SANFORD, FL. Toxic chemicals were stored improperly near food at Decision Tactical on Towne Center Circle when a state inspector visited on June 26, 2026, one of seven high-severity violations documented during a single inspection of the Seminole County establishment. The facility was not closed.
The seven violations covered nearly every layer of food safety: management oversight, employee illness reporting, handwashing technique, food condition and labeling, cooking temperatures, consumer disclosure for raw or undercooked items, and chemical storage. Not one violation was minor. All seven carried high-severity designations under state inspection criteria.
What Inspectors Found
The chemical storage violation is among the most immediately dangerous on the list. Inspectors cited chemicals stored improperly or without adequate labeling near food, a condition that can cause acute poisoning through direct contamination of food or food-contact surfaces.
Food was also found not cooked to required minimum temperatures. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and undercooking is one of the most documented causes of foodborne illness outbreaks nationally.
Food in poor condition, mislabeled, or adulterated was a separate citation. That violation and the cooking temperature finding together indicate problems at multiple points in the food preparation process, not a single isolated lapse.
The inspector also cited the absence of a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked menu items, meaning customers with compromised immune systems, pregnant women, the elderly, and young children had no posted warning that certain foods carried elevated risk.
What These Violations Mean
The absence of a person in charge performing duties is not a paperwork problem. CDC data shows that food establishments without active managerial control accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those with engaged supervision. Every other violation on this list becomes more likely when no one in authority is monitoring the kitchen.
The employee illness reporting failure compounds that risk directly. Food workers who do not report symptoms of illness are the leading cause of multi-victim outbreaks. Norovirus, in particular, spreads rapidly when an ill employee continues working, and a single shift can expose dozens of customers before anyone identifies the source.
Improper handwashing technique is a distinct problem from simply not washing hands. Pathogens remain on hands even when a handwashing attempt is made if the technique is wrong. Combined with the illness reporting failure, improper technique creates a direct transmission route from an employee to every plate that leaves the kitchen.
The chemical storage violation at Decision Tactical carries its own separate danger. Cleaning agents and sanitizers stored near food or without proper labeling can contaminate food through splashing, dripping, or simple misidentification. The consequences range from gastrointestinal illness to acute poisoning depending on the chemical and the exposure level.
The Longer Record
The June 26 inspection was the eighth on record for Decision Tactical. Across those eight inspections, the facility has accumulated 44 total violations and has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern in those records is not one of a facility that stumbled once. The October 31, 2025 inspection produced 8 high-severity violations. The May 23, 2025 inspection produced 8 high-severity violations and 2 intermediate violations, the most documented in any single visit. The June 2026 inspection, with 7 high-severity findings, is the third time in roughly eight months that inspectors have cited the facility for six or more high-severity violations in a single visit.
The January 9, 2026 inspection found zero violations. That clean result sits between the October 2025 inspection with 8 high-severity citations and the June 2026 inspection with 7. The oscillation between clean inspections and high-severity tallies is itself a pattern, suggesting compliance problems that surface and recede without being resolved at the root.
The facility has no prior emergency closures on record, despite the repeated accumulation of high-severity violations across multiple inspection cycles.
Open for Business
State inspectors documented seven high-severity violations at Decision Tactical on June 26, 2026, including improperly stored toxic chemicals, food cooked below required temperatures, and no illness reporting by employees. The facility was not emergency-closed.
It remained open.
