KEYSTONE HIEGHTS, FL. Back in March 2026, state inspectors walked into Seaglass of Keystone Inc, a hemp specialty shop, and found products on the retail shelf that inspectors flagged as containing a controlled substance prohibited under Chapter 893 of Florida Statutes. Six separate stop sale orders cited that same reason, each noting the products "may not be" sold under Florida law.
That finding sat alongside 17 other violations documented during the March 18 inspection, including hemp products with delta-9 THC concentrations above the legal limit, kratom products missing required labeling, mushroom products sold without identifying their manufacturer, and no valid food permit to operate at all.
Not a single violation was corrected on site. Two were marked as repeats, meaning inspectors had flagged the same problems before.
What Inspectors Found on the Shelves
The inspector noted that hemp products offered for retail sale had delta-9 THC concentrations at a level above the legal limit, triggering a stop sale order. Under Florida law, hemp products sold at retail must contain no more than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC by dry weight. Products above that threshold are not legally hemp at all.
The kratom section drew its own cluster of violations. Multiple kratom products were not labeled with the concentration of 7-Hydroxymitragynine, a potency marker required under Florida emergency rule 5KER25-6. Other kratom products were missing the net quantity of package contents, and still others lacked the name and location of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor, as well as a nutrition or supplement facts panel. The inspector noted that all of those kratom products were voluntarily discarded and stop sale and release orders were issued.
The mushroom products fared no better. The inspector found products not labeled with the manufacturer, packer, or shipper, and separately found items sold under names including "Silly Blend" or "Proprietary Nootropic Mushroom Blend" that were missing their ingredients entirely. Both sets of mushroom products were voluntarily discarded.
The Hemp Labeling Failures
Beyond the controlled substance findings, the inspector documented a cascade of hemp-specific labeling violations. Hemp extract products were not packaged in child-resistant packaging. Products were missing the required internet address where batch information could be obtained. Products were missing the name and address of the processor, packer, or distributor. Products were missing expiration dates. Products were missing batch numbers. Products were missing scannable barcodes or QR codes linked to a certificate of analysis.
That is seven distinct labeling requirements for hemp products sold in Florida, and the inspector found violations of all of them at this shop.
The inspector also found hemp products whose packaging was designed in the shape of humans, cartoons, or animals, which is prohibited under Florida law. And the shop was selling hemp extract products that contained color additives, another prohibited practice because both features are considered attractive to children. Stop sale orders were issued for each category.
No age restriction sign was posted for the sale of hemp extract products. No age restriction sign was posted for kratom products either.
What These Violations Mean
The controlled substance finding is the most serious item in the record. When inspectors cite Chapter 893 of Florida Statutes, they are not describing a labeling technicality. They are documenting that a product on a retail shelf contains a substance Florida law classifies as a controlled substance. A customer buying that product would have no way of knowing that from the packaging.
The delta-9 THC violation compounds that concern. Hemp products that test above the legal THC threshold are not regulated as hemp under Florida or federal law. A shopper who purchased such a product believing it was a compliant hemp item would be consuming something with a higher potency than the label, if it had a label at all, would indicate.
The labeling failures on kratom products carry their own risks. Kratom contains active alkaloids, including 7-Hydroxymitragynine, that have dose-dependent effects. Florida now requires that concentration to appear on the label precisely so consumers can make informed decisions about how much they are taking. Products without that information give buyers no basis for gauging what they are ingesting.
The absence of a valid food permit, a repeat violation, means the shop was operating outside the state's oversight framework entirely at the time of inspection.
The Longer Record
The inspection was classified as "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit, Product Re-inspection Required," which signals that this was not a routine compliance check. The operating-without-a-permit violation was marked as a repeat, meaning inspectors had previously documented that Seaglass of Keystone was running without the required permit and the shop had not resolved it before the March visit.
The unlabeled packaged food violation was also marked as a repeat. That pairing, no permit and unlabeled products, both appearing for at least the second time, describes a shop that had been put on notice about its most foundational compliance failures and had not addressed them.
None of the 18 violations were corrected during the inspection itself. The stop sale orders on controlled substance products remained in place, as did the stop use orders issued for the facility's lack of hot water throughout the building.