Popular Miami grocer fails inspection over expired meat and unsafe food temperatures

Grocery shopping comes with plenty of decisions. Whether the avocados are ripe, which cut of meat looks best, and what’s actually worth buying this week. Wondering whether the seafood has been stored at a safe temperature shouldn’t be one of them.

But at a Fresco y Más in Kendall near Kendale Lakes, state inspectors found several food safety violations serious enough to fail an October 8 inspection.

As the Miami Herald first reported, inspectors with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services flagged issues involving food temperatures, improper thawing practices, and expired products at the supermarket at 15050 Sunset Dr.

The seafood department wasn’t spared, either. Inspectors found a whole salmon, four packages of salmon fillets, and four packages of tilapia outside safe temperature limits, prompting additional stop-sale orders…

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