Flies, rodents, filthy equipment and food given a second chance were part of the story told by Wednesday’s inspection report from a Hialeah bakery.
Charitin Bakery, 1988 E. Fourth Ave., remains open because, unlike state restaurant inspections by a different state agency, Florida Department of Agriculture inspectors can’t close the establishments they inspect. But, those retail bakeries, wholesale bakeries, grocers, food processors and packaged food sellers can get hit with Stop Use Orders on areas or equipment and Stop Sale orders on food.
Here’s some of what Inspector Simeon Carrero found.
▪ “Several flies” in the food service area.
▪ Another problem in the food service area was the inspector saw the “ice machine had soil and mold-like buildup inside the ice chute.”
▪ The back room had “several containers of fillings for pastelitos” stored directly on the floor.
▪ “Old, dry mouse droppings under the cold holding unit, soil on ceiling tile, doors, shelf and walls.”