Tamarac, Broward County

MCDONALD'S

8375 NW 88 AVE, Tamarac, FL 33321

FoodSeating
Latest violations
3
1 High Priority
Aug 13, 2025
City
Tamarac
County
Broward
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
6

Violation history

Florida violations grouped by priority level over time.

Inspection history

Florida inspections are violation-priority based, with high priority, intermediate, and basic counts shown separately.

Aug 13, 2025

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Basic: 2Total: 3

03B-01-6

Detail 23951550

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Hot table/heat lamp; hash browns (107F - Hot Holding). As per operator food in hot table for less than 30 minutes. Operator voluntarily discarded food items Corrective Action Taken

14-69-4

Detail 23951551

Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice build up in walk in freezer on back wall, shelves and behind fan unit. Repeat Violation

08B-12-5

Detail 23951552

Basic - Stored food not covered. In walk in freezer, stored minute steak and hamburgers not covered In reach in freezer cabinets stored hash browns not covered

Nov 1, 2024

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Basic: 2Total: 3

29-42-4

Detail 23326182

High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet.

14-69-4

Detail 23326181

Basic - Ice buildup in walk-in freezer. Underneath fan unit and on shelving/back wall

21-07-4

Detail 23326180

Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Sanitizer Bucket (Chlorine 0ppm). Operator remade to proper 100ppm. Explained to follow chlorine/sanitizer package instructions Corrected On-Site

Nov 15, 2023

Routine - Food

Call Back - Complied

No violations recorded for this inspection.

Nov 14, 2023

Routine - Food

Warning Issued

High Priority: 3Total: 3

03A-03-5

Detail 22440988

High Priority - Shell eggs not stored at an ambient air temperature of 45 degrees Fahrenheit or less. 1) In kitchen opposite griddle, in 2 DRAWER LOWBOY - raw shell eggs at ambient temperature 77F on unit thermometer. Per manager items pulled at 6:00am. 2) In walk in cooler, raw shell eggs at ambient temperature 55F on inside and outside thermometers. Per manager eggs in unit more than 4 hrs. See stop sale. Corrective Action Taken Warning

01B-02-5

Detail 22440989

High Priority - Stop Sale issued on time/temperature control for safety food due to temperature abuse. 1) In walk in cooler, butter (53F - Cold Holding); sliced cheese (54F - Cold Holding); pre-wrapped breakfast burritos (54F - Cold Holding); ice cream base (57F - Cold Holding); yogurt smoothie mix (57F - Cold Holding); fresh burgers (56F - Cold Holding); liquid eggs (55F - Cold Holding). Per manager all items in unit more than 4 hrs. Ambient thermometers inside and outside reading 55F. 2) In walk in cooler, raw shell eggs at ambient temperature 55F on inside and outside thermometers. Per manager eggs in unit more than 4 hrs. Warning

03A-02-5

Detail 22440987

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. 1) In kitchen opposite griddle, 2 DRAWER LOWBOY - liquid eggs (69F - Cold Holding); commercial scrambled eggs (71F - Cold Holding); canadian bacon (71F - Cold Holding). Per manager, items not prepared or portioned today; in unit since 6:00am. Manager removed all items back to freezer to rechill. 2) In walk in cooler, butter (53F - Cold Holding); sliced cheese (54F - Cold Holding); pre-wrapped breakfast burritos (54F - Cold Holding); ice cream base (57F - Cold Holding); yogurt smoothie mix (57F - Cold Holding); fresh burgers (56F - Cold Holding); liquid eggs (55F - Cold Holding). Per manager all items in unit more than 4 hrs. See stop sale. 3) At front counter, MILK DISPENSER - milk (81F - Cold Holding). Per manager bag in unit since 6:00am. Manager removed bag and discontinued use of unit. Warning

Aug 30, 2022

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 1Intermediate: 3Basic: 6Total: 10

12A-07-5

Detail 21316476

High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee completing different tasks, making beverages,bagging food, cash handling , then proceeded to put gloves without washing hands to engage in food preparation.

22-02-4

Detail 21316471

Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Observed frappe machine located at frappe station with built up mold like slime substance on nozzles and ice dispense chute. Observed mold like substance on Mac cafe machine in station. Observed old residue orange juice build up on juice machine. Observed mold like substance on interior of soda nozzles at soda station at drive thru station. Observed mold like substance on interior of nozzles at soda station located at front counter. Observed ice tea dispenser with mold like substance on nozzle of ice tea maker. Operator clean and sanitized station Corrected On-Site

31A-11-4

Detail 21316474

Intermediate - Handwash sink used for purposes other than handwashing. Observed hand washing sink located next to Frappe machine used as a dump sink. Operator cleaned and sanitized sink. Corrected On-Site

31B-05-4

Detail 21316478

Intermediate - Paper towel dispenser at handwash sink not working/unable to dispense paper towels. Observed paper towel dispenser unable to dispense paper at hand washing sink located in prep area. Operator fixed machine Corrected On-Site

23-24-4

Detail 21316470

Basic - Buildup of food debris/soil residue on equipment door handles. Observed build up of old food residue on microwave door handles, reach in cooler door and reach in coolers.

12B-12-5

Detail 21316475

Basic - Employee drinking from an unenclosed beverage container in a food preparation/clean dishware area and the container does not have a dispensing mechanism to prevent hand contact with lip contact area of drink container. Observed employee beverage on top of ledge by front counter. Operator removed employee beverage and discarded. Corrected On-Site

13-07-4

Detail 21316472

Basic - Employee wearing jewelry other than a plain ring on their hands/arms while preparing food. Observed employee wearing dangling bracelet while engaging in food preparation.

25-06-4

Detail 21316479

Basic - Single-service articles not stored inverted or protected from contamination. Observed single service items not inverted on prep line on top of muffin table. Corrected On-Site

25-09-4

Detail 21316473

Basic - Single-service items for customer self-service not properly protected to prevent contamination. Observed employees touching inside of lids of beverages being placed on beverages for guests at drive thru, food contact surface in contact with hands not washed and completing various tasks. Operator had employee throw away lids and wash hands Corrected On-Site

29-49-6

Detail 21316477

Basic - Standing water in bottom of reach-in-cooler. Observed standing water in reach in cooler holding frappe pouches for frappe machine.

Aug 19, 2021

Routine - Food

Inspection Completed - No Further Action

High Priority: 2Basic: 1Total: 3

22-43-4

Detail 20444400

High Priority - Quaternary ammonium sanitizer not at proper minimum strength for manual warewashing. Do not use equipment/utensils not properly sanitized. Observed 3 CS in use without quaternary sanitizer- operator set up chlorine sanitizer at 100ppm and found a back up container of quaternary before the end of the inspection. Corrected On-Site

03F-02-5

Detail 20444402

High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food identified in the written procedure as a food held using time as a public health control has no time marking and the time removed from temperature control cannot be determined. At the front line- operator placed a time mark on the container of sliced cheese. Corrected On-Site

42-01-4

Detail 20444401

Basic - Wet mop not stored in a manner to allow the mop to dry. Corrected On-Site