WINTER GARDEN, FL. State inspectors walked into Thai Blossom Restaurant on West Plant Street on June 2, 2026, and found food not cooked to the required minimum temperature, a violation that means whatever was on the plate may have still harbored live pathogens when it reached a customer.
That was one of six high-severity violations cited that day. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The cooking temperature violation is the most direct threat to anyone who ordered poultry or meat. Salmonella in chicken survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. A piece of chicken that looks done and isn't creates no visible warning for a customer.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled near the food operation. That violation means a cleaning agent or other chemical product was close enough to food prep areas that mislabeling or a spill could contaminate food directly, with no opportunity for a customer to detect it before eating.
Food contact surfaces, including cutting boards and prep equipment, were found not properly cleaned or sanitized. Those surfaces carry bacteria from one food item to the next. A board used for raw protein and not sanitized before produce is placed on it is a direct cross-contamination path.
Employees were also observed using improper handwashing technique. The citation is not for skipping handwashing entirely. It means staff went through the motions and still left pathogens on their hands before returning to food preparation.
The fifth high-severity citation involved time as a public health control. When a kitchen uses time instead of temperature to manage food safety, the rules require strict tracking of how long food has been in the temperature danger zone. That tracking was not being done properly here.
The sixth high-severity violation: no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked items. Customers who are pregnant, elderly, or immunocompromised rely on that notice to make informed decisions about what they order.
What These Violations Mean
The combination of undercooking and improper time controls at Thai Blossom describes a kitchen where food can spend extended time in the bacterial growth range, between 41 and 135 degrees Fahrenheit, without anyone reliably tracking it. Bacteria like Salmonella and Staphylococcus aureus double in count roughly every 20 minutes in that range. A piece of poultry that is also undercooked at the end of that process carries compounded risk.
The chemical storage violation adds a separate and unrelated danger. Cleaning agents stored near food preparation areas, or in unlabeled containers, can end up in food through a spill, a mislabeled bottle, or simple proximity. Unlike bacterial contamination, chemical poisoning produces symptoms almost immediately and can be severe.
The handwashing technique failure is easy to underestimate. An employee who washes hands for two seconds, or skips the wrist and lower arm, or doesn't use soap long enough, can transfer Norovirus or E. coli to every surface and food item they touch afterward. The technique citation means the attempt was made and still fell short.
Taken together, these six violations describe multiple simultaneous failure points on June 2, 2026. Any one of them, on its own, is sufficient grounds for a high-severity citation.
The Longer Record
Thai Blossom has 23 inspections on record and 232 total violations documented across that history. That averages more than 10 violations per inspection, and the high-severity count has not declined.
The most recent prior inspection, December 9, 2025, produced seven high-severity and four intermediate violations. The inspection before that, March 4, 2025, produced six high-severity and two intermediate violations. Going back further: nine high-severity violations in October 2024, six in April 2024, six in December 2023, nine in May 2023, eight in December 2022, five in June 2022.
The restaurant has never been emergency-closed in its inspection history.
That is a pattern spanning at least four years in which the facility has consistently drawn between five and nine high-severity violations per inspection. The June 2026 inspection, with six high-severity citations, falls squarely in the middle of that range.
Still Open
Emergency closure in Florida requires an inspector to determine that an imminent hazard to public health exists. Six high-severity violations, including undercooking, chemical mishandling, and improper handwashing, did not meet that threshold on June 2, 2026.
Thai Blossom Restaurant on West Plant Street remained open for business after the inspection.