Apr 24, 2026
Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
Basic: 1Total: 1
14-11-5
Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Gaskets on the flip top reach in cooler door.
Lakeland Highlands, Polk County
SUSHI MASA SEAFOOD & JAPANESE FUSION
5700 S FLORIDA AVE, Lakeland Highlands, FL 33813
FoodSeating
Latest violations
1
1 Basic
Apr 24, 2026
City
Lakeland Highlands
County
Polk
Status
Current / Active
Inspections
7
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.
Detail 24537921
Dec 2, 2025
Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
High Priority: 1Basic: 1Total: 2
03B-01-6
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food, other than whole meat roast, hot held at less than 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Brown rice 87F. Manager added the rice to their Time As A Public Health Control. Corrective Action Taken
10-17-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knives between the flip top reach in cooler and the prep table across from the cook line.
Feb 19, 2025
Routine - Food
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
High Priority: 2Intermediate: 1Basic: 1Total: 4
12A-20-4
High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap.
03F-02-5
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. Employee was able to determine the time on the fried rice. The time was marked. Corrected On-Site
12A-03-4
Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed his hands at the 3 compartment sink.
22-20-5
Basic - Accumulation of black/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine. 2nd ice machine in the dry storage area.
Sep 4, 2024
Complaint Full
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
Intermediate: 3Basic: 1Total: 4
22-02-4
Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Can opener blade. Can opener at the end of the prep table near the back door. Can opener was removed to be washed, rinsed and sanitized.
05-08-4
Intermediate - No probe thermometer provided to measure temperature of food products.
53B-10-4
Intermediate - Records/documents for required employee training do not contain all of the required information. No training dates.
21-07-4
Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. 10 ppm. The manager made fresh sanitizer at 100 ppm. Corrected On-Site
Jan 31, 2024
Routine - Food
Call Back - Complied
No violations recorded for this inspection.
Jan 26, 2024
Routine - Food
Warning Issued
High Priority: 4Intermediate: 3Basic: 3Total: 10
09-01-4
High Priority - Employee touching ready-to-eat food with their bare hands - food was not being heated as a sole ingredient to 145 degrees F or immediately added to other ingredients to be cooked/heated to the minimum required temperature to allow bare hand contact. Establishment has no approved Alternative Operating Procedure. Employee placed cooked shrimp on a plate with his bare hands. The manager had the employee to wash his hands and put on gloves. Corrective Action Taken Warning
12A-20-4
High Priority - Employee washed hands with no soap. The manager had the employee to wash his hands using soap. Corrective Action Taken Warning
08A-05-6
High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Raw chicken over sushi rolls top section of the flip top reach in cooler across from the fryers. The chicken was relocated. The sushi rolls are deep fried. Corrected On-Site Warning
03A-02-5
High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. sushi rolls (45F - Cold Holding); sushi rolls (46F - Cold Holding); sushi rolls (45F - Cold Holding) Inside the top section of the flip top reach in cooler across from the fryers. Warning
12A-03-4
Intermediate - Employee washed hands in a sink other than an approved handwash sink. Employee washed his hand at the 3 compartment sink. The manager had the employee to wash his hands at a designated hand washing sink. The 3 compartment sink was washed,rinsed and sanitized. Corrective Action Taken Warning
16-32-5
Intermediate - Incorrect chemical test kit provided for measuring the concentration of the sanitizer solution used in the three-compartment sink and/or dishmachine. Dishmachine. Warning
03F-10-5
Intermediate - No written procedures available for use of time as a public health control to hold time/temperature control for safety food. Provided a copy by email to the manager. Corrective Action Taken Warning
32-02-4
Basic - Bathroom door left open other than during cleaning or maintenance. The manager closed the bathroom door. Corrected On-Site Warning
09-04-5
Basic - Establishment does not have a written copy of their approved Alternative Operating Procedure for bare hand contact with ready-to-eat food. Corrective Action Taken Warning
10-17-4
Basic - In-use knife/knives stored in cracks between pieces of equipment. Knife between reach in cooler and prep table across from the cook line. The knife was removed to be washed, rinsed and sanitized. Corrective Action Taken Warning
Aug 16, 2023
Food-Licensing Inspection
Inspection Completed - No Further Action
No violations recorded for this inspection.