Pinecrest’s Wayside Market failed its most recent state inspection this week
APRIL 9 UPDATE: Pinecrest Wayside Market passed its re-inspection.
Handwashing and sanitizing problems were among the reasons the Pinecrest Wayside Market got the lowest rating, “Re-Inspection Required,” on Tuesday’s state inspection.
Prior to that, Wayside’s most recent regular inspection was a Dec. 27, 2022 follow-up to a Dec. 8, 2022 inspection that ended “Re-Inspection Required.”
Florida Department of Agriculture inspectors don’t shut down an establishment for a failed inspection, although they can drop Stop Use Orders on enough areas and equipment that opening becomes impractical. That didn’t happen to Wayside Market, however, but here’s some of what Inspector Guisella Uribe found Tuesday.
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▪ People working in the processing, food service and coffee station areas “did not wash their hands between entering and exiting the food preparation area, handling unclean wiping cloths, unclean utensils, working at the register, and returning to handling food items to customers.”
▪ In the same areas, “food employees wearing single-use gloves took customer orders at the register, handled food items, entered and exited the preparation areas without changing their gloves between tasks.” That’s beyond the designed usage of “single-use gloves.”
▪ Still in the same areas, “food employees were not wearing hair restraints while engaged in open food handling.”
Wayside Market’s an open air facility, vulnerable to the effects of Miami outdoors — Miami’s often-chewy humidity, dirt and small, living things.
▪ An “accumulation of dust and old food residue encrusted on the equipment, food preparation tables, and food shelves throughout the food establishment.”
▪ Similarly, “old food residue was found on the floor beneath shelving units, preparation tables and equipment throughout all areas of the food establishment.” And, there was “mold-like residue on walls and ceiling throughout all areas of the food establishment.”
▪ “Numerous black flies were observed in all processing areas, landing on numerous preparation tables, and food equipment.”
▪ Wet wiping cloths should sit in a sanitizer solution when not in someone’s wiping hand, but “multiple wet wiping cloths used to clean the equipment and counters were found not held in sanitizer” when not in use.
▪ The espresso machine’s steam wand had been at work more than four hours without being washed, rinsed and sanitized.
▪ In the food service area “cups and utensils were not sanitized” after being washed and rinsed.
▪ The inspection didn’t say how many turkey sandwiches and chicken wraps measured 48 degrees, which is seven degrees above proper food safety limits, but those that were there got hit with Stop Sales. Basura.
This story was originally published March 30, 2025 at 12:43 PM.
