Deli meat that’s too old, and produce and equipment with mold and roaches that took kitchen processing areas out of action caused a Miami Gardens Presidente Supermarket to fail Monday’s state inspection.
Before Monday, the Presidente at 18350 NW Seventh Ave. hadn’t had a full inspection since July 27, 2022. And that was a re-inspection after an earlier one here, the sixth of seven of the chain grocery stores that failed inspection in June and July 2022.
While state restaurant inspectors can shut down places for failing inspection, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services inspectors don’t possess such temporary death penalty powers. But the inspectors of grocers, sellers of packaged foods, retail and wholesale bakeries, food processing and food storage plants can put Stop Use Orders on areas of the business and equipment…