DORAL, FL. A Jersey Mike's in Doral was cited for food cooked below required minimum temperatures on September 1, a violation that means pathogens like Salmonella can survive in the finished product and reach the customer's plate.
State inspectors visiting Jersey Mike's Subs Store 13229 at 3737 NW 87 Ave that day documented six high-severity violations and three intermediate violations. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The undercooking violation sits at the top of the list because its consequences are immediate and direct. When food does not reach required minimum temperatures, bacteria already present in the product are not killed. Inspectors also flagged that parasite destruction procedures were not being followed, meaning fish, pork, or other proteins that require specific freezing or cooking protocols to kill parasites were not receiving that treatment.
Two separate citations involved toxic chemicals: one for improper storage or labeling, and a second for improper identification, storage, or use of toxic substances. Inspectors documented both as high-severity on the same visit.
Food contact surfaces were not properly cleaned or sanitized, a violation that creates a direct transfer route between contaminated surfaces and the food being prepared on them. And the facility had no adequate employee health policy in place, meaning there was no written protocol to keep sick workers out of food preparation.
The intermediate violations added to the picture. Sewage or wastewater was not being disposed of properly. Sanitizing solution or procedures were found to be improper. Ventilation and lighting were cited as inadequate.
What These Violations Mean
The undercooking and parasite violations together describe a kitchen where the most basic thermal safety steps were not being completed. Salmonella in poultry survives below 165 degrees Fahrenheit. Parasites including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in pork survive without proper freezing or cooking. Both violations at this Doral location mean customers could have consumed food carrying live pathogens or parasites.
The dual chemical violations are worth reading carefully. Inspectors cited the facility twice on the same day for issues involving toxic substances: once for improper storage or labeling, and again for improper identification, storage, or use. Chemicals stored near food or mislabeled can contaminate food directly, and the risk is acute rather than cumulative. A customer would have no way to know.
The absence of an employee health policy compounds every other risk on the list. Without a written policy, a worker who is sick has no formal guidance to stay away from food preparation. Norovirus, which causes roughly 20 million illnesses in the United States annually, spreads efficiently through food handled by infected workers. The policy violation at this Jersey Mike's means that safeguard was not in place on September 1.
The improper sewage disposal citation adds a dimension that is harder to see but significant. Raw sewage carries fecal pathogens. Improper disposal creates contamination risk throughout a facility, not just at a single point.
The Longer Record
The September 1 inspection was the ninth on record for this location. Across those nine visits, inspectors have documented 69 total violations. The restaurant has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern is not new. On October 6, 2023, inspectors cited the location for six high-severity and three intermediate violations, the same severity count as the September 2026 inspection. On July 25, 2025, inspectors returned and again found six high-severity and four intermediate violations.
That means this location has now reached the threshold of six high-severity violations on three separate inspection visits across roughly three years. The inspections in between, on dates including November 2023, September 2024, November 2024, September 2025, and April 2026, each produced additional high-severity citations, ranging from one to three per visit.
No single inspection in the record shows a clean bill. The March 2023 visit, the earliest on record, produced three intermediate violations with no high-severity findings. Every subsequent inspection has included at least one high-severity citation.
Still Open
State inspectors documented six high-severity violations at this Doral Jersey Mike's on September 1, 2026. The violations included food not cooked to required minimum temperature, parasites not properly destroyed, food contact surfaces not sanitized, two separate toxic chemical citations, and no employee health policy.
The restaurant was not closed.
It was the third time in the facility's inspection record that inspectors found six high-severity violations in a single visit. All three times, the location remained open.
