DEERFIELD BEACH, FL. Inspectors visiting Temak House Florida on West Hillsboro Boulevard on August 6 found that the restaurant was not following parasite destruction procedures, a failure that means fish, pork, or wild game on the menu could reach a customer's plate still carrying live parasites capable of causing serious illness.
That was one of eight high-severity violations documented that day. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The inspection also flagged toxic chemicals stored improperly or without adequate labeling near food. That violation sits alongside a separate finding that food contact surfaces, the cutting boards, prep tables, and utensils that touch every dish served, were not properly cleaned or sanitized.
Inspectors documented that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness, and that no person in charge was present or actively performing supervisory duties at the time of the visit. State data consistently links the absence of active managerial control to higher rates of critical violations across inspections.
The shellfish record was also flagged. Inspectors cited inadequate shell stock identification and records, meaning oysters, clams, or mussels on the menu could not be traced to a certified source if a customer became ill. A separate violation noted the restaurant had no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods, leaving diners with no way to make an informed choice about the risk.
Food described as in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated rounded out the high-severity findings.
On the intermediate level, inspectors cited multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, improper sanitizing solution or procedures, and inadequate cooling or cold holding equipment.
Eleven violations in total. The restaurant remained open after the inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The parasite destruction failure is among the most direct physical dangers in this inspection record. When fish is served without being frozen to the temperatures and durations required by food safety code, parasites including Anisakis roundworm and various tapeworm species can survive and be ingested by customers. The symptoms range from severe abdominal pain to, in rare cases, organ damage. The violation does not mean parasites were confirmed in the food. It means the procedures that would kill them were not being followed.
The toxic chemical storage violation carries a different but equally immediate risk. Chemicals stored near food, or without proper labeling, can contaminate dishes directly or be mistaken for food-safe products by kitchen staff. Acute chemical poisoning from restaurant settings is rare but well-documented, and the risk scales with the number of people eating at a facility on any given day.
The illness-reporting failure is the violation most likely to affect the largest number of people in the shortest time. A single food worker who continues working while symptomatic with norovirus can expose dozens of customers during a single shift. Norovirus is transmitted through contaminated food and surfaces and spreads rapidly in group settings. The absence of a reporting requirement being enforced is not a paperwork problem. It is an active transmission route.
The combination of improperly cleaned food contact surfaces, inadequate sanitizing procedures, and unclean multi-use utensils compounds all of the above. Bacteria transferred from a contaminated surface can survive on improperly sanitized equipment for hours, moving from one dish to the next across an entire service period.
The Longer Record
The August 6 inspection was not an isolated event. State records show Temak House Florida has been inspected nine times in total, accumulating 69 violations across that history.
The pattern is consistent. Inspectors found 8 high-severity and 2 intermediate violations in April 2024, 5 high-severity violations in August 2025, and 4 high-severity violations in both January 2025 and October 2025. The facility passed two inspections cleanly, in June 2024 and August 2023, but high-severity findings have returned in every subsequent inspection after each of those clean visits.
The day after the August 6 inspection, a follow-up visit on August 7 still found 4 high-severity and 3 intermediate violations. That means after an inspection documenting 8 high-severity violations, nearly half that count remained unresolved the next day.
The facility has never been emergency-closed in its inspection history on record.
The Longer Pattern
Two violations from August 6 stand out as recurring concerns across the inspection history: the management failure and the food safety procedure gaps. A restaurant that passes inspection in June 2024 and returns to 5 high-severity violations by August 2025 is not experiencing isolated bad days. It is cycling.
The shellfish traceability failure documented on August 6 is particularly consequential in that context. If a customer became ill after eating shellfish at Temak House Florida and regulators needed to trace the source, incomplete shell stock records would make that investigation significantly harder, and potentially impossible in time to prevent additional illnesses.
As of the August 7 follow-up, Temak House Florida on West Hillsboro Boulevard was still operating, with four high-severity violations still on the books.
