LAKELAND, FL. Back in December 2025, state inspectors walked into Noony Wabash Mart on a product re-inspection visit and found hemp extract products on the retail shelves exceeding the legal 0.3% total delta-9 THC concentration limit, a threshold that pushes those products out of the legal hemp category and into the territory of controlled substances under Florida law.
That finding alone triggered multiple stop sale orders. But it was far from the only problem inspectors documented that day.
What Inspectors Found on the Shelves
Zero violations were corrected on site during the inspection, and three were repeats from a prior visit.
The hemp extract violations stacked up quickly. Products on the retail floor were not in child-resistant packaging. Several were shaped like animals, humans, or cartoons, a specific category Florida law prohibits because of the risk of attracting children. Others contained color additives, also prohibited. Some products had already passed their expiration dates.
The labeling failures were extensive. Inspectors found hemp extract products missing serving size and servings per container. Others lacked the name and place of business of the processor, packer, or distributor. Products intended for inhalation were not labeled with the required statement, "Not Intended For Ingestion, Do Not Eat." Quick response codes on packages did not link to a certificate of analysis as required.
Products were also missing batch numbers, expiration dates, internet addresses for batch information, and milligrams of each marketed cannabinoid per serving.
The kratom products on site had their own problems. LETS CHILL and CLUB 13 brand kratom products did not declare the concentration of 7-hydroxymitragynine in parts per million on a dry-weight basis, as required under Florida's emergency rule. No sign was posted stating that kratom sales to persons under 21 are prohibited, though a sign was put up during the visit.
The Warewashing Room and the Handwashing Sinks
Beyond the retail floor, the warewashing room drew its own stop use order. Inspectors found no hot water at the three-compartment sink and no handwashing sink near it. Both findings resulted in a stop use order covering all food and beverage service and equipment at the store.
The three-compartment sink basins themselves were soiled. No sanitizer test kit was available. That combination, no hot water, a soiled sink, and no way to verify sanitizer concentration, means there was no functioning warewashing system in place.
Handwashing sinks in the retail area and the toilet room had no soap and no paper towels. The person in charge did not correctly respond to questions related to preventing foodborne illnesses, a violation that inspectors noted had occurred before. No written procedures existed for responding to a vomiting or diarrheal event. The store had no certified food protection manager.
A supplement sold under the name EASIE PURE SEPTAVEX was found without a supplement facts panel and received its own stop sale order for misbranding.
The Longer Record
This was not Noony Wabash Mart's first encounter with state inspectors. Records show a prior FDACS inspection in September 2024 that resulted in seven violations, a visit that ended with the store meeting sanitation standards.
Three of the violations documented in December 2025 were marked as repeats, including the soiled three-compartment sink basins, the hemp extract products exceeding the 0.3% THC limit, and the person in charge failing to correctly answer questions about foodborne illness prevention.
That last repeat is significant. The person in charge had already been through this conversation with an inspector. The knowledge gap did not close between September 2024 and December 2025.
The jump from seven violations in September 2024 to twenty in December 2025, with three of those being repeats, indicates the store did not sustain whatever corrections brought it into compliance after the earlier visit.
What These Violations Mean
The THC concentration finding is the most legally serious violation in this inspection. Florida law classifies hemp products at or below 0.3% total delta-9 THC as legal hemp. Products above that threshold are classified as controlled substances under Chapter 893 of Florida Statutes. Selling them in a convenience store is not a labeling problem. It is selling a product the law treats as illegal.
The cartoon and animal shapes, the color additives, the lack of child-resistant packaging, these violations compound the THC issue. Products that look like candy or toys and contain above-limit THC concentrations present a direct risk to children who cannot read labels and have no way to distinguish them from ordinary snacks.
The kratom labeling failures matter for a different reason. The specific compound inspectors flagged, 7-hydroxymitragynine, is the most potent active ingredient in kratom and the one most associated with dependence and overdose risk. Florida's emergency rule requiring its concentration to be declared on the label exists so consumers can make informed decisions about what they are ingesting. Without that number, they cannot.
The warewashing and handwashing failures affect anyone who buys prepared or handled food from the store. No hot water at the three-compartment sink means dishes, utensils, and equipment cannot be properly sanitized. No soap at the handwashing sink means employees have no way to wash their hands between tasks. A person in charge who cannot answer basic questions about foodborne illness prevention is less likely to catch or correct these failures before a customer is harmed.
None of the twenty violations documented on December 18, 2025 were corrected on site. The stop sale orders on products classified as controlled substances remained in effect, and the stop use order on food and beverage service equipment was still on the books at the time the inspection report was printed on December 22, 2025.
