Blanches in Brooksville

Last inspected:

25143 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601
Overview

Blanches/Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville operates as a grocery store and faced significant permitting barriers in June 2025. Two stop-use orders issued on June 27, 2025 required immediate cessation of water and ice use due to violations of Florida Food Law (FS 500; FAC 5K-4) — specifically unsafe water sourcing. An inspection conducted the same day under the permit application process documented 16 violations, including four priority-level findings: raw animal food stored directly above ready-to-eat items (raw shell eggs and raw bacon stored above bottled drinks), drinking water not obtained from an approved source (the facility operated on a well without required interagency verification), a plumbing defect in the ice bagging area where the hand washing sink lacked a strainer pipe and drained into a bucket, and unverified sewage disposal through an unapproved system. A fifth priority-foundation violation cited inability to verify employee training on foodborne illness reporting. The facility was required to correct all violations and submit documentation to FDACS before obtaining a valid food permit. The inspection disposition was "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit; Re-Inspection Required."

Summary generated from Florida FDACS public inspection records.

1FDACS Insp.
16Violations
2Stop-Sale Orders

Last inspected FDACS:

Blanches in Brooksville: FDACS Inspection History (1)

Inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS), which oversees grocery stores, convenience stores, bakeries, food manufacturers, mobile vendors, and vending machines.

— 1 inspection
— Operating Without a Valid Food Permit; Re-Inspection Required· 16 violations· 2 stop-sale orders· Re-Inspection Required

Inspector: CYNTHIA CANNIOTO, SENIOR SANITATION AND SAFETY SPECIALIST

Comments: When citations have been corrected and initialed, an electronic copy of the completed report may be emailed to [email protected]. Please note each observation that has been corrected. The Minimum Construction Standards checklist has been used in accordance with 500.12(2)(a) Florida Statutes by the food safety inspector to determine compliance before obtaining a food permit. Employee Health Guidelines and reporting agreement provided. Thank you for submitting your food establishment permit application. To complete the application process, you must meet all permitting requirements as specified in Rule 5K-4.020(2)(a)-(e), F.A.C. To expedite the processing of your food permit application, electronic online payment is available at https://foodpermit.fdacs.gov. Payment by check or money order is also accepted and must be accompanied by an invoice. Please note that payment by check or money order may delay the processing of your food permit application.

Risk-Based Violations

3-302.11(A)(1) Raw animal food not separated during storage, preparation, holding or display from ready-to-eat raw animal food, other raw ready-to-eat food, cooked ready-to-eat food, or fruits and vegetables before they are washed. 3-302.11(A)(1) PP
Retail : raw shell eggs and raw bacon are stored above bottled drinks. o
2-103.11(O) Person in charge does not ensure food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. 2-103.11(O) PfPf
Unable to verify training of employees to report food borne illness. Agency document provided
2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) Person in charge does not correctly respond to questions that relate to preventing transmission of foodborne disease by a food employee who has a disease or medical condition that may cause foodborne disease, can not describe symptoms associated with diseases that are transmissible through food, or can not explain how to comply with reporting responsibilities and exclusion or restriction of food employees. 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) and (17) PfPf
Unable to show or discuss a policy relating to food borne illness, type, symptoms, exclusion vs restriction.. Agency document provided. o
2-501.11 Establishment does not have written procedures for employees to follow when responding to an event that involves the discharge of vomitus or diarrhea onto surfaces at the food establishment, or procedures do not address specific actions employees must take to minimize the spread of contamination and the exposure of employees, consumers, food, and surfaces to vomitus or fecal matter. 2-501.11 PfPf
Written procedures were not available Agency guidance document was provided to owner
5-205.11 Handwashing sink not maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use or is used for purposes other than handwashing, or an automatic handwashing facility not used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions. 5-205.11 PfPf
Retail area near the peanut pots: hand washing sink is filled with dirty dishes, dish soap and a dish scrubbing pad is located near the sink.
6-301.14 Sign or poster notifying food employees to wash their hands not provided at all handwashing sinks used by food employees, or handwashing signage not clearly visible to food employees. 6-301.14
Restroom: hand washing sign was not posted. Agency sign provided.

Good Retail Practice Violations

213 Records of sampling and analyses of source water and finished product not maintained for a period of at least 2 years or not made available upon request. 5K-4.023(8)(f) F.A.C.
Ice machine: water analysis for ice testing was not available, no record of any testing was on site.
5-101.11 Drinking water not obtained from an approved source that is: a public water system or a nonpublic water system that is constructed, maintained, and operated according to law. 5-101.11 P
Establishment is on a well, the interagency form was provided multiple times via email , the completed form was not available during today's inspection. Interagency form was printed and provided to the owner during today's inspection. o
4-204.11 Temperature measuring device sensor not located to measure the air temperature or a simulated product temperature in the warmest part of a mechanically refrigerated unit or in the coolest part of a hot food storage unit; cold or hot holding equipment used for time/temperature control for safety food not equipped with at least one integral or permanently affixed temperature measuring device that is located to allow easy viewing of the temperature display; or temperature measuring device not designed to be easily readable. 4-204.112(A), (B) and (D)
3 compartment sink area : refrigerator with human grade food does not have a visible thermometer.
4-302.12 Food temperature measuring device not provided or not readily accessible for use in ensuring food temperatures are attained and maintained; or food temperature measuring device with a suitable small-diameter probe not provided or not readily accessible to accurately measure the temperature in thin foods. 4-302.12 Pf
Probe style thermometer was not available.
6-202.15 Outer opening not protected against the entry of insects and rodents by filling or closing holes and other gaps along floors, walls, and ceilings; closed, tight-fitting windows; and solid, self-closing, tight-fitting doors. Windows or doors kept open for ventilation or other purposes not protected against the entry of insects and rodents by 16 mesh to 1 inch screens; properly designed and installed air curtains to control flying insects; or other effective means. 6-202.15
Front entrance: The screen door to the are with the ice machine and one of the stores front doors is propped open, observed several flying insects in the area around the ice machine and in the store.
3-303.12 Packaged food subject to the entry of water stored in direct contact with ice or water, or unpackaged food stored in direct contact with undrained ice. 3-303.12
Retail area: bags of frozen peanuts are held in a freezer with an excessive amount of ice build up, the ice is covering the bags.
5-205.15(A) Plumbing system not repaired according to law. 5-205.15(A) P
Ice bagging area: the hand washing sink near the ice machine is missing the strainer pipe and water flows in to a bucket under the sinlk o
5-403.11 Sewage not disposed through an approved facility that is a public sewage treatment plant or an individual sewage disposal system that is sized, constructed, maintained, and operated according to law. 5-403.11 P
Interagency form to verify the septic system was not available. Interagency form was printed and provided to the owner o
6-501.11 Premises not free of litter and items that are unnecessary to the operation or maintenance of the establishment such as equipment that is nonfunctional or no longer used. 6-501.114
Retail area: excess equipment is stored in the retail area.
99 The food establishment is operating without a valid food permit. 500.12, F.S., 5K-4.020(2), F.A.C. The food establishment shall complete the permitting process within 10 days. Contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 for further assistance.
Operating without a permit, application submitted o INSPECTION: VENDED WATER/VENDED ICE Violation No.

Stop-Sale Orders & Supplemental Actions

STOP USE ORDER

Reason: FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Safe Food and Water: Water and ice from approved source. Comments: To request a Food Safety Inspector visit for written release when appropriate documentation has been obtained, contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 or [email protected].

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STOP USE ORDER

Reason: FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Safe Food and Water: Water and ice from approved source. Comments: To request a Food Safety Inspector visit for written release when appropriate documentation has been obtained, contact the Business Center at (850) 245-5520 or [email protected]. Print Date: 6/27/2025 Page 1 of 2 When the department or its duly authorized agent finds, or has probable cause to believe, that any food or food-processing equipment is in violation of this chapter or any rule adopted under this chapter so as to be dangerous, unwholesome, fraudulent, or insanitary within the meaning of this chapter, an agent of the department may issue and enforce a stop-sale, stop-use, removal, or hold order, which order gives notice that such article or processing equipment is, or is suspected of being, in violation and has been detained or embargoed and which order warns all persons not to remove, use, or dispose of such article or processing equipment by sale or otherwise until permission for removal, use, or disposal is given by the department or the court. It is unlawful for any person to remove, use, or dispose of such detained or embargoed article or processing equipment by sale or otherwise without such permission in accordance with 500.172 (1) Florida Statutes. AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL ORDERS, NOTICES, AND REPORTS IN THIS SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT If you wish to contest the Department's action, you have the right to request an administrative hearing to be conducted in accordance with Sections 120.569 and 120.57, Florida Statutes and to be represented by counsel or other qualified representative. Your request for hearing must contain: 1. Your name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number (if any). 2. The name, address, and telephone number, and facsimile number of your attorney or qualified representative (if any) upon whom service of pleadings and other papers shall be made. 3. A statement that you are requesting an administrative hearing and dispute the material facts alleged by the department, in which case you must identify the material facts that are in dispute (formal hearing), or that you request an administrative hearing and that you do not dispute the facts alleged by the department (informal hearing). 4. A statement of when (date) you received the Notice and the file number of this Notice. Your request for a hearing must be received at the address shown on this Notice within twenty-one (21) days of receipt of this Notice. If you fail to obtain a Release from this Notice or fail to request an administrative hearing within the twenty-one (21) day deadline you waive your right to a hearing and the Department may enter a Final Order imposing up to the maximum penalties as authorized by Florida Law. HEARING WAIVER AND WAIVER OF RIGHTS I, _____________________________________________________ the person in charge of Blanches / FouFL 2025 LLC hereby waive a notice and a hearing as provided in Chapter 120, Florida Statutes and waive all rights as provided on the last page of this report. ____________________________________________ (Signature) ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge receipt of a copy of this document. (Signature of FDACS Representative) (Signature of Representative) CYNTHIA CANNIOTO, SENIOR SANITATION AND SAFETY SPECIALIST MOURAD BANI, OWNER Print Name and Title FDACS-14325 Rev. 07/13 Print Date: 6/27/2025 Page 2 of 2

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Blanches in Brooksville: Stop-Sale & Stop-Use Orders (2)

Products placed under stop-sale or stop-use order by FDACS inspectors. Stop-sale orders prohibit the sale of food that is adulterated, mislabeled, or poses a health risk.

FDACS stop-sale and stop-use orders for Blanches / Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville
DateOrder TypeProductBrand/LotReason
STOP USE ORDER Number of Packages: FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Safe Food and Water: Water and ice from approved source. Comments: To r…
STOP USE ORDER Number of Packages: FS 500; FAC 5K-4 Violation of Florida Food Law.* Safe Food and Water: Water and ice from approved source. Comments: To r…

Blanches in Brooksville: Frequently Asked Questions

When was Blanches in Brooksville last inspected?
Blanches / Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville was last inspected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) on June 27, 2025. Inspection type: Operating Without a Valid Food Permit; Re-Inspection Required.
How many inspections has Blanches in Brooksville had?
Blanches / Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville has 1 FDACS food safety inspection(s) on record from January 2022 to present.
What did the most recent FDACS inspection of Blanches in Brooksville find?
Blanches / Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville was most recently inspected by FDACS on June 27, 2025 (Operating Without a Valid Food Permit; Re-Inspection Required).
Has Blanches in Brooksville had any stop-sale or stop-use orders?
Yes, Blanches / Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville has 2 stop-sale or stop-use enforcement action(s) on record with Florida FDACS.
What are the most common violations at Blanches in Brooksville?
The most frequently cited FDACS violations at Blanches / Foufl 2025 LLC in Brooksville are: 2-103.11(O): Person in charge does not ensure food employees and conditional employees are informed in a verifiable manner of their responsibility to report to the person in charge information about their health and activities as they relate to diseases that are transmissible through food. 2-103.11(O) Pf; 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3): Person in charge does not correctly respond to questions that relate to preventing transmission of foodborne disease by a food employee who has a disease or medical condition that may cause foodborne disease, can not describe symptoms associated with diseases that are transmissible through food, or can not explain how to comply with reporting responsibilities and exclusion or restriction of food employees. 2-102.11(C)(2)-(3) and (17) Pf; 5-205.11: Handwashing sink not maintained so that it is accessible at all times for employee use or is used for purposes other than handwashing, or an automatic handwashing facility not used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions. 5-205.11 Pf.

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