Dirty equipment, unsafe chicken and deli meat found at a Miami area Walmart
Ham, cheese and chicken got tossed in the garbage after a state inspector dropped by a Walmart Supercenter in Doral on Tuesday.
The failed inspection of the Walmart at 8651 NW 13th Ter. means a Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services inspector will be back on or before Jan. 27.
Here’s some of what Inspectors Wenndy Ayerdis and Luis Lopez found:
“Old food residue encrusted on the slicer blade, guard and food holding attachment” in the deli area.
Neither hot food nor cold food was safe in the deli area. The hot holding unit, which should keep food at or above 135 degrees, had chicken fricassee 118 to 126 degrees, regular chicken wings at 113 to 122 degrees, and buffalo chicken wings at 121 to 123 degrees. Each of those got hit with a Stop Sale. Potato wedges and plantains also were under temperature, but were allowed to be reheated.
In the deli cold unit, which has the sole task of keeping food at or under 41 degrees, deli ham, beef bologna and cheese were too warm. Stop Sales on all, and in the trash.
A “box of uncooked chicken wings was thawing on the drain board of the ware washing sink” in the kitchen. Room temperature thawing beckons bacteria. The chicken got put in the walk-in cooler.
“Carbon encrusted the exterior of baking trays.”
In the bakery’s back area, one of the handwash sinks had no soap.
This story was originally published January 14, 2026 at 3:03 PM.
