AVENTURA, FL. Back in February 2026, state inspectors walked into Gasnan2 on the convenience store circuit in Aventura and found something that stops a routine inspection cold: the store was operating without a valid food permit while selling orange juice it had packaged on site, without the warning labels that Florida law requires for unpasteurized juice.
The orange juice finding was not a paperwork technicality. Inspectors noted that the juice was packaged on site and had not been pasteurized, and that the required consumer warning labels were missing entirely. During the inspection, staff moved the packages behind the counter to be properly labeled. But until that moment, the juice had been sitting in the retail area available for purchase.
What Inspectors Found
The temperature violation in the food service area was direct. A large container of whipped butter was sitting on the counter next to the hand sink at 58 degrees Fahrenheit, well above the 41-degree maximum for cold-held time and temperature control foods. The inspector used a probe thermometer to confirm the reading. Staff moved the container into a reach-in cooler during the inspection.
In the back room, raw shell eggs were stored directly above milk inside a reach-in cooler next to a safe. That arrangement puts raw animal protein above ready-to-consume product, a basic cross-contamination risk. Inspectors had the eggs moved during the visit.
The hand wash sink in the food service area was blocked by dish washing liquid, a pot, and sponges. Inspectors had the items cleared during the inspection. But a sink that cannot be reached is a sink that does not get used, and the blockage was not an isolated lapse.
The person in charge failed to correctly answer questions about foodborne illness symptoms and employee reporting responsibilities. Inspectors provided an employee health guide and reporting agreement by email. The establishment also had no written procedures for responding to vomiting or diarrheal events on the premises, a separate deficiency noted in the inspection record.
On the retail floor, croissants packaged on site were missing ingredients with sub-ingredients, net weight, and manufacturer information. Inspectors had all packages removed from consumer reach during the visit. Multiple squeeze bottles of sauces in the food service area were not labeled with the name of the food. Food employees were observed working with open food items without hair restraints and while wearing bracelets.
What These Violations Mean
Unpasteurized juice sold without a warning label is not a labeling inconvenience. Juice that has not been treated to eliminate pathogens can carry E. coli, Salmonella, and Cryptosporidium. Florida requires that on-site packaged unpasteurized juice carry a specific consumer advisory so that vulnerable shoppers, including pregnant women, young children, and people with compromised immune systems, know what they are buying. When those labels are absent, the shopper has no way to make that choice.
The temperature violation with the whipped butter compounds that concern. Butter held at 58 degrees for an unknown period of time has been sitting in the bacterial growth zone, the range between 41 and 135 degrees where pathogens multiply. The inspection record does not say how long the container had been on the counter before the inspector arrived.
The failed food illness knowledge test is a different kind of warning sign. When the person in charge cannot correctly explain which symptoms require an employee to be excluded from food handling, or when employees are not required to report illness, the store has no functional barrier between a sick worker and the food they are preparing or packaging. That gap runs through every other violation on the list.
A blocked hand wash sink closes that barrier further. Food employees who cannot quickly access a sink are less likely to wash hands between tasks, between touching raw product and ready-to-eat items, or after handling contaminated surfaces.
The Longer Record
The February 17, 2026 inspection was an "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit, Met Sanitation" inspection, meaning the store had been flagged for running without a current permit and then evaluated against sanitation standards as part of that process. The inspection record notes that an application for a food permit had been submitted and that the establishment had 10 days to remit payment of the appropriate fee.
The data does not show a long inspection history for this facility, which means the February visit may represent an early encounter with state oversight rather than a documented pattern of repeat violations. None of the 16 violations were marked as repeats from a prior inspection.
That absence of a long record does not soften the findings. Sixteen violations on a first substantive inspection, including two priority violations corrected on site and three priority foundation violations, two of which were not corrected during the visit, describes a store that had significant gaps in food safety practice before inspectors arrived.
The person in charge's failure to answer basic foodborne illness questions correctly was not corrected on site. Neither was the missing certified food protection manager certificate. As of the inspection date, no one at the store held a state-recognized food safety management credential.