‘Heavy black mold,’ dishwashing and handwashing problems at a Hialeah bakery
A state inspector says he found a moldy facility with inadequately equipped for proper handwashing and dishwashing when he went to a Hialeah wholesale bakery on Wednesday.
That’s in the inspection report from Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Inspector Fausto Ferrer after his Wednesday visit to Hialeah’s Don Gollo Bakery, 133 W. 22nd St.
Don Gollo’s isn’t a pastelitos-empanadas-cafe retail bakery, but a wholesale bakery that says it makes Cuban baked goods for restaurants and retail brands, claiming clients such as Tio Paco, Grandia, Riko Nao and Roma Food Group.
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Here’s some of what Ferrer found.
▪ “Handwash sinks throughout the facility are missing paper towels and hand sanitizers.”
▪ “Handwash sinks inside of both men’s and women’s rest rooms are missing soap and paper towels.”
▪ The handwash sink in the oven area had a “heavy accumulation of black mold-like substance.”
▪ The packing area handwash sink, “where ready-to-eat bakery goods are being packed, does not have water.”
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▪ “The water temperature of the warewash sink only reaches 97 degrees, which is not sufficient to properly wash equipment.”
▪ Staying with inadequate warewashing, Ferrer spotted, “heavy dried up batter on the outside and back side of the two Hobart mixers.”
▪ Behind the warewash sink, there was a “heavy black mold accumulation on the wall.”
▪ “Two brushes used for production had rusted metal rings.” Those brushes wound up in the trash.
▪ There were holes on the wall next to the sugar cookie extruder and in the back wall, near raw material storage.
▪ The “food facility registration with FDA appears to be canceled.”
▪ Also, Ferrer noted, “the food establishment permit is expired. An email was sent to the business center to correct the email address for the firm as the email on file was not active.”
State records say Don Gollo Bakery’s registered agent is Lyft All Corp., which is run by company president Nadia Ocampo Bueso and vice president Ana Estrada.
This story was originally published April 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM.
