YULEE, FL. A state inspector walked into Tasty's #2 on SR 200 on April 22 and documented seven high-severity violations, including improperly stored toxic chemicals, no employee health policy, and no demonstration of allergen awareness by staff. The restaurant was not closed.
The inspection also turned up two intermediate violations, one involving improper sewage or wastewater disposal and another citing inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities. In all, nine violations were recorded in a single visit. The facility stayed open throughout.
What Inspectors Found
The chemical storage violation is among the most immediately dangerous on the list. Toxic chemicals stored near or improperly labeled around food preparation areas can contaminate food directly, and mislabeled containers can lead staff to apply the wrong substance to surfaces where food is prepared or plated.
The allergen violation compounds that risk. Food allergies affect an estimated 32 million Americans, and without staff demonstrating awareness of allergen protocols, a customer with a severe allergy has no reliable way to know whether a dish is safe. Allergic reactions send roughly 30,000 people to emergency rooms each year.
The inspector also cited the facility for no employee health policy and for employees not reporting illness symptoms. Those two violations travel together. Without a written policy, workers have no formal guidance on when to stay home, and without reporting, a sick employee can transmit illness to dozens of customers before anyone knows there is a problem.
Parasite destruction procedures were not being followed. That violation applies when fish, pork, or wild game is served in a way that requires prior freezing or thorough cooking to kill parasites including Anisakis and Trichinella. No consumer advisory was posted to warn customers that certain items were raw or undercooked.
The person in charge was either not present or not performing supervisory duties. That single condition, according to CDC data, correlates with three times the rate of critical violations compared to facilities with active managerial oversight.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of no health policy, no illness reporting, and no person in charge is not three separate problems. It is one compounding failure. When no manager is enforcing rules, no written policy exists to consult, and employees have no obligation to report symptoms, a worker with Norovirus can handle food through an entire shift. Norovirus accounts for roughly 20 million cases of foodborne illness in the United States annually, and a single infected food handler is capable of triggering a multi-victim outbreak.
The sewage and toilet facility violations add a separate pathway for contamination. Improper wastewater disposal creates the conditions for fecal contamination to spread through a kitchen. Inadequate restroom facilities reduce the likelihood that employees wash their hands consistently, which closes the loop back to the illness-reporting failures.
The parasite and consumer advisory violations together mean customers ordering certain fish or meat dishes had no information about whether those items carried parasite risk, and no assurance that proper destruction procedures had been applied before the food reached the table.
The Longer Record
The April 22 inspection was not an anomaly. State records show Tasty's #2 has been inspected 26 times and has accumulated 181 total violations across that history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The most direct comparison to this month's inspection is October 1, 2025, when the same facility recorded seven high-severity violations and two intermediate violations, an identical severity profile to what inspectors found six months later. A follow-up visit the next day, October 2, showed zero high or intermediate violations, suggesting rapid correction. But the pattern returned.
Tasty's #2: Recent Inspection History
Prior to October 2025, the facility recorded three high-severity violations in October 2024 and two more in March 2025. The violations have not been confined to one category or one visit. They have appeared across food safety management, temperature control, and facility maintenance across multiple inspection cycles.
The facility has 181 total violations across 26 inspections and has never been emergency-closed. After the April 22 visit, with seven high-severity violations documented and the person in charge either absent or not functioning in that role, it remained open for business.