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6/19/2025, 2:32:02 PM
>UCF's FBC Mortgage Stadium failed four of its health inspections during the fall 2024 season, according to health reports from the Florida Department of Health.
>The report from the FDH detailed a range of violations, including pest infestations, improper food storage and recurring sanitation issues such as repeated citations for food stands needing general cleaning — raising food safety concerns during the 2024 football season.
The most prominent issues were found in the football stadium kitchen, where the main kitchen cooler was operating at a temperature too warm to be considered a safe temperature, with an ambient temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit. According to food safety standards, cold holding units should maintain food at or below 41 F, but all food inside the cooler was found above this limit.
>Walk-in coolers two and three were broken, with ambient temperatures of 58 F and 59 F. Both coolers were still in use for storing and thawing food, according to the notes from the health inspector.
>Due to this, the inspector noted seeing "rotten cilantro, jalapeño peppers with fuzzy growth, bloated bags of shredded cheese and bloated half-and-half" in the main walk-in cooler under violation 13.
The inspection also uncovered signs of an active rodent infestation at Club Stand No. 100, according to violation 38. At the Spectra Food Service Stand No. 131, rat feces was spotted near the food warmers, noted under violation 38.
>Toxic cleaning chemicals were also being improperly stored alongside food items and dishes, posing a contamination risk, according to the report from the FDH.
>In addition, the inspector noted that the facility needed extensive cleaning.
>UCF encountered basic food safety violations as well, such as staff failing to properly wash their hands under violation 8 and not wearing hair nets while preparing and serving food under violation 40.
>The report from the FDH detailed a range of violations, including pest infestations, improper food storage and recurring sanitation issues such as repeated citations for food stands needing general cleaning — raising food safety concerns during the 2024 football season.
The most prominent issues were found in the football stadium kitchen, where the main kitchen cooler was operating at a temperature too warm to be considered a safe temperature, with an ambient temperature of 55 degrees Fahrenheit. According to food safety standards, cold holding units should maintain food at or below 41 F, but all food inside the cooler was found above this limit.
>Walk-in coolers two and three were broken, with ambient temperatures of 58 F and 59 F. Both coolers were still in use for storing and thawing food, according to the notes from the health inspector.
>Due to this, the inspector noted seeing "rotten cilantro, jalapeño peppers with fuzzy growth, bloated bags of shredded cheese and bloated half-and-half" in the main walk-in cooler under violation 13.
The inspection also uncovered signs of an active rodent infestation at Club Stand No. 100, according to violation 38. At the Spectra Food Service Stand No. 131, rat feces was spotted near the food warmers, noted under violation 38.
>Toxic cleaning chemicals were also being improperly stored alongside food items and dishes, posing a contamination risk, according to the report from the FDH.
>In addition, the inspector noted that the facility needed extensive cleaning.
>UCF encountered basic food safety violations as well, such as staff failing to properly wash their hands under violation 8 and not wearing hair nets while preparing and serving food under violation 40.
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