KISSIMMEE, FL. State inspectors visiting Manjar Shop at 7830 Irlo Bronson Memorial Hwy on May 13 found toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled near food, food not cooked to required minimum temperatures, and food contact surfaces that had not been properly cleaned or sanitized, all in a single inspection that produced six high-severity violations.
The facility was not emergency-closed.
What Inspectors Found
Two of the six high-severity violations involved chemicals. Inspectors cited the facility both for toxic chemicals improperly stored or labeled and for toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used. Those are distinct violations, and both were flagged on the same visit.
The cooking temperature violation is among the most direct threats on the list. Food not reaching required minimum temperatures means pathogens can survive and reach the customer's plate. For poultry, that threshold is 165 degrees Fahrenheit, and anything below it leaves Salmonella viable.
Inspectors also found that food contact surfaces had not been properly cleaned or sanitized, and that the facility had no written employee health policy. The absence of a health policy means there is no formal mechanism to keep sick workers out of food preparation. The two intermediate violations covered improper sanitizing procedures and the reuse of single-use items.
No consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods was posted, meaning customers with compromised immune systems, elderly diners, pregnant women, and young children had no way to know they were eating food that carried elevated risk.
What These Violations Mean
The chemical storage violations are not paperwork problems. When cleaning agents, pesticides, or other toxic substances are stored near food without proper labeling or separation, the contamination pathway is direct. A mislabeled container used in food prep, or a chemical stored above an open food surface, can cause acute poisoning. Two separate chemical violations on the same inspection suggests the problem was not a single misplaced bottle.
The undercooking violation compounds the surface sanitation failure. Improperly cleaned cutting boards and prep surfaces are a primary vehicle for bacterial transfer between raw and cooked food. When food also fails to reach safe internal temperatures, there is no final kill step to neutralize what the contaminated surface introduced.
The missing employee health policy is a structural gap, not an isolated incident. Without a written policy requiring workers to report illness and stay home when symptomatic, Norovirus, which causes roughly 20 million cases of foodborne illness in the United States annually, has a direct transmission route through food handlers. At Manjar Shop, that policy was absent on May 13.
The reuse of single-use items, flagged as an intermediate violation, adds a contamination layer. Gloves, cups, and utensils designed for one use are not built to withstand repeated cleaning. Reusing them transfers whatever contamination they picked up during first use directly to the next food or surface they touch.
The Longer Record
Manjar Shop: Inspection Pattern, 2023–2026
The May 2026 inspection is the facility's 26th on record. Across those 26 visits, inspectors have documented 164 total violations. The shop has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern that emerges from the history is not random. Three consecutive inspections in late 2023 and early 2024 produced zero high or intermediate violations. Then, beginning in May 2024, high-severity violations reappeared and have not stopped. The December 2024 and January 10, 2025 inspections each produced nine high-severity violations and three intermediate ones. A follow-up three days later, on January 13, still found five high-severity violations.
May 2026 marks the fifth consecutive inspection cycle, going back to May 2024, in which the facility has logged at least two high-severity violations. The specific violation categories have shifted across visits, but the severity level has not.
Still Open
The six high-severity violations documented on May 13 did not trigger an emergency closure. Under Florida's inspection framework, a facility can remain open even after multiple high-severity findings if inspectors determine the immediate public health risk does not meet the threshold for emergency action.
Manjar Shop was open when inspectors arrived on May 13, 2026. It was open when they left.