PEMBROKE PINES, FL. Back in December 2025, a state inspector walked into Evergreen Grocers Super Stop on a routine FDACS visit and found raw shell eggs stored directly above prepackaged beverages inside the walk-in cooler, a priority violation that carries an immediate contamination risk for every drink on those shelves.
That finding was corrected before the inspector left. Most of the other 13 violations documented that day were not.
What Inspectors Found
The December 10 inspection was triggered because the store was operating without a valid food permit. The inspection type is listed in state records as "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit, Met Sanitation Inspection," meaning the facility had to demonstrate it met minimum sanitation standards before it could continue operating.
The store accumulated 14 total violations across that single visit. None were marked as repeat violations, but none were corrected on site except for the raw egg storage issue.
The pest entry problem was among the more concrete findings. The inspector noted that customer service doors on both sides of the drive-through were not protected against pest entry and remained open throughout the entire inspection. That is not a momentary lapse, it is a condition that persisted for the duration of the inspector's time on the premises.
In the walk-in cooler, unfinished wood shelving was being used to store packaged foods. Wood is porous, absorbs moisture and cannot be sanitized the way smooth, sealed surfaces can. The same cooler had soil build-up documented on both the floor and the walls.
Outside the building, threaded faucets at the front and back of the store were missing backflow prevention devices. The inspector flagged this as a plumbing violation that could allow contaminants to flow back into the water supply.
The store's only restroom was missing both a covered trash receptacle and a self-closing door, and no handwashing sign was posted at the sink. The person in charge could not produce written procedures for handling a vomit or diarrhea cleanup event, which is a separate intermediate-level violation. The facility also had no probe thermometer available to check internal food temperatures.
A maintenance ladder was stored touching an ice cream chest freezer near the cash register area, which the inspector cited as a physical facilities violation.
What These Violations Mean
The raw egg storage finding is the most direct public health concern in this inspection record. Raw shell eggs can carry Salmonella on their outer surface. When they are stored above ready-to-eat or prepackaged items, any liquid that drips, even a small amount from a cracked or dirty shell, can contaminate packaging that customers will later handle and open. The violation was corrected during the inspection, but it reflects a storage practice that was already in place when the inspector arrived.
The missing backflow prevention devices on the outdoor faucets represent a different category of risk. Backflow occurs when water flows in reverse through a plumbing connection, which can draw contaminants from a hose or external source back into the potable water supply. At a facility that handles packaged food and beverages, a compromised water supply is not a theoretical problem.
The absence of a probe thermometer matters because temperature is the primary tool for verifying that refrigerated and packaged foods have been stored safely. Without one, staff at Evergreen Grocers had no reliable way to confirm that the walk-in cooler, or any other cold storage unit, was holding product at a safe temperature during their daily operations.
The open drive-through doors create a direct, unobstructed path for insects and rodents into the retail space. Pest activity in a food retail environment contaminates surfaces, packaging and products in ways that are not always visible to customers at the point of purchase.
The Longer Record
The state records available for this inspection do not include a prior inspection count for Evergreen Grocers Super Stop, which limits what can be said about a longer pattern at this location. What the record does show is that the December 10 visit was initiated specifically because the store was operating without a valid food permit, a threshold condition that precedes any evaluation of how the facility is actually being run.
None of the 14 violations were flagged as repeats from a prior inspection, which could mean this was an early inspection of the location, or that prior records are not available in the current dataset.
What is documented is this: of 14 violations cited on December 10, 2025, 13 remained unresolved at the time the inspector left the building.
