ARCADIA, FL. Back in March 2026, a state inspector visiting a mobile ice vendor in DeSoto County found the same two problems that had been flagged before, and left without seeing either one fixed.
Kiss My Ice LLC, a mobile vendor operating out of Arcadia, was inspected by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services on March 30, 2026. The inspection was classified as a preoperational review. Inspectors documented two violations, both of them repeats, and neither was corrected on site.
What Inspectors Found
REPEAT VIOLATIONS
INSPECTOR RESPONSE
The first violation involved sanitizer testing. According to the inspector's notes, the vendor had "no quaternary sanitizer test strips available" on the mobile unit. The inspector provided a sample of test strips on site, which the record describes as a corrective step, but the underlying violation was not formally corrected.
Quaternary sanitizer test strips are a basic tool used to verify that sanitizing solution is mixed at the right concentration. Without them, there is no reliable way to confirm that surfaces or equipment have been adequately sanitized before food contact.
The second violation was the absence of written procedures for employees to follow when a vomit or diarrhea incident occurs. The inspector noted plainly: "No written vomit/diarrhea clean up procedures." No correction was made during the inspection.
What These Violations Mean
For anyone who buys from a mobile food vendor, sanitizer concentration is not a paperwork issue. It is the primary control point for killing pathogens on surfaces that come into contact with the product being sold. If the sanitizer solution is too weak, it may not kill bacteria or viruses effectively. If it is too strong, it can leave chemical residue. Test strips are the only field-ready way to check that concentration in real time, and Kiss My Ice did not have them available during this inspection, or during at least one prior inspection.
The vomit and diarrhea cleanup procedure requirement exists for a specific reason. Norovirus, one of the most common causes of foodborne illness outbreaks, spreads rapidly through contaminated surfaces and can survive on them for extended periods. A written cleanup protocol ensures that employees know to use the correct disinfectant concentration, contain the affected area, and dispose of contaminated materials properly. Without a written plan, an employee who encounters such an incident on a mobile unit has no documented guidance to follow.
Neither of these violations involves a stop sale or a product recall. But both are classified as priority foundation violations, meaning they are considered foundational to the safe operation of the facility. Finding them again, on a preoperational inspection, means the vendor showed up to begin operations without having addressed problems that had already been identified.
The Repeat Problem
Both violations cited on March 30 were marked as repeats. That designation means inspectors had documented the same deficiencies at Kiss My Ice LLC during at least one previous inspection.
Repeat violations on a preoperational inspection carry a particular weight. A preoperational inspection is conducted before a mobile vendor begins selling, giving the operator advance notice that a review is coming. Finding the same two violations under those conditions suggests the corrections were not made permanent between inspections.
Zero violations were corrected on site during the March 30 visit. The inspector provided a sample of test strips, which addresses the immediate absence but does not resolve the underlying failure to stock them. The written cleanup procedures were not produced at all.
The Longer Record
The state inspection record for Kiss My Ice LLC reflects a pattern that goes beyond a single bad day. The repeat designation on both March 2026 violations confirms that inspectors had flagged these same issues before, meaning the vendor has had prior opportunity to address them.
A mobile vendor operating without sanitizer test strips and without written illness response procedures is not encountering these requirements for the first time. These are standard items that state inspectors expect to find on any mobile food unit during a preoperational check.
The inspection record does not show a long history of high-priority violations or product seizures. But the persistence of the same two foundational violations across multiple inspections, including one conducted specifically before the vendor began selling, is the detail that stands out. As of the March 30, 2026 inspection, neither violation had been corrected on site, and no written vomit and diarrhea cleanup procedures had been produced for the inspector to review.