Caribou Coffee #8930

22900 SR 54, Lutz, FL 33549 · Permanent Food Service · License 3919225

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Grade A
Safety score 93 of 100
Latest visit: Aug 26, 2026

What drove the grade

Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing.High priority · no follow-up needed · 2 other violations

How the score was calculated

  • Starting score100
  • Violations at the Aug 26 routine inspection
    2 high priority (no follow-up needed), 1 basic
    -7
  • Safety score93

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Inspection history

1 inspection · 1 visit

Routine inspection

3 violations found
  1. First visitAug 26, 2026 No follow-up needed

    Met the state's inspection standards; the inspector didn't need to come back. Any violations cited still count toward the grade.

    3 violations found:

    • 2 High priority
    • 1 Basic
    What the inspector cited

    High priority2

    • Code 22, Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized: Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing.

      Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Triple sink sanitation solution quaternary tested less than 150ppm. Operator remade it and tested 200ppm

    • Code 29, Plumbing and backflow prevention: Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.

      No back flow preventer at splitter with water hose attached in mop sink faucet.

    Basic1

    • Code 13, Clean clothes, hair restraints, jewelry: Employee with no hair restraint while engaging in food preparation.

      Manager asked her to put hat on

      Fixed on the spot

    Official report, on the Florida DBPR website

Reading this report

Priority levels

  • High priority The problems most likely to make someone sick directly.
  • Intermediate Could lead to a high-priority problem if not fixed.
  • Basic Best practices and general upkeep.

Terms in the inspectors’ reports

Vacuum breaker, backflow
Plumbing parts that keep dirty water, such as from a mop sink hose, from flowing back into the clean water supply.

Most cited

Clean clothes, hair restraints, jewelry1
Food-contact surfaces clean and sanitized1
Plumbing and backflow prevention1