ORLANDO, FL. Back in March 2026, a state inspector visiting Zaaki Eats LLC, a perishable food processing operation in Orlando, found the facility still lacked written procedures for handling one of the more serious contamination scenarios a food facility can face: a vomit or diarrhea incident on the premises.
The inspection, conducted March 30, 2026, resulted in a single violation. It was marked repeat.
What Inspectors Found
Zaaki Eats LLC: Inspection History
The inspector's own language was direct: "The establishment does not have written procedures for the clean-up of vomit and diarrhea." The inspector provided industry guidance on site, but the violation was not corrected during the inspection itself.
The facility is classified as an "Other Perishable Processing" operation, meaning it handles food products with a limited shelf life that require temperature control. That classification makes contamination protocols particularly consequential.
The violation is categorized as a priority foundation item, abbreviated "Pf" in state inspection records. Priority foundation violations are not the most severe tier in the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspection system, but they underpin the conditions that prevent higher-level failures from occurring.
What These Violations Mean
Written cleanup procedures for vomit and diarrhea may sound like a bureaucratic checkbox, but the requirement exists because norovirus, one of the most common causes of foodborne illness outbreaks in the United States, spreads aggressively through exactly these events. An employee or visitor who becomes ill on the premises can contaminate surfaces, equipment, and food contact areas within seconds. Without a documented protocol, staff have no standardized guidance on which disinfectants to use, how long surfaces must remain wet to kill pathogens, or which areas require immediate shutdown.
In a perishable food processing environment, that gap is more serious than it would be in, say, a dry goods warehouse. Products moving through Zaaki Eats LLC are, by definition, the kind that support rapid bacterial growth if cross-contamination occurs. A cleanup handled incorrectly can leave pathogens on surfaces that then transfer to packaging or product.
The "written" requirement is not incidental. Verbal instructions depend on who is working a given shift and whether they remember what they were told. A posted, documented procedure ensures that any employee, on any day, follows the same steps. That consistency is the point.
No stop sale orders were issued during this inspection. No products were pulled. The facility met the overall preoperational standard and was not closed. But the repeat nature of the violation means this is not a case of an oversight being caught for the first time.
The Longer Record
Zaaki Eats LLC has two FDACS inspections on record at this location. The first, conducted August 29, 2025, found zero violations. The facility met preoperational inspection requirements without any cited deficiencies.
Seven months later, the March 2026 inspection found one violation, and that violation was already classified as a repeat. The repeat designation means inspectors had reason to flag the same underlying issue previously, even if the August 2025 record shows no formal citation. The gap between a clean August record and a repeat-marked March citation suggests the written procedure requirement was identified through some prior contact or review before the August inspection formally closed.
Two inspections is a short history. Zaaki Eats LLC is not a facility with decades of accumulated citations or a pattern of escalating severity. But the repeat marking on the only violation this facility has ever received is notable precisely because it means the single problem inspectors found was one the operation already knew about.
The violation was not corrected on site during the March 30 inspection.
Where Things Stand
Zaaki Eats LLC passed its March 2026 preoperational inspection in the sense that the facility met the overall threshold required to operate. The state did not issue a closure order, and no products were removed from sale.
What the facility did not do was resolve its one outstanding violation before the inspector left. The written procedures for vomit and diarrhea cleanup that inspectors flagged as missing in March 2026 remained absent at the close of that inspection visit. Industry guidance was provided to the establishment, according to the inspector's notes, but guidance is not the same as a corrected record.
For anyone purchasing products processed at Zaaki Eats LLC, the practical takeaway is limited. No contamination was documented, no illness was linked to the facility, and the operation cleared the preoperational bar. The unresolved item is procedural, not a finding of active contamination.
The repeat designation, however, means this is the second time the same gap has come to an inspector's attention. Whether the March 2026 guidance finally produced a written protocol is a question the next inspection will answer.