DORAL, FL. Inspectors visiting Sproutz at 5875 NW 105 Court on August 27, 2026 found that food on the premises had come from unapproved or unknown sources, meaning it had bypassed USDA and FDA safety inspections entirely, with no way to trace it back if a customer got sick.

That was one of seven high-severity violations documented in a single visit. The facility was not closed.

What Inspectors Found

1HIGHFood from unapproved or unknown sourceNo traceability
2HIGHNo employee health policyOutbreak risk
3HIGHEmployee not reporting illness symptomsTransmission risk
4HIGHInadequate handwashing by employeesContamination pathway
5HIGHInadequate handwashing facilitiesInfrastructure failure
6HIGHImproper hand and arm washing techniqueTechnique failure
7HIGHPerson in charge not present or not performing dutiesManagement failure

The inspection record lists all seven violations at the high-severity level, the most serious classification state inspectors assign. None were intermediate or basic.

Three of the seven violations concern handwashing alone. Inspectors cited inadequate handwashing by employees, inadequate handwashing facilities, and improper hand and arm washing technique as separate findings, meaning the failures existed at every level: the physical infrastructure, the employee behavior, and the technique itself.

The other violations compound that picture. Inspectors found no employee health policy and documented that employees were not reporting symptoms of illness. A person in charge was either not present or not performing supervisory duties.

What These Violations Mean

The food sourcing violation carries a specific danger that the others do not. When food enters a restaurant from an unapproved or unknown source, it has not been inspected by federal or state food safety authorities. If a customer becomes ill, investigators cannot trace the product back to a supplier, a lot number, or a point of contamination. The trail ends at the kitchen door.

The three handwashing violations together describe a facility where the basic mechanism for stopping the spread of pathogens was compromised at every stage. Inadequate facilities mean employees may not have had access to a properly stocked handwashing station. Inadequate handwashing behavior means the attempts that were made did not meet code. Improper technique means that even when employees washed their hands, they may not have removed the pathogens that make customers sick. Norovirus, which causes roughly 20 million illnesses in the United States each year, spreads primarily through exactly this pathway.

The absence of an employee health policy, combined with the finding that employees were not reporting illness symptoms, describes a workplace where a sick food handler had no formal obligation to stay home or notify management. That combination is among the conditions most consistently associated with multi-victim outbreaks. The CDC identifies sick food workers as the leading cause of foodborne illness outbreaks in restaurant settings.

The person-in-charge violation ties the rest together. Facilities without active managerial oversight accumulate critical violations at three times the rate of those with engaged management, according to CDC data. On August 27, inspectors found that supervision at Sproutz was absent or ineffective, and the record of what else they found that day reflects it.

The Longer Record

The August 2026 inspection was the tenth on record for Sproutz. Across those ten visits, inspectors have documented 59 total violations. The facility has never been emergency-closed.

The pattern of high-severity violations is not new. In September 2023, inspectors cited eight high-severity violations in a single visit, the highest single-inspection count in the facility's history before this month. In February 2025, they returned and found five high-severity violations alongside four intermediate ones. The March 2026 inspection found only one high-severity violation, a number that might have suggested improvement. Five months later, the count reached seven.

Sproutz Inspection History: High-Severity Violations

Sept. 20238 high-severity violations, 1 intermediate. Highest single-visit count on record until August 2026.
Feb. 20255 high-severity, 4 intermediate violations. Health policy and illness-reporting failures documented.
July 20252 high-severity, 1 intermediate violations.
Dec. 20254 high-severity violations.
March 20261 high-severity violation. Lowest count in over a year.
Aug. 20267 high-severity violations, 0 intermediate. Food from unapproved source, no illness policy, handwashing failures at every level.

Only one inspection in the facility's recorded history returned a clean result: September 2025, when inspectors found zero violations at any severity level. Every other visit has produced at least one high-severity citation.

The violations documented this August, including the food sourcing finding and the complete breakdown of handwashing infrastructure and practice, are not the first time these categories have appeared. The February 2025 inspection also flagged health policy and illness-reporting failures. The categories repeat. The counts go up and down. The facility stays open.

After seven high-severity violations on August 27, 2026, Sproutz was not closed.