MCDONALD'S BRANFORD

With 4 documented inspections, MCDONALD'S BRANFORD in BRANFORD has achieved a 2.1/5 food safety rating. Food safety practices have remained consistent.

102 US 27;US 129
Florida, 32008
Suwannee County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★☆☆☆ (2.1/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 9/22/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 10870303

  • 40-06-5:Basic - Employee personal items stored in or above a food preparation area, food, clean equipment and utensils, or single-service items. Employee keys stored on top of prep table behind front counter.
  • 14-11-5:Basic - Equipment in poor repair. Nonfunctional reach-in cooler at cookline. Manager stated a work order has already been placed.
  • 31B-04-4:Basic - No handwashing sign provided at a hand sink used by food employees. Handwash sign missing at handwash sink at left side of cookline.
  • 23-03-4:Basic - Nonfood-contact surface soiled with grease, food debris, dirt, slime or dust. Interior of reach-in freezer at cookline soiled with food debris.
  • 36-50-4:Basic - Unclean building components, attachments or fixtures. 1. Floor inside walk-in freezer soiled with food debris. 2. Floor along perimeter of kitchen soiled with food debris and/or dirt. Repeat Violation
  • 35A-02-7:High Priority - Live, small flying insects found. One fly flying in back of kitchen, near three-compartment sink.
  • 29-42-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at mop sink faucet or on fitting/splitter added to mop sink faucet. Backflow prevention device missing at hose-end of splitter added to mop sink. An employee installed a vacuum breaker to the splitter during this inspection. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 11/18/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8728125

  • 24-05-4:Basic - Clean glasses, cups, bowls, plates, pots and pans not stored inverted or in a protected manner. Ice bucket stored not inverted on top of ice machine. Manager inverted bucket during this inspection. Corrected On-Site
  • 36-73-4:Basic - Floor soiled/has accumulation of debris. 1. Floor inside walk-in freezer soiled with food debris. 2. Floor near water heater and fountain soda boxes in back of kitchen soiled with dirt.
  • 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice buildup around door inside walk-in freezer.
  • 29-11-4:Basic - Water leaking from pipe and/or faucet/handle. Pipe leaking up in ceiling in back of kitchen. Manager stated the pipe was coming from the air conditioner and maintenance has been made aware of the problem.
  • 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 at drive through window scooped ice with a takeout cup. Employee's bare hand came into contact with ice.
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Fountain machine nozzles in customer dining area soiled with mold-like substance.
  • 31B-03-4:Intermediate - No soap provided at handwash sink. Soap dispenser empty at small handwash sink at front counter.
  • 41-17-4:Intermediate - Spray bottle containing toxic substance not labeled. Spray bottle containing degreaser missing label on floor near mop sink. Manager added proper label to bottle of degreaser during this inspection. Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 10/3/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8514302

  • N/A:No Violations Were Observed

Inspection Date: 10/2/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8350010

  • 29-08-4:Basic - Plumbing system in disrepair. Built-in backflow preventer at mop sink in kitchen missing parts.
  • 21-07-4:Basic - Wiping cloth chlorine sanitizing solution not at proper minimum strength. Wiping cloth bucket at front counter chlorine 0ppm. Manager had employee empty and refill sanitizer bucket, then 100ppm. Corrected On-Site
  • 12A-16-4:High Priority - Employee began working with food, handling clean equipment or utensils, or touching unwrapped single-service items without first washing hands. Employee entered the kitchen from the dining area and began packing hash browns without washing hands. Manager had employee stop and wash hands before continuing to work at cookline. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 35A-02-6:High Priority - Live, small flying insects in kitchen, food preparation area, food storage area and/or bar area. One fly on ice bucket above ice machine in kitchen. Admin Complaint
  • 35A-04-4:High Priority - Rodent activity present as evidenced by rodent droppings found. 28 rodent droppings on shelf beside sleeves of takeout cup lids and straws below fountain machine in dining area. Manager stated pest control set traps and caught a mouse a few days prior. Admin Complaint
  • 29-34-4:High Priority - Vacuum breaker missing at hose bibb or on fitting/splitter added to hose bibb. Backflow prevention device missing at black hose connection in dumpster enclosure behind building. Backflow prevention device missing at hose connections after splitter in mop sink near three-compartment sink.