DORAL, FL. A sushi restaurant where inspectors could not confirm the origin of the fish being served to customers walked away from a August 14 inspection with 11 high-severity violations and no emergency closure order.
State records show Ohana Sushi at 3887 NW 107 Ave was cited that day for food from an unapproved or unknown source, a violation that means inspectors could not verify that the raw fish and other ingredients on the menu had passed federal safety screening. At a sushi restaurant, where raw fish is the core product, that citation carries particular weight.
The August 14 inspection also found no consumer advisory posted for raw or undercooked foods. Customers eating raw fish that day had no written notice of the risk.
What Inspectors Found
The handwashing violations were cited twice, once for inadequate handwashing and separately for improper technique. That distinction matters: inspectors observed employees making attempts to wash their hands but doing so incorrectly, meaning pathogens were likely still present on their hands when they returned to food preparation.
Toxic chemicals were found improperly stored or labeled somewhere in the kitchen. At a restaurant where raw fish is handled on the same surfaces, that is not a peripheral concern.
The inspector also noted that time as a public health control was not being properly used. At sushi restaurants that hold raw fish at room temperature rather than refrigerating it continuously, strict time limits are the only safeguard. Records show those limits were not being followed correctly.
No person in charge was present or performing duties during the inspection. No employee health policy was in place. Employees were not reporting symptoms of illness. Those three violations together describe a kitchen operating without any formal disease-prevention structure on the day inspectors arrived.
What These Violations Mean
Food from an unapproved source is among the most serious citations an inspector can write at any restaurant, but it carries a specific urgency at a sushi operation. When fish cannot be traced to a federally inspected supplier, there is no way to verify it was handled, stored, or transported safely before it arrived at the restaurant. If a customer gets sick from that fish, investigators have no supply chain to trace.
The absence of allergen awareness is a direct safety failure for the 32 million Americans who live with food allergies. Staff who cannot identify allergens in menu items, or who do not know to ask, cannot warn a customer with a shellfish or sesame allergy before that customer orders. Allergic reactions send 30,000 people to emergency rooms each year in the United States.
The dual handwashing citations compound every other violation on the list. Improperly washed hands transfer bacteria to every surface, utensil, and piece of food a worker touches afterward. Combined with food contact surfaces that were not properly cleaned and sanitizing solutions that were not at correct concentrations, the inspection describes a facility where contamination pathways were open from multiple directions simultaneously.
The lack of an employee health policy means workers had no formal instruction on when to stay home. Without that policy, a worker with norovirus symptoms has no written obligation to report them, and no clear process for doing so even if they wanted to.
The Longer Record
Ohana Sushi: Inspection Pattern, 2024-2026
The August 14 inspection was not an outlier. State records show Ohana Sushi has accumulated 278 total violations across 26 inspections on record. High-severity violations have appeared in every recent inspection, dating back through at least 2024.
The July 21, 2026 inspection, three weeks before this one, produced 7 high-severity and 5 intermediate violations. The February 2026 inspection found 6 high-severity violations. The pattern is not a single bad week.
The restaurant has never been emergency-closed in its inspection history on record. That fact stands alongside a cumulative total of 278 violations.
Still Open
A follow-up inspection the day after, on August 15, found 3 high-severity and 2 intermediate violations still present, a reduction but not a resolution. The most acute citations from August 14 were not all addressed within 24 hours.
Ohana Sushi was not closed on August 14. It was not closed on August 15. Customers who ate there on either day had no way of knowing what inspectors had documented inside.
