WILLISTON, FL. Back in February 2026, a state inspector walked into the deli cooler at Corner Market Deli on a routine FDACS sanitation check and found raw shell eggs stored directly above raw fish in a two-door reach-in cooler.
That was the priority violation, the single finding state inspectors flag as posing the most direct risk to customers. The eggs were relocated to the bottom shelf before the inspector left.
But it was not the only thing inspectors documented that day.
What Inspectors Found
The February 19 inspection turned up 10 violations in total, including one priority finding and four intermediate-level citations. The store passed the inspection, meaning it met sanitation requirements, but the record of what inspectors found inside is specific.
In the deli area, the hand-wash station had no means of drying hands. Paper towels were provided during the inspection and the owner was told that all hand-washing stations need to be stocked. A chemical spray bottle of de-greaser was also sitting unlabeled at the deli, and was properly marked before the inspector left.
The retail area had its own issues. An assorted box of chips was displayed and stored directly on the floor. Two squeeze bottles of hot sauce were not identified. Open packages of half-and-half and French vanilla coffee creamer, held cold for more than 24 hours, carried no date markings indicating when they had been opened or when they needed to be consumed or discarded. The manager verified the opening dates and the packages were marked before the inspection closed.
In the back room, the restroom had no hand-washing signage and no covered wastebasket in a facility used by female employees. The inspector provided hand-washing signage and posted it on the spot.
Personal items were stored above retail products in a countertop cooler in the food service area. The inspector discussed this with the owner.
The Gaps That Were Not Corrected on Site
Two findings stood apart from the violations that were fixed during the visit. The store could not demonstrate that employees had been informed of their health reporting responsibilities in any verifiable way. It also could not produce a complete written procedure for responding to a vomiting or diarrheal event.
Both are intermediate-level violations under state food safety code. A guidance document was provided by the inspector for the cleanup procedure. Neither issue could be fully resolved during the inspection itself.
Zero violations in this inspection were marked corrected on site in the final tally, though the inspection record shows several items addressed during the visit. The store met inspection requirements when the inspector departed.
What These Violations Mean
The raw egg and raw fish storage failure is the kind of finding that gets flagged as a priority because the consequences are direct. Raw shell eggs can carry Salmonella on their shells. When they are stored above raw fish in a shared cooler, any drip or contact transfers that contamination to food below. Moving the eggs to the bottom shelf is the correct fix, and it happened on site, but the arrangement existed before the inspector arrived.
The missing employee illness reporting system is a different kind of gap. A worker who handles deli food while carrying a foodborne illness, and who has not been told they are required to report symptoms to management, is a transmission risk that no amount of cleaning addresses. State code requires food establishments to be able to demonstrate, in a verifiable way, that employees know their reporting obligations.
The absence of a written vomit and diarrheal event cleanup procedure matters for a similar reason. Norovirus spreads aggressively in retail and food service environments. A written procedure is not a formality; it dictates which products get removed, how surfaces are treated, and how staff protect themselves. Corner Market Deli did not have one.
Unlabeled chemical containers in a food preparation area carry their own risk. A de-greaser spray bottle sitting unmarked near food surfaces can be mistaken for a food-safe sanitizer or applied incorrectly. That bottle was labeled before the inspector left, but it was unlabeled when the inspection began.
The Longer Record
The February 2026 inspection was not the first time state inspectors found problems at this location. FDACS records show four prior inspections going back to 2022.
The most serious prior finding came in November 2022, when the store was cited for operating without a valid food permit, a violation that accompanied 13 total findings that inspection cycle. A December 2023 inspection found 11 violations, again meeting inspection requirements but accumulating a comparable volume of citations to the February 2026 visit.
Two focused inspections in the summer of 2023, in August and September, produced zero violations each. Focused inspections typically examine a narrower set of conditions than a full sanitation inspection, so those clean records reflect a different scope of review.
Across the three full sanitation inspections on record, the store has averaged roughly 11 violations per visit. The February 2026 inspection, at 10 violations, sits in line with that history. No violations in the February inspection were marked as repeats from prior visits, but the categories, food handling, labeling, employee health documentation, and facility upkeep, have appeared across multiple inspection cycles.
The store left February 2026 without a complete written procedure for handling a vomiting or diarrheal event. Whether one has since been put in place is not reflected in this inspection record.