, FL. The person in charge at Floresco Coffee could not answer questions about preventing foodborne illness when a state inspector walked in on September 22, 2026, and could not produce a written procedure for cleaning up a vomit or diarrhea event on the premises.
Those two findings drove the inspection report for the coffee and tea processor, which met preoperational requirements but left three violations unresolved when the inspector departed.
What Inspectors Found
The inspector's notes on the knowledge gap are direct: "Person in charge at time of inspection could not answer questions that relate to foodborne illness." On the cleanup procedures, the record is equally blunt: "Person in charge at time of inspection could not show written employee procedures for cleanup of a vomit and diarrhea event."
The third violation documents a structural gap rather than a momentary lapse. Floresco Coffee does not have a certified food protection manager, meaning no one on staff holds a credential showing they have passed a recognized food safety exam.
None of the three violations were corrected on site during the September inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The knowledge gap finding is not a paperwork technicality. A person in charge who cannot answer basic questions about foodborne illness is the front line of a food operation's safety system. That person is responsible for recognizing when an employee should not be handling food, understanding how temperatures and cross-contamination create illness risk, and responding correctly when something goes wrong. At Floresco Coffee, the inspector found that foundation missing.
The missing vomit and diarrhea cleanup procedure matters for a specific reason. Norovirus, one of the most common causes of foodborne illness outbreaks in food service settings, spreads readily through contact with contaminated surfaces after a person vomits or has a diarrheal event. Written procedures exist because the cleanup must follow a precise sequence, with specific disinfectants at specific concentrations, to prevent the virus from spreading to food, surfaces, or other people. Without a written plan, employees are left to improvise in a situation where improvisation creates real transmission risk.
The absence of a certified food protection manager compounds both problems. Certification programs train managers in exactly the areas where this inspection found gaps, including illness prevention knowledge and emergency response procedures. Floresco Coffee, as a coffee and tea processor rather than a full-service restaurant, may see lower overall food handling complexity than a kitchen operation. But that does not eliminate the need for someone who can answer a state inspector's basic safety questions correctly.
All three violations remained on the books when the inspector left.
The Longer Record
The September 2026 inspection is not Floresco Coffee's first encounter with state inspectors. The facility has 12 inspections on record across all available DBPR and FDACS records, with 73 total violations documented over that history.
Seventy-three violations across 12 inspections averages just over six violations per inspection visit. That is a cumulative record worth examining, even though the September inspection itself carried no priority violations and no repeat citations.
The September inspection was classified as a preoperational inspection that the facility met. That classification means the visit was tied to a licensing or operational threshold, not a routine follow-up. The fact that it resulted in three unresolved violations, including two intermediate-level findings about manager knowledge and emergency procedures, means the facility cleared the preoperational bar while leaving gaps that inspectors flagged as worth documenting.
None of the violations in the September inspection were marked as repeats, which means the record does not show inspectors citing the same manager knowledge or cleanup procedure problems in a prior visit. What the record does show is a facility with a substantial violation history across more than a dozen inspections, now adding three more to the total.
Where Things Stand
As of the September 22 inspection, Floresco Coffee met preoperational requirements and was not closed. The three violations, including the two intermediate-level findings about foodborne illness knowledge and the missing vomit cleanup plan, were not corrected during the inspection visit.
The facility has no certified food protection manager on record.
