HIALEAH, FL. Back in December 2025, state inspectors flagged a Hialeah pharmacy selling perishable food without a valid food permit, and without documentation showing its water supply or sewage disposal met basic public health standards.

The inspection at Navarro Discount Pharmacy #11601, at a Hialeah location, was conducted on December 22, 2025, by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Inspectors recorded three violations, two of them priority level. None were corrected on site.

What Inspectors Found

Navarro #11601 Hialeah: Inspection History, Nov. 2025 – Apr. 2026

Nov. 14, 20253 violations. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Dec. 8, 20253 violations. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Dec. 22, 20253 violations, 2 priority. No documentation for water supply or sewage. Nothing corrected on site.
Jan. 5, 20263 violations. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Jan. 21, 20263 violations. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Feb. 4, 20263 violations. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Mar. 5, 20263 violations. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Mar. 20, 20261 violation, repeat. Operating without a valid food permit. Re-inspection required.
Apr. 3, 20261 violation, repeat. Operating without a valid food permit. Focused inspection.

The most direct finding from the December 22 inspection: the establishment was "operating without a valid food permit and has not met all permitting requirements by providing approved documentation for water supply and sewage disposal," according to the inspector's own notes.

That documentation gap drove both priority violations. On water, the inspector wrote that the "establishment did not provide documentation demonstrating the water supply for its facility comes from an approved source, as required by Rule 5K-4.004(3)(a), FAC." On sewage, the inspector noted the "food establishment did not provide proof of acceptable sewage disposal."

These are not paperwork technicalities. A food permit is the state's mechanism for verifying that a retail food outlet has been evaluated and meets minimum safety standards before it sells food to the public. Operating without one means that verification had not happened.

What These Violations Mean

Requiring documentation of water source and sewage disposal is one of the most basic safeguards in food retail regulation. Water used in a food establishment, for washing produce, cleaning surfaces, or any food contact purpose, must come from a public water system or another approved source. If an establishment cannot prove that, there is no way to confirm the water is safe.

The same logic applies to sewage. Unapproved or undocumented sewage disposal creates conditions where contamination can reach food, surfaces, or staff. The absence of documentation does not prove contamination occurred, but it does mean no one verified it hadn't.

For shoppers at this Hialeah Navarro, the practical implication is this: the store was classified as a "Minor Outlet with Perishables," meaning it sells food items that require refrigeration or have a limited shelf life. Those products were being sold at a location that had not satisfied the state's basic permitting requirements.

Nothing cited in the December inspection was corrected on site. Both priority violations remained open when the inspector left.

The Longer Record

The December 22 inspection was not the beginning of this situation. State records show FDACS had already inspected the same location on November 14, 2025, and found the identical three violations, also under the "Operating Without a Valid Food Permit" inspection type. The store had been on the agency's radar for at least five weeks before the December visit.

What followed the December inspection is documented in eight subsequent visits stretching into April 2026. Inspectors returned on January 5, January 21, February 4, and March 5, each time recording three violations and flagging the permit issue as unresolved. Each visit was designated a re-inspection, meaning the prior round of violations had not been cleared.

By March 20, 2026, the violation count dropped to one, but that single violation was marked as a repeat. The April 3 visit, a focused inspection, also recorded one repeat violation.

That pattern, nine inspections over roughly five months, all tied to the same core permit and documentation failures, is notable in the FDACS record for this location. The agency returned again and again to a store that continued selling perishable food without satisfying the state's water and sewage documentation requirements.

Where Things Stood

The December 22 inspection closed with zero violations corrected on site and a re-inspection required. The inspector's notes on the water supply violation cited a specific state rule, Rule 5K-4.004(3)(a) of the Florida Administrative Code, as the standard the store had not met.

As of the most recent inspection in the state record, April 3, 2026, the facility still carried at least one repeat violation tied to operating without a valid food permit. The store had not fully resolved the permit situation that inspectors first documented in November 2025.