MAITLAND, FL. Inspectors visiting Selva Rosa at 901 S. Orlando Ave. on April 29 found the restaurant serving food sourced from unapproved or unknown suppliers, a violation that means no one can trace what customers were eating back through the supply chain if someone gets sick.
That was one of eleven high-severity violations documented in a single inspection. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The eleven high-severity violations span nearly every critical control point in a commercial kitchen. Inspectors cited undercooking violations, meaning food was served without reaching the temperatures required to kill pathogens like Salmonella. They also documented that food contact surfaces, the cutting boards, prep tables, and equipment that touches every plate that goes out, were not properly cleaned or sanitized.
Two separate handwashing violations appeared on the same report. Inspectors cited both inadequate handwashing facilities and improper technique, meaning the infrastructure was wrong and the practice was wrong.
The shellfish finding adds a specific layer of risk. Inspectors cited inadequate shell stock identification records, meaning the restaurant could not document where its oysters, clams, or mussels came from. That, combined with the unapproved food source violation, means traceability for some of the highest-risk items on the menu was effectively gone.
There was also no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods. Customers ordering dishes that carry inherent risk, including raw shellfish, had no notice.
Three intermediate violations accompanied the eleven high-severity findings: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, improper waste disposal, and inadequate toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
The food sourcing violation is not a paperwork problem. Food from unapproved suppliers bypasses USDA and FDA inspection checkpoints, which means it may carry Listeria, Salmonella, or other pathogens that regulated supply chains are designed to screen out. If a customer becomes ill, investigators need those records to trace the source. At Selva Rosa on April 29, those records either did not exist or could not be produced.
The illness reporting violation is one of the most direct outbreak risks in food service. When employees are not required or trained to report symptoms, a worker with norovirus or Salmonella continues handling food, and the illness moves directly from the kitchen to the customer. Norovirus is the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, and food workers are its most common vehicle.
Undercooking is not a marginal risk. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. When food does not reach required minimum temperatures, any pathogen present in the raw ingredient survives onto the plate. At Selva Rosa, that violation existed alongside a food sourcing violation, meaning the starting ingredient may have had no regulatory oversight, and the cooking process may not have compensated for it.
The person in charge violation compounds everything else. CDC data shows restaurants without active managerial control on the floor accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those with engaged supervision. On April 29, that supervision was absent or ineffective.
The Longer Record
The April 29 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show Selva Rosa has been inspected 24 times and has accumulated 260 total violations across its history. No inspection in the past four years has come back clean.
The pattern in high-severity violations is consistent and worsening at key points. The December 2022 inspection produced 8 high-severity violations. April 2023 produced 7. The April 2024 inspection logged 5 high-severity and 5 intermediate violations. The April 29, 2026 inspection produced 11 high-severity violations, the highest single-day count in the available record.
A follow-up inspection on April 30, the day after the egregious April 29 visit, found 3 high-severity and 1 intermediate violation still present. That means even after inspectors had documented eleven critical failures and the restaurant had been put on notice, three high-severity problems remained the next morning.
The restaurant has never been emergency-closed in its inspection history. On April 29, 2026, with eleven high-severity violations on the books, it stayed open for business.
The Longer Record
Selva Rosa: High-Severity Violations by Inspection
Across 24 inspections and 260 total violations, Selva Rosa has never been issued an emergency closure order.
After the worst single inspection in its documented history, the restaurant in Maitland remained open.