GREENACRES, FL. Back in April 2026, before Slusher'Z Treatz could open for business as a mobile vendor in Palm Beach County, a Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspector arrived for a preoperational review and found the person in charge unable to answer basic questions about foodborne illness, unable to describe what to do if an employee gets sick, and without a single written procedure for handling a vomiting or diarrheal emergency on the unit.
The inspection, conducted April 3, documented five violations. None were corrected on site.
What Inspectors Found
The most serious finding involved the person in charge directly. According to the inspector's notes, that individual "was unable to correctly respond to questions relating to food borne disease and symptoms that may cause food borne disease" and "was unable to relate to conditions of restriction and exclusion." Those conditions determine when a sick employee must be kept away from food entirely.
A second, related violation documented that the person in charge "was unable to ensure that food employees were informed in a verifiable manner to report their illness and or symptoms relate to diseases that are transmissible through food." In plain terms, there was no system in place to make sure workers knew they were required to report when they were sick.
The third priority violation was the absence of any written procedures for handling accidental vomiting or diarrheal incidents. The inspector noted the "food entity does not have any written procedures to address clean up procedures for accidental vomiting and diarrheal incidents."
No handwash sign was posted at the hand wash sink. And the vendor had no chemical sanitizer test kit available, a violation flagged as a repeat from a prior inspection.
What These Violations Mean
The two violations centered on the person in charge are not paperwork problems. When a food vendor's operator cannot correctly describe the symptoms that require an employee to stop working, or cannot verify that workers have been told to report illness, the result is a direct exposure risk. A worker handling food while infected with norovirus, Salmonella, or Hepatitis A can transmit those pathogens to every customer served that day.
The absence of written vomiting and diarrheal cleanup procedures compounds that risk. Vomit and fecal matter from an ill person can aerosolize norovirus particles across a food preparation area. Without a documented protocol, a vendor may not know to use the correct disinfectant concentration, seal off the area, or discard nearby food items. The inspector's language here is specific: this was not a matter of the procedures being incomplete. There were none.
The repeat violation on sanitizer test kits is a separate but connected failure. Chemical sanitizers used to clean food-contact surfaces must be mixed to precise concentrations. Too weak, and pathogens survive. The only way to verify concentration is a test kit. Slusher'Z Treatz did not have one available at this inspection, and had not had one at the prior inspection either.
The Longer Record
This was a preoperational inspection, meaning the vendor was seeking approval to begin operating. The fact that it is already producing a repeat violation on the sanitizer test kit indicates the vendor has been through at least one prior inspection cycle without resolving that specific deficiency.
The five violations documented in April 2026 were all unresolved when the inspector left the unit. For a mobile vendor, which moves from location to location and operates without the fixed oversight structure of a brick-and-mortar store, unresolved violations at the preoperational stage carry particular weight. There is no manager on a permanent premises, no posted permit visible to walk-in customers, and no routine daily supervision from a regional health authority.
The inspection result was listed as "Met Preoperational Inspection Requirements," which means the vendor was ultimately cleared to operate despite the five open violations. What that clearance means for the outstanding findings, including the repeat citation and the three unresolved priority violations tied to illness knowledge and emergency procedures, is not reflected in the inspection record.
What Remains Unresolved
As of the April 3 inspection, the person in charge of Slusher'Z Treatz had not demonstrated knowledge of when to exclude a sick employee from food handling, had not established a verifiable system for employees to report illness, and had no written plan for responding to a vomiting or diarrheal incident on the unit.
The sanitizer test kit, flagged as a repeat violation, was still not present when the inspector left.