The Miami food retailer boasts on its website:Florida's leading kosher food wholesaler” probably doesn't want to brag about the “countless” rodent droppings and other problems that state inspectors found Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Florida Department of Agriculture Supervisor Araceli Harvey 5 violations at Best Value Foods; The quintet was so serious that it yielded the worst possible test result: “re-examination required.'' Harvey also had to issue a cease-and-desist order and a cease-and-desist order for a portion of its facility at 6851 NW 32nd Ave.
Harvey looked at this.
▪ “There are several holes in the walls and ceiling of room 7, where chocolate and pasta are stored.” Holes in the walls are a problem anywhere in the food supply chain. Because that could be the cause.
▪ “Room 7 was observed where numerous rodent droppings were found on a pallet of plastic bags containing 10 kg of toasted pasta pearls. Additionally, three bags of the same product were found broken. It was unhealthy.”
The pest control company that served Best Value on Tuesday did not respond to Room 7, according to an inspection.
Three bags of Nature's Snacks Toasted Pasta Pearls were taken off-sale and thrown into the trash. The cease-and-desist order, which covered the floor and pallets in Room 7, was lifted after the floor and pallets were “cleaned, disinfected and inspected” and Best Value scheduled the pest control company's return on Wednesday.
▪ “There is not enough space between the wall and the food pallets to properly clean.”
▪ Best Value “does not register with the FDA as a food facility” before “packaging or storing food for consumption in the United States.”
According to state records, Best Value Foods is Owned by Best Value Food Products, The LLC is managed by Gutol Leiter and has been there since 2009.
