it is detected.
Improper handwashing technique compounds the illness-reporting failure. Studies show that even a sincere attempt to wash hands using incorrect technique leaves significant pathogen loads on the skin. At this facility, inspectors found both the infrastructure and the execution to be inadequate.
Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces are a separate contamination pathway. Cutting boards, prep tables, and utensils that carry residual bacteria from one food item to the next are a documented vehicle for bacterial transfer, particularly when raw proteins are involved. The multi-use utensil citation at this location reinforces that pattern.
The absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods is a specific risk for elderly guests, pregnant women, young children, and anyone with a compromised immune system. These guests cannot make an informed choice about what they order if the menu does not disclose the risks.
The Longer Record
The July 2026 inspection was not an outlier. State records show the Ramada has been inspected 30 times and has accumulated 285 total violations, with zero emergency closures across that entire history.
The most recent prior inspections tell a consistent story. In December 2025, inspectors found 5 high-severity and 6 intermediate violations on one visit, and returned two weeks later to find 5 high and 3 intermediate. In August 2024, the count was 6 high and 4 intermediate. The facility did clear a January 2024 inspection with no high or intermediate violations, but that result stands alone in the record. Every other recent visit produced a significant high-severity count.
In November 2023, inspectors found 4 high and 5 intermediate violations. In March 2023, 4 high and 3 intermediate. In December 2022, 5 high and 3 intermediate. The pattern across nearly four years is nearly unbroken: multiple high-severity violations per visit, the same categories recurring, no closure ever ordered.
The July 2026 inspection produced the highest single-visit high-severity count in the recent record, 8, and the facility remained open.
Open for Business
The Ramada by Wyndham sits on East Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway in Kissimmee, a stretch of road that runs directly toward Walt Disney World and carries millions of tourists through Osceola County every year. Hotel food-service operations serve guests who are often unfamiliar with the property, who may be traveling with young children or elderly relatives, and who have no way to assess the inspection history of the kitchen preparing their breakfast.
State records confirm that as of the July 28 inspection, the facility had not been emergency-closed despite accumulating 285 violations across 30 inspections and reaching 8 high-severity citations in a single visit.
It remained open.
