MIAMI BEACH, FL. State inspectors walked into New Campo Argentino at 6954 Collins Ave on April 27 and documented food coming from unapproved or unknown sources, a violation that means the restaurant was serving customers ingredients with no verified safety history and no paper trail if someone got sick.
The inspector cited nine high-severity violations in total. The restaurant was not closed.
What Inspectors Found
The parasite destruction citation is particularly pointed for an Argentine restaurant. New Campo Argentino's menu centers on beef and fish. When parasite destruction procedures are skipped, organisms including Anisakis in fish and Trichinella in other proteins survive into the finished dish.
The inspector also found that food was not cooked to required minimum temperatures, a separate violation from the parasite citation. That means customers may have received undercooked proteins without any warning, because the restaurant was also cited for failing to post a consumer advisory for raw or undercooked foods.
Two violations involved chemicals. Toxic substances were found improperly stored or labeled, and separately, toxic substances were improperly identified, stored, or used. Both were cited as high-severity. Chemicals stored or mislabeled near food create a direct contamination risk that has nothing to do with cooking temperatures or sourcing.
The handwashing picture was equally grim. Inspectors cited inadequate handwashing facilities, meaning the physical infrastructure to wash hands properly was not in place. They also cited employees for improper hand and arm washing technique. Both violations were flagged as high-severity on the same visit.
Four intermediate violations rounded out the inspection: multi-use utensils not properly cleaned, inadequate ventilation and lighting, improper waste disposal, and inadequate or improperly maintained toilet facilities.
What These Violations Mean
Food from unapproved sources is not a paperwork problem. When a restaurant buys ingredients outside the licensed supply chain, inspectors have no way to verify those products were handled safely at any prior stage. If a customer gets sick, there is no chain of custody to trace. Listeria, Salmonella, and E. coli outbreaks have all been linked to uninspected supply sources.
The parasite destruction failure compounds the sourcing problem. A restaurant serving fish or other proteins that require freezing or thorough cooking to kill parasites, and then skipping those steps, is placing live organisms directly in front of customers. Anisakis, found in raw or undercooked fish, causes severe abdominal pain and can require surgical removal. The citation at New Campo Argentino on April 27 means those procedures were not being followed.
The two handwashing violations together describe a kitchen where proper hygiene was structurally impossible. Inadequate facilities means there was no functional place to wash hands correctly. The technique violation means that even when employees attempted to wash, they were not doing it in a way that removes pathogens. Studies consistently show that improper handwashing is one of the most direct routes for spreading norovirus, Salmonella, and Staph aureus from kitchen workers to customers.
Chemical storage violations carry a different and more immediate risk. Mislabeled or improperly stored cleaning chemicals near food preparation areas have caused acute poisoning events. At New Campo Argentino, inspectors cited two separate chemical violations on the same visit, suggesting the problem was not isolated to a single cabinet or shelf.
The Longer Record
The April 27 inspection was not the first time New Campo Argentino drew serious scrutiny. The restaurant has 27 inspections on record and 266 total violations documented across that history.
The most recent prior inspection, in September 2025, produced five high-severity violations and two intermediate ones. Before that, a November 2024 inspection found four high-severity violations, and a May 2024 inspection found six. Going back further, a December 2023 inspection yielded four high-severity violations, and a March 2023 inspection found five.
The pattern is consistent. Of the eight most recent inspections in the record, every single one included at least two high-severity violations. The April 27 visit, with nine, is the worst in that stretch by a significant margin, but it is not an aberration. It is a peak in a sustained pattern.
The restaurant has never been emergency-closed in its inspection history.
Still Open
Despite nine high-severity violations documented on April 27, including unapproved food sources, skipped parasite destruction procedures, undercooked food, chemical storage failures, and a handwashing infrastructure that inspectors found inadequate, New Campo Argentino at 6954 Collins Ave remained open to the public.
Florida law does not require automatic closure for any specific number of high-severity violations. Emergency closure requires a finding of imminent danger to public health. On this visit, inspectors did not make that determination.
The restaurant's 266 documented violations stretch across 27 inspections. The doors stayed open after all of them.