SUNRISE, FL. Back in December 2025, state inspectors walked into a Chevron convenience store in Sunrise and found subs, lunchables, salami-cheese snacks, sliders, and deli sandwiches sitting in an open cooler at temperatures between 49°F and 50°F, well above the 41°F ceiling required to keep those foods safe. Every one of those items was voluntarily discarded on the spot. A stop sale order was issued, and none of it went back on the shelf.
That was not the only problem inspectors documented that day.
What Inspectors Found
The temperature failure was the most immediate concern. Inspectors used an accurate probe thermometer to check multiple items in the open cooler and found the same result across the board: nothing was cold enough. The stop sale order cited Florida statutes 500.04 and 500.10, classifying the food as adulterated due to improper cold holding temperatures.
The store was also selling Capri Sun juice pouches from a beverage reach-in cooler without labeling them for individual sale, a violation of federal food labeling law. Those juices were pulled from the cooler during the inspection.
Beverages were found stored directly on the floor in both the retail area and the backroom, a basic violation that creates contamination risk from floor moisture, pests, and cleaning chemicals. There was no handwashing sign posted in the restroom, and the store had no written procedures for employees to follow if a customer vomited or had a diarrheal event on the premises.
None of the six violations documented that day were corrected before inspectors left, with the exception of the discarded food and the removed Capri Suns, actions taken during the visit itself. The inspector noted that a supplemental report was also issued, which included additional information for management.
Operating Without a Permit
The inspection was triggered specifically because the Chevron was operating without a valid food permit, a violation of Florida Statute 500.12. The inspection type was logged as "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit, Met Sanitation Inspection," meaning state inspectors came precisely because the store was selling food without the required authorization.
The inspector noted that an application had been submitted, but the store was already open and selling perishable food items to customers before that permit was granted.
Selling food without a valid permit is not a paperwork technicality. It means the state had no current record of the facility meeting baseline sanitation requirements at the time customers were buying those subs and snacks off the shelf.
What These Violations Mean
The cold holding failure is the violation with the most direct risk to anyone who bought food at this store in the period before the inspection. Cold-held foods like deli sandwiches, sliders, and lunchable-style snack packs are required to stay at or below 41°F because that temperature slows the growth of bacteria including Salmonella and Listeria. At 50°F, those bacteria multiply at a significantly faster rate. The inspector found items at 49°F and 50°F across multiple product types in the same cooler, suggesting the cooler itself was not functioning properly, not that a single item had been recently stocked.
The stop sale order prevents those specific items from being resold, but it does not account for what customers may have purchased before inspectors arrived.
The unlabeled Capri Sun violation matters for a different reason. Federal labeling requirements exist so consumers can see ingredient information, allergen warnings, and manufacturer details before buying. Selling individually portioned items without those labels removes information shoppers are legally entitled to have.
The absence of a written vomit and diarrhea response protocol is a sanitation gap that sounds minor until it isn't. Norovirus, one of the most common causes of foodborne illness outbreaks, spreads rapidly through improper cleanup of contaminated surfaces. Inspectors provided guidance on cleanup procedures during the visit, but the store had no plan in place before that moment.
The Longer Record
The December 2025 inspection was not this store's first. State records show 20 inspections on file for this location, with 80 total violations documented across that history. That works out to an average of four violations per inspection over the life of the record.
No emergency closures appear in the facility's history, which means the store has never been ordered shut by inspectors. But 80 violations across 20 visits is a cumulative record that reflects recurring compliance gaps, not isolated incidents.
None of the six violations from the December inspection were marked as repeat violations, meaning inspectors did not formally tie them to identical findings from prior visits. That said, the volume of the overall record suggests the store has not maintained a consistently clean compliance history.
The most unresolved fact from the December visit is the permit itself. The inspector noted that an application had been submitted, but no record in the data confirms the permit was granted before or after the inspection concluded.
