HALLANDALE BEACH, FL. Back in February 2026, state inspectors walked into Hallandale Queen Of Smoke, a hemp specialty shop in Hallandale Beach, and left with stop sale orders covering dozens of products, including hemp extract items the inspector documented as exceeding Florida's 0.3% total delta-9 THC concentration limit, a threshold that, when crossed, places a product in controlled substance territory under state law.
The February 27 inspection by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recorded 22 violations and 3 repeat citations. Not a single violation was corrected on site.
What Inspectors Found
The most serious finding involved hemp extract products the inspector documented as carrying delta-9 THC concentrations above 0.3% according to their own package labeling or certificates of analysis. The inspector issued stop sale orders on those products and noted that a supplemental report with additional information for management was also issued during the visit.
Hemp gummies under the brand 4U20 drew a separate stop sale order. The inspector wrote that the approved source for those products could not be verified.
The shop was also operating without a valid food permit, a repeat violation. The inspector noted that an application had been submitted and that the establishment was required to remit payment of the appropriate fee within 10 days.
The Full Scope of Product Problems
The labeling failures alone generated a cascade of stop sale orders. Hemp extract products in the retail area were found missing expiration dates, batch numbers, net weight, serving size, and the number of milligrams of each marketed cannabinoid. Products also lacked an internet address on packaging where batch information could be obtained, and QR codes present on some items did not link directly to the product's certificate of analysis within three or fewer steps as required.
Some hemp extract products were sold in packaging that was not child-resistant according to ASTM standards. Others were not stored in containers designed to minimize light exposure.
Products shaped like humans, cartoons, or animals drew a stop sale order for being attractive to children. Hemp gummies containing color additives drew a second citation on the same grounds. Hemp extract products intended solely for inhalation were not labeled with the required statement "Not Intended For Ingestion, Do Not Eat."
The kratom section of the shop had its own set of labeling failures. Multiple kratom products were missing net weight, the name and location of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, and ingredient lists. Those products were also not labeled with the concentration of 7-Hydroxymitragynine, expressed in parts per million as required under a state emergency rule. Several kratom items were also missing the required "Dietary Supplement" statement on the front panel of their packaging.
The shop lacked a three-compartment sink required for open food processing, dispensing, and packaging, including open hemp flowers and individual sales from bulk containers. Stop sale and stop use orders were issued on that basis.
What These Violations Mean
The THC threshold violation is the most consequential finding in this inspection. Florida law caps delta-9 THC in hemp products at 0.3%. Products documented above that level are classified as controlled substances under Chapter 893 of Florida Statutes. A customer purchasing one of those items would have no way of knowing, from the shelf, that the product exceeded the legal limit. The stop sale orders issued at Hallandale Queen Of Smoke were intended to remove those products from sale until the issue is resolved.
The unapproved source finding for the 4U20 gummies matters for a different reason. When a product cannot be traced to a verified, approved manufacturer, there is no reliable chain of custody if a consumer is harmed. Florida's hemp rules require source verification precisely so that contaminated or mislabeled batches can be tracked and recalled.
The packaging violations, taken together, describe a retail floor where customers had limited ability to make informed decisions. No expiration dates. No batch numbers. No serving sizes. No net weight. No QR codes linking to lab results. For products containing cannabinoids, those omissions are not minor administrative gaps. They are the only tools a consumer has to evaluate what they are buying and how much to take.
The child-attraction violations, cartoon-shaped packaging and color-additive gummies, are treated seriously under Florida's hemp rules because the products contain psychoactive compounds and are being sold in formats that could appeal to minors.
The Longer Record
The February 2026 inspection was not the first time inspectors found serious problems at this location. An August 2025 inspection recorded 25 violations with 2 repeat citations, also classified as a product re-inspection. The operating-without-a-valid-permit citation that appeared in February was also flagged as a repeat, meaning the shop had been cited for the same permit problem before.
A focused inspection on March 5, 2026, conducted after the February visit, found 1 violation, also a repeat. The permit issue had not been resolved even by that follow-up date.
Earlier inspections in September 2025 and July 2025 recorded zero violations, suggesting the shop was capable of passing focused reviews. But the two product re-inspections, in August 2025 and February 2026, each generated substantial violation counts and stop sale orders.
None of the 22 violations documented on February 27 were corrected on site.