Mold on food. Old food. A Miami Presidente Supermarket gets an inspection F
Dangerously old, moldy or not-cold-enough food caused a North Miami-Dade Presidente Supermarket to fail state inspection.
A small pile of Stop Sale Orders got dropped on food at the Presidente at 8100 N. Miami Ave., in an unincorporated slice between El Portal and Miami, during Monday’s visit from Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspector Caridad Delgado.
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Out there for sale in the produce area was green zucchini “with white, mold-like substances.” Stop Sale on the zucchini.
“Two bags of cut cubed beef found with black substance on surface.” Stop Sale on the beef cubes.
Over in a deli area reach-in cooler were open packages of turkey breast, roast beef, sweet ham and smoked ham opened on Oct. 15, Oct. 18 or Oct. 19. That means they were either 12 days old, nine days old or eight days old, all of which are beyond the seven-day limit. Stop Sale, Stop Sale, Stop Sale and Stop Sale. Basura.
The reach-in cooler near the cash registers, which has the sole job of keeping food at or below 41 degrees, measured 52 degrees. That’s why the cheesecake, chicken salad, arroz con leche and pico de gallo in the cooler measured anywhere from 48 to 52 degrees.
Inspector Delgado hit all the food with Stop Sales and slapped a Stop Use Order on the reach-in cooler.
In the produce area, “old food debris was encrusted on knives stored in the knife holder on top of the three-compartment sink.”
In-use produce area utensils, which should be washed, rinsed and sanitized every four hours, hadn’t been through that process as of 11:15 a.m. Presidente opens at 7 a.m.
A produce area cutting board was marred with “deep grooves/cuts, and can no longer be effectively cleaned and sanitized.”
The seafood department walk-in cooler had an “accumulation of soil and mold-like substance build-up under the fan guards.”
Also, a seafood area employee began food processing “without washing hands and changing gloves after re-entering the processing area from the backroom.”
This story was originally published October 29, 2025 at 11:45 AM.
