12 live and 50 dead cockroaches at Sonic -Shutdown

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A popular fast food restaurant in Milton became the latest local eatery to be shut down by the state last week after failing its random inspection.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation announced Tuesday that the Sonic drive-through restaurant in Milton had been issued an emergency closure notice on Oct. 12. Throughout the state, 20 restaurants were shut down by the DBPR last week.

According to the DBPR report, 12 live cockroaches were found throughout the kitchen areas of the restaurant. Another roughly 50 dead cockroaches were also found in the kitchen.

Other violations the restaurant was cited for included the men’s room not being clean, food not being stored at the proper temperature and storing uncooked meat products too close to food that was ready to eat.

Attempts to contact the restaurant Tuesday were not successful.

Sonic, located at 6173 Highway 90 in Milton, was approved to reopen Oct. 13 in the morning.

Sonic was the seventh local restaurant to be shut down by the DBPR in Okaloosa, Santa Rosa or Walton counties this year. Last year, 31 emergency closures were issued to restaurants in the local area.

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