DORAL, FL. Food from an unapproved or unknown source was on the premises at Green Apple Juice Lounge at 9831 NW 58th Street when a state inspector visited on July 14, 2026, meaning whatever was being served to customers that day had bypassed every federal safety checkpoint designed to catch Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli before it reaches a plate or a cup.
That was one of seven high-severity violations documented during the visit. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The parasite destruction violation compounds the sourcing problem directly. When food arrives from an unknown supplier, there is no documentation of whether fish, pork, or other susceptible proteins were properly frozen or cooked to kill parasites including Anisakis and Trichinella. At Green Apple Juice Lounge, inspectors found the required parasite destruction procedures were not being followed, meaning the two failures reinforce each other.
Employees were also cited for both inadequate handwashing and improper handwashing technique, two separate violations that together describe a complete breakdown. The first means workers were not washing hands when they should have. The second means that when they did wash, they were doing it wrong.
The inspector also found that food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, that single-use items were being reused, and that multi-use utensils were not being cleaned adequately. Three separate points of contact between the food and the customer, all compromised on the same day.
There was no written employee health policy on site. There was no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked items.
What These Violations Mean
The food sourcing violation is the one with the longest reach. When a restaurant cannot document where its food came from, there is no traceability if a customer gets sick. Public health investigators trying to trace an outbreak back to its origin need supplier records, lot numbers, and delivery logs. Without them, the chain of accountability breaks before it can be followed.
The parasite destruction failure is specific to foods like raw or undercooked fish and pork. Proper freezing at regulated temperatures for regulated time periods kills parasites that survive cooking at lower temperatures. Skipping that step means a customer ordering something that appears fully prepared could still be exposed to live organisms.
The handwashing violations, taken together, describe a kitchen where the most basic contamination barrier was not functioning. Studies consistently show that proper handwashing reduces foodborne illness transmission more than any single other intervention. At Green Apple Juice Lounge on July 14, inspectors documented that it was not happening correctly, and not happening often enough.
The absence of a consumer advisory matters most for customers who are pregnant, elderly, immunocompromised, or very young. Those groups face the highest risk from pathogens in undercooked food. Without a posted advisory, they have no way to make an informed choice before ordering.
The Longer Record
The July 14 inspection was the fourteenth on record for Green Apple Juice Lounge. Across those 14 inspections, the facility has accumulated 63 total violations. It has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern in the prior inspection history is not one of a restaurant that had a clean run and then collapsed. The 2022 inspection turned up 4 high-severity violations. The 2023 inspection found 3 high-severity violations. The most recent prior inspection, in August 2025, produced 2 high-severity and 4 intermediate violations. The July 2026 inspection, with 7 high-severity violations, is the worst single visit on record by a significant margin.
One data point stands out in the prior history. On June 27, 2025, two inspections were recorded on the same date. One showed zero violations across both high and intermediate categories. The other showed 3 high-severity violations with no intermediates. That same-day divergence is unusual and suggests the two records likely reflect a routine inspection and a follow-up callback on the same day, with the facility passing one and failing the other.
The facility has never been cited for pest activity in the available record, and it has never triggered an emergency closure order. What the record does show is a facility that has cycled through high-severity citations across multiple years without resolving the underlying conditions that generate them.
Still Open
State inspectors documented seven high-severity violations at Green Apple Juice Lounge on July 14, 2026, including food from an unknown source, failed parasite destruction protocols, broken handwashing practices, unsanitized food contact surfaces, and no employee health policy in place.
The restaurant was not closed.
