THE EGG FACTORY

South Combee Road
Lakeland, Florida, 33840
Polk County County

Overall Food Safety Rating

★★½☆☆ (2.7/5)
Based on 4 health inspection reports

All Inspection Reports

Inspection Date: 3/27/2025

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8728991

  • 14-01-5:Basic - Bowl or other container with no handle used to dispense food. Portion cup in bulk item. Operator removed cups. Corrected On-Site
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bag of sugar and flour stockroom Several cases in walk-in freezer Eggs in walk-in cooler. Operator moved all foods to shelving Corrected On-Site
  • 22-08-4:Basic - Interior of oven/microwave has accumulation of black substance/grease/food debris. Service line
  • 21-12-4:Basic - Wet wiping cloth not stored in sanitizing solution between uses. Prep area
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice chute on soda machine
  • 16-37-1:Intermediate - No chemical test kit provided when using sanitizer at three-compartment sink/warewashing machine or wiping cloths. Operator ordered from Amazon. **Corrective Action Taken**
  • 02C-02-5:Intermediate - Ready-to-eat, time/temperature control for safety food prepared onsite and held more than 24 hours not properly date marked. Coleslaw in walk-in cooler

Inspection Date: 7/22/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8826368

  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Several bread loaves stored on walk-in freezer floor.
  • 10-20-4:Basic - In-use tongs stored on equipment door handle between uses. Kitchen
  • 02D-01-5:Basic - Working containers of food removed from original container not identified by common name. Bulk container in stockroom marked sugar not sugar.
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Ice machine

Inspection Date: 3/22/2024

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8531276

  • 08A-05-6:High Priority - Raw animal food stored over/not properly separated from ready-to-eat food. Shelled eggs stored over ready to eat sausage in walk-in cooler. Employee moved eggs Corrected On-Site
  • 22-02-4:Intermediate - Food-contact surface soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime. Slicer employee washed, rinsed and sanitized Corrected On-Site

Inspection Date: 10/19/2023

Inspection #: Visit ID: 8351006

  • 13-04-4:Basic - Employee with no beard guard/restraint while engaging in food preparation. Cookline
  • 08B-38-4:Basic - Food stored on floor. Bag of flour and sugar on floor in stockroom. Eggs on reachin cooler floor and bread on freezer floor. Repeat Violation
  • 14-69-4:Basic - Ice buildup in reach-in freezer and/or walk-in freezer. Ice inwalkin freezer.
  • 54-01-5:Basic - Smoking or vaping in an enclosed indoor workplace. observed employee vaping on service line.
  • 12A-07-5:High Priority - Employee failed to wash hands before putting on gloves to initiate a task working with food. Observed employee change gloves after handling raw eggs without washing hands on cookline
  • 03A-02-5:High Priority - Time/temperature control for safety food cold held at greater than 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Butter cup 69F
  • 31A-09-4:Intermediate - Handwash sink not accessible for employee use at all times. Observed tray and coffee cup in hand washing sink on serviceline