ZEPHYRHILLS, FL. Back in February 2026, state inspectors walked into Om Rian LLC, a convenience store on the east side of Pasco County, and found the business operating without a valid food permit under new ownership, unable to document where its drinking water came from or where its wastewater went.
Those two findings, both flagged as priority violations, sat at the top of a 13-violation inspection report dated February 20, 2026. None of the 13 violations had been corrected on site by the time the inspector left.
What Inspectors Found
The permit issue was the foundation of the inspection. According to the inspector's notes, the establishment was "operating under new ownership without a current food permit," though a permit application had been submitted. Operating without a permit means the store had not been reviewed or approved by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services under its new management.
In the retail cooler, the inspector found raw shell eggs stored directly above milks. The person in charge moved the eggs to the bottom shelf during the visit, one of only two violations addressed before the inspector left. A second in-visit correction came from the handwashing sink in the kitchen area, where a dustpan had been stored in the basin. That was removed.
Chemicals and soap products were found stored above single-use styrofoam bowls and plates in the retail area, a priority violation. Those items were relocated during the inspection. In the walk-in cooler, various beverages sat directly on the floor rather than at least six inches above it.
The store also could not produce a certified food protection manager, no written procedures for handling vomiting or diarrheal events, no documentation that employees had been informed of illness reporting requirements, and no hand-washing sign in the unisex restroom. The inspector provided a sign. The person in charge could not correctly answer questions about major foodborne illnesses, and written guidance was left behind.
No probe thermometer was available anywhere in the establishment.
What These Violations Mean
The inability to document an approved water source and an approved sewage disposal facility are not paperwork problems. They are the baseline assurances that the water used in a food establishment is safe and that waste is being disposed of in a way that does not contaminate food or the surrounding environment. Without documentation, there is no way to verify either. At Om Rian LLC, inspectors noted the entity was "unable to provide documentation" for both.
Raw shell eggs stored above ready-to-drink milk in a retail cooler creates a direct contamination risk. Eggs can carry Salmonella on their shells, and if a carton leaks or cracks, that contamination can drip onto products customers will consume without any cooking step. The inspector caught this and the eggs were moved, but the fact that the storage arrangement existed at all points to a gap in food safety awareness.
The missing probe thermometer matters for a different reason. Without a way to measure food temperatures, a store has no mechanism to verify that refrigerated products are staying cold enough to slow bacterial growth. The inspector noted no temperature violations were observed during this visit, but the absence of a thermometer means the establishment had no reliable way to catch a problem before it reached customers.
The combination of no certified food protection manager, no illness reporting documentation, and a person in charge unable to answer basic foodborne illness questions describes a store where the foundational layer of food safety training was absent. These are not isolated oversights.
The Longer Record
The February 20 inspection was the first on record at this location under Om Rian LLC. It triggered a re-inspection requirement, and the state returned twice in the weeks that followed.
On March 11, inspectors found 2 violations, again under the "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit; Re-Inspection Required" inspection type. On March 25, a second follow-up found 2 violations under the same designation. The permit status and the path toward compliance are not reflected in the available violation detail for those later visits, but the re-inspection flag persisted across all three recorded visits.
The February inspection produced 13 violations with zero corrected on site before the inspector departed. The two follow-up inspections each recorded 2 violations. Whether those later findings represent the same unresolved issues or new ones is not documented in the available data.
Where Things Stood
Of the 13 violations documented on February 20, the record shows corrections for exactly two during the inspection: the raw eggs were moved off the shelf above the milk, and the dustpan was pulled out of the handwashing sink. Everything else, including the permit, the water source documentation, the sewage documentation, the missing thermometer, and the beverages on the cooler floor, remained unresolved when the inspector closed the report.
The store had submitted a permit application. Whether that application was approved before the March re-inspections is not reflected in the available records.