ORLANDO, FL. Back in January 2026, state inspectors walked into Krishnav Inc, a convenience store on the city's food retail circuit, and found hemp products on the shelves that lacked a legally required Certificate of Analysis. Four stop-sale orders were issued on the spot.
The inspection, conducted January 8, 2026 by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, was triggered because the store was operating without a valid food permit. Inspectors documented 11 violations total, including five at the priority foundation level and one that was a repeat from a prior visit.
What Inspectors Found
The hemp violation was the most consequential finding. The inspector noted that "retail hemp products for human consumption do not have a Certificate of Analysis linked." Under Florida law, hemp products sold for human consumption must carry a scannable barcode or QR code that connects to a lab certificate confirming the product's contents and safety. Management voluntarily discarded the products that could not be verified.
Four separate stop-sale orders were issued, all citing violations of Florida Food Law under FS 500 and FAC 5K-4, specifically for labeling failures.
The store was also running without a valid food permit at the time of the visit. Inspectors issued a supplemental report for management during the same inspection.
The Gaps in Food Safety Knowledge
Five of the 11 violations fell into the priority foundation category, a classification that flags deficiencies in the basic infrastructure of food safety management. The inspector could not verify that employees had been told about their legal obligation to report symptoms of foodborne illness. The person in charge failed to correctly answer questions about preventing foodborne illness transmission.
The store also had no written procedure for cleaning up vomit or diarrhea, a protocol required under state food safety rules. There was no thin-tip probe thermometer on hand to measure food temperatures. The three-compartment sink had no sanitizer test strips to verify that cleaning solution was at the correct concentration, though test strips were provided and that issue was corrected during the inspection.
The employee restroom handwashing sink had no posted handwashing reminder sign. That was corrected on site when a sign was provided during the inspection.
Spoons used to dispense boiled peanuts were being stored in water sitting at 71 degrees Fahrenheit between uses. The inspector noted they were brought to the three-compartment sink to be properly washed, rinsed, and sanitized.
Beverages in the walk-in cooler were stored directly on the floor rather than elevated at least six inches. That violation was not corrected on site.
What These Violations Mean
The hemp labeling violation is not a paperwork technicality. Florida requires that hemp products sold for human consumption be traceable to a certified lab analysis confirming what is actually in the product. Without that certificate, a customer buying a hemp-derived item has no verified information about its contents, including whether it contains the levels of THC or CBD listed on the label. If a product causes a reaction or illness, the absence of a Certificate of Analysis makes it nearly impossible to trace the product back to a source or lot. The fact that this was a repeat violation means inspectors had flagged the same problem at a prior visit.
The cluster of priority foundation violations involving employee illness reporting, foodborne illness knowledge, and the absence of a vomit and diarrhea cleanup procedure all point to the same underlying gap: the store's staff and management were not operating with a functioning food safety framework. These are the baseline protocols that prevent a sick employee from spreading illness to customers or that contain contamination when it occurs. When a person in charge cannot correctly answer questions about foodborne illness prevention, that is a signal that the training and oversight structure is missing, not just a single missed step.
Operating without a valid food permit means the store was selling food to the public outside the regulatory system designed to catch these problems before they reach customers.
The Longer Record
The repeat violation on hemp product labeling is the most pointed detail in the inspection record. Inspectors had identified the same Certificate of Analysis problem before this January 2026 visit, and the store had not resolved it by the time inspectors returned. The violation was ultimately corrected during the January inspection only because management discarded the non-compliant products rather than bringing them into compliance before the visit.
The inspection was classified as an "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit" visit, meaning the trigger for the inspection itself was the absence of a current permit. A store that has allowed its food permit to lapse is not being monitored on the standard inspection cycle, which means violations can accumulate between visits without regulatory review.
Of the 11 violations documented on January 8, the record shows zero were corrected on site in the formal sense, though inspectors noted several partial corrections during the visit. The walk-in cooler beverages stored on the floor remained unaddressed when inspectors left.