DORAL, FL. Inspectors visiting My Market Store at 7835 NW 107 Avenue on June 9 found toxic substances improperly identified, stored, or used inside the facility, one of six high-severity violations documented that day. The store was not closed.
State records show the Doral market accumulated six high-priority citations and two intermediate violations in a single inspection. That tally included inadequate handwashing by food employees, food found in poor condition or mislabeled, shellfish with no identification or traceability records, food contact surfaces that had not been properly cleaned or sanitized, and required procedures for specialized food processes that were not being followed. Two additional intermediate violations covered improper sewage or wastewater disposal and multi-use utensils that had not been properly cleaned.
What Inspectors Found
The toxic substance violation stands out. When cleaning chemicals, pesticides, or other hazardous compounds are stored near food or used without proper labeling, customers can ingest trace amounts of those substances without any indication the food was ever contaminated. There is no visible sign, no smell, no way for a customer to know.
The mislabeled or adulterated food citation compounds that concern. Food that is misidentified offers no warning to customers with allergies, and food in poor condition can carry pathogens that cause illness within hours of consumption.
The specialized process violation adds another layer. When a facility handles foods that require precise controls, such as reduced-oxygen packaging, curing, or fermentation, and does not follow required procedures, those processes can become incubators for dangerous bacteria rather than safeguards against them.
What These Violations Mean
The shellfish traceability citation is one that health officials treat with particular urgency. Oysters, clams, and mussels are often consumed raw or barely cooked, and without identification tags and harvest records tied to each batch, there is no way to trace an illness back to its source if customers get sick. That traceability chain exists precisely because shellfish-related outbreaks, including those involving Vibrio and norovirus, have historically been difficult to contain once the source cannot be identified.
The handwashing violation is the one that reaches every other item on the menu. Inspectors cited inadequate handwashing by food employees, which means bacteria from raw proteins, from waste, or from illness carried by a worker can move directly onto food being prepared for customers. No subsequent step in cooking or packaging reliably eliminates contamination that begins at the hands.
The improper sewage disposal citation, classified as intermediate, is not a minor bookkeeping issue. Raw sewage carries E. coli, hepatitis A, and norovirus. When wastewater is not handled correctly inside a food facility, any surface it contacts, including floors, equipment, and the hands of workers who walk through it, becomes a potential contamination route.
Utensils that are not properly cleaned develop bacterial biofilms within 24 hours. Those films are resistant to standard rinsing and can transfer bacteria to every item of food the utensil touches afterward.
The Longer Record
The June 9 inspection was not an outlier. State records show My Market Store has been inspected nine times in total, accumulating 57 violations across that history. The facility has never been emergency-closed.
The pattern is consistent. The August 2025 inspection produced four high-severity violations and one intermediate. The inspections in December 2024, conducted on the same date, found three high and three intermediate violations in one visit, and two high and two intermediate in another. The September 2023 inspection found three high and three intermediate violations. The April 2023 inspection found four high violations.
The February 2026 inspection produced zero high-severity violations, zero intermediate. That was the only clean inspection in the record.
One day after the June 9 inspection that produced six high-severity violations, inspectors returned. That follow-up visit on June 10 still found four high-severity violations.
Still Open
Florida's emergency closure authority is triggered when an inspector determines that conditions pose an immediate threat to public health. Six high-severity violations, including toxic substance handling failures, no shellfish traceability, unsanitized food contact surfaces, and improper sewage disposal, did not meet that threshold at My Market Store on June 9.
The store served customers that day.