The Golden Pacco Restaurant and Bakery
401 SW Dr MLK Jr Blvd, Belle Glade, FL 33430 · Permanent Food Service · License 6021083
What drove the grade
Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands.
How the score was calculated
- Starting score100
- Violations at the Oct 29 routine inspection2 high priority (no follow-up needed), 12 basic-18
- Safety score82
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Inspection history
1 inspection · 1 visitRoutine inspection
- First visitOct 29, 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.
14 violations found:
Official report, on the Florida DBPR websiteWhat the inspector cited
High priority2
Code 12, Handwashing and hygienic practices: Server handled soiled dishes or utensils and then picked up plated food, served food, or prepared a beverage without washing hands.
Observed employee handling dirty dishes with bare hands at the triple sink in kitchen then handling a bowl of rice at the food prep table immediately after without first handwashing. Advised employee to wash hands.
Employee touched soiled surface and then engaged in food preparation, handled clean equipment or utensils, or touched unwrapped single-service items without washing hands.
Observed employee wiping floor with bare hands and then sweeping with broom and dust then handling bowl of rice immediately after without first handwashing. Advised employee to wash hands.
Basic12
Code 08, Food protection and cross-contamination: Food stored on floor.
Observed on squash stored directly on floor in kitchen.
Code 14, Food-contact surfaces designed and maintained: Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food.
1. Observed plastic container with no handles stored in direct contact with rice in storage container in kitchen. 2. Observed styrofoam cup in direct contact with cornmeal in storage container in kitchen.
Ripped/worn tin foil used as shelf cover on storage shelves at food prep tables in kitchen.
Reach-in cooler shelves with rust that has pitted the surface at two door reach in cooler in kitchen.
Code 21, Wiping cloths and linens: Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses.
Observed several wet wiping cloths stored on food prep table opposite cookline in kitchen. Operator removed.
Fixed on the spot
Code 23, Non-food contact surfaces clean: Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust.
1. Hood filters at cookline in kitchen.
Code 32, Restrooms: Bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance.
Bathroom located inside establishment not completely enclosed with tight-fitting, self-closing doors.
Code 35, Insects, rodents, pests and animals: Dead roaches on premises.
1. Observed 2 dead roaches on glue board traps in kitchen. 2. Observed two dead roaches on glue board trap at front counter.
Code 36, Floors, walls, ceilings and ventilation: Floors not constructed to be easily cleanable.
Observed floors pitted in several areas throughout kitchen.
Ceiling tiles and vents soiled with accumulated food debris, grease, dust, or mold-like substance throughout kitchen.
Code 42, Premises and cleaning equipment: Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry.
Observed wet mop stored in bucket at mop sink.
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
- Nonfood-contact surface
- Surfaces food doesn’t touch, such as the outsides of equipment, handles and door gaskets.