Unsafe milk, tequeños and cheeseburgers among a Miami 7-Eleven’s inspection problems
State inspectors saw no problems with the Slurpees and Big Gulps at a Northwest Miami-Dade 7-Eleven. The same can’t be said for the store’s cleanliness or food.
Here are some of the things Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services inspectors Francis Odio and Kaitlyn Ford found lacking at the Country Club of Miami area 7-Eleven, 7520 NW 186th St., along Miami Gardens Drive:
▪ Handwashing problems in the food service area included washing hands with cold water and for less than 10 seconds; putting on gloves before washing hands to work in food processing; and no paper towels or blowers to dry hands at the wash sink next to the processing area.
▪ In the backroom, equipment and kitchen utensils “were not properly rinsed after washing and the sanitizer solution was not applied for the required 30 seconds.”
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▪ Up next to the cash register, the hot holding unit wasn’t so hot. Instead of being at least 135 degrees, the pan de bono, cheese tequeños and cachitos measured 88 or 89 degrees. Then again, the unit didn’t have an ambient air thermometer, so nobody knew the unit measured 90 to 105 degrees until the inspectors put their thermometers on it. That got a Stop Use Order slapped on the unit..
Wednesday night, the red Stop Use Order remained, but the tape restricting the unit’s use had been broken. No release of the unit had posted to the store’s Ag Department inspection page as of Thursday afternoon.
▪ In the reach-in hot holding unit next to the hot dog roller grill, “chicken wings, mini beef tacos, cheeseburgers, pizza slices and potato wedges measured 105 to 114 degrees.” Two cheeseburgers got tossed after hit with a Stop Sale. The rest of the food was allowed to be reheated.
▪ Back at the reach-in cooler near the backroom, whole milk, reduced fat milk, chocolate milk and strawberry milk measured 42 to 46 degrees when they needed to be at or under 41 degrees. Stop Sales took out five gallon containers, four pints and one quart of milk.
▪ The milk (51 degrees) and half and half (53 degrees) at the self-service coffee station should have been at or under 41 degrees.
▪ The walk-in cooler had “soil buildup on drink slides.”
▪ Out in the retail area, there was “soil and debris buildup on the counter next to the reach-in cooler.”
