Wendy's 1769
Last inspected: Jan 12, 2026
50
Score
The Wendy's located at 1824 Reid St, Palatka, FL, underwent a high-risk inspection on January 12, 2026, with a score of 50. This inspection identified two critical, one major, and six minor violations. Historical data indicates a pattern of mostly high-risk scores across nine recorded inspections for this establishment.
16
Inspections
2
Critical latest
1
Major latest
6
Minor latest
Inspection History
Jan 12, 2026
Complaint Full
2 critical violations. 1 major violation. 6 minor violations.
50
Jul 10, 2025
Complaint Full
No violations found.
100
Jul 9, 2025
Complaint Full
1 critical violation.
86
Jul 2, 2025
Complaint Full
5 critical violations. 7 minor violations.
33
Jun 20, 2025
Complaint Partial
No violations found.
100
Jun 19, 2025
Complaint Partial
1 critical violation.
86
Jun 18, 2025
Complaint Partial
1 critical violation.
86
Jun 16, 2025
Complaint Partial
1 critical violation.
86
Feb 14, 2025
Routine - Food
1 critical violation. 5 minor violations.
64
Sep 19, 2024
Routine - Food
2 critical violations. 4 major violations. 10 minor violations.
30
Jun 12, 2024
Complaint Partial
No violations found.
100
Jan 4, 2024
Routine - Food
1 major violation. 8 minor violations.
61
Aug 17, 2023
Routine - Food
4 critical violations. 3 minor violations.
47
Jan 31, 2023
Complaint Full
1 critical violation. 1 major violation. 2 minor violations.
70
Nov 17, 2022
Complaint Full
2 major violations. 2 minor violations.
74
Aug 2, 2022
Complaint Full
No violations found.
100
Violations — Jan 12, 2026 Inspection
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine/bin. Mold like substance spots around chute of bulk ice bin. **Repeat Violation**
22-20-5
Basic - Cardboard used on floor as anti-slip measure not replaced every day or when heavily soiled, whichever comes first. Heavily soiled cardboard on floor under fryer station on cook line.
36-06-4
Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Employee on cook line preparing customer order missing beard restraint when needed.
13-04-4
Basic - Equipment and utensils not properly air-dried - wet nesting. On storage shelves in ware washing and prep area, clean meal containers stacked while wet.
24-08-4
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Walk in cooler and walk in freezer door gaskets torn. Ice build up along door seal of walk in freezer. **Repeat Violation**
14-11-5
Basic - Floor, walls and ceiling soiled/has accumulation of debris. Floor behind soda machine at drive through window soiled with debris. Ceiling vent over cook line with mold like substance staining around air vent. **Repeat Violation**
36-73-4
High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. Observed one fly in prep/ware washing area. Person in charge attempted to remove. **Corrective Action Taken** **Repeat Violation** **Admin Complaint**
35A-02-7
High Priority - Shell eggs in use or stored with cracks or broken shells. See stop sale. In walk in cooler, one cracked raw shell egg leaking onto intact raw shell egg. Operator discarded both eggs. **Corrective Action Taken**
01B-14-4
Intermediate - Food being cooled by nonapproved method as evidenced by inadequate rate of cooling during time of inspection. In walk in cooler; gravy (46F - Cooling) in covered pan and cooked sausage wrapped in plastic wrap (51F - Cooling) per operator from the morning shift and not present when cooling began, unable to determine time of cooling starting. Operator voluntarily discarded before cooling could be determined. **Corrective Action Taken**
03D-15-4
Priority (Critical)
Priority Foundation (Major)
Core (Minor)
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