CORAL SPRINGS, FL. Food at Sicilian Oven Wood Fired Pizza on West Sample Road was not cooked to required minimum temperatures during a state inspection on September 10, 2026, a violation that inspectors classify as a direct pathway for pathogen survival. The restaurant collected nine high-severity violations and two intermediate violations that day. It was not closed.
The September inspection is not the first time this Coral Springs pizzeria has drawn serious scrutiny. But the September 10 findings represent the highest single-visit high-severity count in the facility's recent documented history.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking violation is among the most direct risks documented. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and other pathogens in beef and pork persist at temperatures below their required minimums. A customer has no way to know food did not reach a safe internal temperature before it reached the table.
Inspectors also cited the restaurant for failing to use time properly as a public health control. When a facility opts to track time rather than temperature for certain foods, the rules require strict documentation and disposal windows. Without that, food can sit in the bacterial growth zone without any control mechanism in place.
The shellfish traceability violation adds a separate layer of risk. Oysters, clams, and mussels consumed raw or lightly cooked carry a direct route for illness, and without proper shell stock identification records, there is no way to trace the source if a customer becomes sick.
No consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was posted, meaning customers ordering anything served below standard cooking temperatures had no notice they were taking on that risk.
The Handwashing Problem
Two of the nine high-severity violations involve handwashing, and they compound each other. Inspectors cited both inadequate handwashing facilities and improper hand and arm washing technique. The first means the physical infrastructure to wash hands correctly was not in place. The second means that even when employees attempted to wash their hands, they did not do it correctly.
The employee illness reporting violation makes that worse. Food workers who do not report symptoms are the primary driver of multi-victim outbreaks. Norovirus, which spreads person-to-person through contaminated hands, is among the most common culprits. Without illness reporting, without functional handwashing infrastructure, and without proper technique, there is no barrier between a sick employee and a customer's plate.
The person-in-charge violation ties it together. CDC data shows establishments without active managerial control accumulate high-severity violations at roughly three times the rate of those with engaged management. On September 10, inspectors found no one fulfilling that role.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of violations documented on September 10 is not a list of isolated problems. It is a breakdown across multiple systems simultaneously. Undercooking and improper time controls mean food reaching customers may carry live pathogens. Inadequate handwashing facilities and improper technique mean employees cannot reliably prevent contamination even when they try. Improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, the cutting boards and prep equipment that touch every ingredient, allow bacteria to transfer between raw and ready-to-eat foods.
The shellfish violation carries its own specific danger. Without identification tags and receiving records for oysters or clams, the restaurant cannot tell regulators or a sick customer's doctor where the shellfish came from if an illness is reported. Traceability is the only tool available after someone gets sick, and that tool was absent here.
The no-consumer-advisory violation affects the most vulnerable customers specifically. Elderly diners, pregnant women, and anyone with a compromised immune system face elevated risk from undercooked proteins. A consumer advisory is the minimum notice they need to make an informed choice. It was not there.
The Longer Record
The September 10 inspection is the 27th on record for this facility, which has accumulated 212 total violations across its history and has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern in recent inspections is consistent. On May 27, 2025, inspectors documented five high-severity and three intermediate violations. On June 4, 2025, a second inspection that same day brought five more high-severity violations. February 2026 produced four high-severity violations. The severity count has climbed with each passing inspection cycle, not declined.
Eight of the last eight inspections on record produced at least two high-severity violations. The September 10 total of nine is the highest single-visit count in that stretch, but it did not arrive without warning. The same categories, management failures, food handling practices, hygiene infrastructure, have appeared repeatedly across multiple inspection years.
The restaurant has never been emergency-closed in 27 inspections.
On September 10, 2026, with nine high-severity violations documented at Sicilian Oven Wood Fired Pizza on West Sample Road, state inspectors left and the restaurant continued serving customers.
