How many inspections has Step-in Food Mart in Lake City had?

Step-in Food Mart in Lake City has 5 FDACS food safety inspection(s) on record from January 2022 to present.

What did the most recent FDACS inspection of Step-in Food Mart in Lake City find?

Step-in Food Mart in Lake City was most recently inspected by FDACS on September 30, 2025 (Focused Inspection).

Has Step-in Food Mart in Lake City had any stop-sale or stop-use orders?

Yes, Step-in Food Mart in Lake City has 10 stop-sale or stop-use enforcement action(s) on record with Florida FDACS. Most affected products were voluntarily destroyed.

What are the most common violations at Step-in Food Mart in Lake City?

The most frequently cited FDACS violations at Step-in Food Mart in Lake City are: 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; 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) P; 3-602.11(B)(1)-(4): Food packaged on site not labeled with: the common name of the food or an adequate descriptive identity statement; if made from two or more ingredients, a list of ingredients and sub-ingredients in descending order of predominance by weight; an accurate declaration of the net quantity of contents; the name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor; or nutritional labeling as specified in 21 CFR 101 and 9 CFR 317 Subpart B. 3-602.11(B)(1)-(4) and (6).

Step-in Food Mart in Lake City

Name: Step-in Food Mart in Lake City Inspection Records
Creator: Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Last inspected: September 30, 2025

4039 W Us Highway 90, Lake City, FL 32055

Suwannee County · Convenience Store Limited FS · FDACS
Owner: Step-in Food Mart INC
FDACS Estab #: 280162

Overview

Step-In Food Mart in Lake City had 5 inspections on record between August 2022 and September 2025, with no sustained violations. However, a routine inspection on September 10, 2025 resulted in 10 stop-sale and stop-use orders issued the same day. Five orders targeted products classified as controlled substances under Florida law, which were released to FDACS custody for transfer to law enforcement. Three orders addressed container requirement violations, and two orders targeted products attractive to children under Florida Statute 581.217(7)(e), all of which were voluntarily destroyed by facility management and witnessed by the inspector. A follow-up focused inspection on September 30, 2025 found the facility in compliance with ice sampling requirements. A 2022 inspection documented a cross-contamination violation—raw pork chorizo packages were displayed directly over ready-to-eat items in a reach-in cooler—which the establishment corrected on site during the inspection.

Summary generated from Florida FDACS public inspection records.

5FDACS Insp.

12Violations

10Stop-Sale Orders

Last inspected FDACS: September 30, 2025

Step-in Food Mart in Lake City: FDACS Inspection History (5)

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.

2025 — 2 inspections

Sep 30, 2025 — Focused Inspection· Focused Inspection

Inspector: GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I

Comments: Offsite visit - Received ice test.

No violations or enforcement actions recorded for this inspection.

Sep 10, 2025 — Met Sanitation Inspection Requirements - Check Back Needed· 8 violations· 10 stop-sale orders· Met Requirements

Inspector: GARRY OSTENDORF, ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I

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. Routine inspection. If a satisfactory microbiological laboratory ice sample analysis results are not provided on or about 30 calendar days from the date of this visit. A Stop Use will be placed on the ice maker, the bags and scoop used to package the ice and a Stop Sale on all packaged ice from the machine. If the results are acquired within 30 days the food establishment can call (850) 815-0886 report compliance, or email results to [email protected] The Food Establishment voluntarily agrees to release the products listed in the stop-sale order for destruction to the Department’s

Risk-Based Violations

71 Hemp or Hemp Extract intended for Human Consumption sold or distributed in a container that is not compliant with ASTM International D3475-20, Standard Classification of Child Resistant Packages, because the container does not meet one or more of the descriptions of child-resistant packages set out in Table 1 therein. 5K-4.034(6)(j), F.A.C.

Establishment: Hemp extract intended for human consumption are not packaged in child resistant packaging. See stop sale and release order. x

77 Hemp or hemp extract for human consumption is attractive to children, containing color additives. 581.217(3)(a) F.S., 5K-4.034(5), F.A.C.

Establishment: Hemp extract intended for human consumption contains color additives per ingredient label. See stop sale and release order. x

77 Distribution or sale of a hemp extract that is attractive to children in violation of s. 581.217(7)(e), F.S. The hemp extract package, label, or advertisement for the product, is in the shape of humans, cartoons, or animals in violation of 5K-4.034(6)(b), F.A.C.

Retail: Hemp Extract products observed to be Attractive to Children - product and/or labels in the shape of an animal, human, or cartoon; or bears any resemblance to an existing candy product. See stop sale and release order. x

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

Back room area - No hand wash sign in unisex restroom. COS - Hand wash sign posted during inspection.

Good Retail Practice Violations

213 Microbial analysis of finished product by an approved laboratory not obtained within the required time period. 5K-4.023(8)(a) F.A.C.

No current ice test available. See comments. INSPECTION: KRATOM Violation No.

6-202.14 Toilet room located inside the food establishment not completely enclosed or not provided with a tight-fitting self-closing door. 6-202.14Repeat

Back room area - Unisex restroom door not self closing.

83 Retailer selling kratom products for human consumption did not post a clear and conspicuous sign directly adjacent to the display of the products which states: "THE SALE OF KRATOM TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF 21 IS PROHIBITED, PROOF OF AGE IS REQUIRED FOR PURCHASE". 5K-4.030(4)(a), F.A.C.

No Kratom age restriction sign posted. COS - Kratom age restriction sign posted during inspection.

98 Food Establishment found manufacturing, selling, delivering, holding or offering for sale a product in which 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) concentrated at a level above the legal limit is declared. When present in concentrations above the legal limit, 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH) is a controlled substance as provided by ss. 893.03(1)(a) and 893.035, F.S., and Department of Legal Affairs Emergency Rule 2ER25-2, and the product is adulterated in violation of sections 500.04 and 500.10, F.S.Repeat

Establishment: Kratom products offered for retail sale observed to have 7-Hydroxymitragynine concentrate above the legal limit. Stop Sale Order issued, see order. A Supplemental Report was also issued during the visit which includes important information for management.