PALM BEACH GARDENS, FL. Back in January 2026, state inspectors walked into a Palm Beach Gardens 7-Eleven and found packaged hot dog buns sitting in a consumer self-service area with no source, no net weight, and no ingredient information on the label. The inspector pulled them from the shelf on the spot.
That was one of nine violations documented at 7-Eleven Store #40359B, operated by Mnjj Inc., during a Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspection on January 12, 2026. The store met sanitation inspection requirements overall, but the findings painted a picture of a location where basic food safety documentation and employee training had slipped.
What Inspectors Found
The unlabeled hot dog buns were among four violations the inspector classified as priority foundation, meaning they relate to the systems and training that keep a food establishment safe rather than to an immediate contamination event. The inspector noted that "packaged hot dog buns for consumer self-service [were] not labeled with all required information such as source, net weight, ingredients." Items were removed from the self-service area during the visit until proper labels could be obtained.
The person in charge at the time of the inspection was unable to answer questions about employee health. The inspector's notes read: "Person in charge is unable to answer questions on employee health." Industry documentation was provided during the visit. Separately, inspectors found "no verifiable manner to ensure employees are trained in the reportable illnesses and/or symptoms."
The backroom had its own set of problems. Cases of food were stored directly on the floor of the walk-in freezer, a violation of the requirement that food be kept at least six inches above the floor in a clean, dry location. There was also no method for hand drying at the hand sink near the warewash area.
The store's food establishment permit was not posted during the visit.
What These Violations Mean
The labeling violation on the hot dog buns matters for a specific reason: when packaged food sold for self-service carries no source information, there is no traceability if a customer gets sick. A shopper with a food allergy who picks up an unlabeled product has no way to check ingredients before eating it. That is why the inspector required the items to be removed immediately rather than simply flagging the issue for a future visit.
The employee health findings carry a different kind of risk. When a person in charge cannot answer basic questions about which illnesses require an employee to stay home, and when there is no verifiable way to confirm that staff have been trained on reportable symptoms, the store is operating without one of the most fundamental safeguards against an outbreak. Illnesses like norovirus, Salmonella, and Hepatitis A can be transmitted directly from an infected food worker to customers. Training and documentation are the first line of defense.
The absence of written procedures for cleaning up vomit and diarrhea events compounds that concern. These procedures exist because bodily fluids can carry pathogens that survive on surfaces and spread to food contact areas. Without a written protocol, there is no guarantee staff know how to contain and disinfect a spill before it becomes a transmission event.
The hand-drying issue at the backroom sink is more straightforward but still significant. A sink without a drying method discourages proper handwashing, because employees who wash their hands and have no way to dry them are more likely to skip the step entirely.
The Longer Record
The January 2026 inspection was not the first time state inspectors had visited this location. FDACS records show four prior inspections going back to July 2022, and the pattern is worth noting.
The store's earliest inspection on record, in July 2022, turned up four violations. The two focused inspections that followed in November and December of that same year found zero and one violation respectively, suggesting the store had corrected most of the problems. A focused inspection in March 2023 found one violation.
Then came January 2026, with nine violations, including four in the priority foundation category. None of the nine violations were marked as repeats of prior cited issues, but the volume represented a significant step back from where the store had been in late 2022 and early 2023.
The store passed the January inspection overall, and inspectors provided industry documentation on site for several of the training-related violations. But as of the inspection date, zero violations had been corrected on site by the store itself, meaning every resolution during the visit came through documentation handed to the inspector rather than through changes the store independently made before the inspector arrived.