ORMOND BEACH, FL. Back in March 2026, a state inspector walking the floor of Mommas Market on a routine FDACS visit found raw in-the-shell eggs stored directly above ready-to-eat food items in the retail cooler, one of the most basic and preventable cross-contamination risks in any food establishment.
The inspection, conducted March 6, 2026, turned up six total violations at the Ormond Beach convenience store, which holds a Significant Food Service and Packaged Ice license. One of those violations was a priority-level citation, meaning inspectors considered it a direct threat to food safety.
What Inspectors Found
The raw egg finding drew the most immediate action. The inspector noted that raw in-the-shell eggs were stored over ready-to-eat food items, and the manager relocated them on the spot. That correction happened during the visit itself.
Two other violations were also addressed before the inspector left. A handwashing sink in the food service area had been blocked by a stool, and the manager moved it when the inspector flagged it. Both fixes took seconds, which raises the question of why they required an inspection to prompt them.
Three violations were not corrected during the visit. The inspector found that the manager was unable to answer questions about employee health policies. There was also no written cleanup plan for employees to follow in the event of a contamination incident. And throughout the building, soda crates and cardboard were being used as makeshift shelving instead of approved food-contact surfaces.
Water-stained ceiling tiles in the retail area rounded out the list, a physical facilities citation that inspectors noted but that carried no immediate food safety classification.
What These Violations Mean
The raw egg storage violation is the kind of finding that can directly make shoppers sick. Raw shell eggs carry Salmonella on their surfaces, and when they are stored above ready-to-eat items such as deli products, produce, or packaged foods with damaged seals, any drip or crack can transfer bacteria onto food that will never be cooked again before someone eats it. The fact that the manager corrected it immediately is a positive sign. The fact that it was happening at all means it had likely been the storage arrangement before the inspector arrived.
The two "priority foundation" violations that were not corrected on site are a different kind of concern. A manager who cannot answer basic questions about employee health policy is a manager who may not know whether a sick employee should be sent home or kept on the floor. That gap matters because an employee working while ill, particularly with a reportable illness like norovirus or Salmonella, is one of the fastest ways a convenience store becomes a source of foodborne illness for its customers.
The absence of a written cleanup plan compounds that problem. Written procedures exist so that any employee, not just a trained manager, knows exactly what steps to take when a contamination event occurs. Without one, the response to a spill or an illness incident depends entirely on whoever happens to be working that shift.
The improvised shelving, soda crates and cardboard stacked throughout the building, is a sanitation concern because neither surface is designed to be cleaned or sanitized the way approved shelving is. Food products sitting on cardboard or plastic crates are resting on surfaces that can harbor moisture, mold, and bacteria in ways that smooth, sealed shelving cannot.
The Longer Record
The inspection history at this location is short. The March 6, 2026 visit that produced these six violations was followed five days later, on March 11, 2026, by a focused inspection that found zero violations.
That rapid turnaround is meaningful. A focused inspection is a targeted follow-up, not a full review, and a clean result suggests the store addressed at least the items inspectors were checking at that visit. None of the six violations from March 6 were marked as repeat citations, meaning inspectors had not flagged the same problems at this location in prior reviews.
With only two inspections on record at this location, there is not enough history to call this a pattern. What the record does show is a store that had real food safety gaps in early March and cleared a follow-up check less than a week later.
The priority violation, raw eggs stored above ready-to-eat food, was corrected the day it was cited. But the manager's inability to answer employee health questions and the absence of a written illness response plan were not resolved during the inspection itself, and the records do not indicate when or whether those gaps were formally closed.