WESTON, FL. A state inspector walked into Salumeria 104 on Weston Road on August 14 and documented that the restaurant had not followed parasite destruction procedures for fish and other high-risk proteins, a lapse that can leave customers exposed to live Anisakis worms, tapeworms, and Trichinella without any visible sign in the food itself.
The inspector left with a report listing seven high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The parasite violation is the one that tends to get lost in the language of inspection reports. It means that fish, pork, or wild game served at the restaurant had not been frozen to the temperatures and durations required to kill internal parasites before reaching a customer's plate.
Salumeria 104 is an Italian-style delicatessen and restaurant, a format that routinely features cured meats, raw preparations, and lightly cooked fish. Those are precisely the product categories where parasite destruction protocols carry the most weight.
Inspectors also cited the restaurant for inadequate shell stock identification and records. Oysters, clams, and mussels sold or served without proper tagging cannot be traced back to their harvest location if a customer becomes ill. That gap matters most in a norovirus or Vibrio outbreak, where identifying the source quickly is the difference between containing an illness cluster and watching it spread.
The employee illness reporting violation adds a third layer. A food worker who does not know to report symptoms, or works through them, is the most direct route from a sick person to a customer's food.
The remaining four high-severity citations covered food not cooked to minimum required temperatures, food contact surfaces not properly cleaned or sanitized, no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked items, and no demonstrated allergen awareness among staff. The three intermediate violations included improper sewage or wastewater disposal, multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction failure and the shellfish traceability gap are not paperwork problems. They are conditions that produce sick people.
Anisakis, the most common fish parasite in inspection citations, causes severe abdominal pain, vomiting, and in some cases requires surgical removal from the gut wall. Trichinella in undercooked pork can trigger muscle inflammation that lasts for weeks. Neither parasite is visible to a customer, and neither announces itself until hours or days after the meal.
The shellfish traceability violation compounds the risk. If a customer who ate oysters or clams at Salumeria 104 develops Vibrio infection, investigators need the harvest tags to identify the source bed and pull product from distribution. Without those records, that chain of response breaks down at the first link.
The allergen awareness violation is a different category of danger. Food allergies affect 32 million Americans, and reactions to tree nuts, shellfish, or dairy can escalate to anaphylaxis within minutes. A restaurant that cannot demonstrate allergen awareness among its staff is one where a customer with a known allergy cannot rely on the answer they receive when they ask what is in a dish.
The sewage disposal violation is the one that tends to alarm inspectors most quickly on sight. Improperly handled wastewater carries fecal pathogens that can contaminate surfaces, equipment, and food in a facility with no visible sign of contamination.
The Longer Record
The August 14 inspection was the 32nd on record for Salumeria 104. Across those inspections, the facility has accumulated 244 total violations.
The pattern in the most recent years is consistent. The February 2026 inspection found four high-severity and two intermediate violations. The August 2025 inspection found five high-severity and one intermediate. The March 2025 inspection found eight high-severity and one intermediate violations, the worst single-inspection count in the recent run. The October 2024 inspection found four high-severity and two intermediate violations. The April 2024 inspection found six high-severity and three intermediate violations.
The lone clean inspection in that window was September 23, 2023. The very next day, September 22, 2023, a separate inspection found five high-severity and one intermediate violations. The record shows no extended period without high-severity citations since at least 2023.
The facility has never been emergency-closed. In six of the eight most recent inspections on record, inspectors documented at least four high-severity violations and allowed the restaurant to remain in operation.
The Pattern
Seven high-severity violations in a single inspection is not a one-time event at this address. It is the upper end of a range that has held for years.
The categories shift slightly from visit to visit. Temperature violations appear. Sanitation citations rotate in and out. The shellfish records problem and the parasite destruction failure are the kind of violations that require deliberate procedural changes to resolve, not a single corrective action on the day of inspection.
As of August 14, 2026, Salumeria 104 on Weston Road remained open for business.
