{"id":314829,"date":"2026-06-21T14:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314829\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T14:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T14:22:09","slug":"inspectors-halt-miami-coffee-companys-processing-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314829\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspectors halt Miami coffee company\u2019s processing, packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Still lacking basic handwashing and utensil sanitizing sinks eight months after a warning from a state Inspector, a West Miami-Dade coffee company had its processing and packaging shut down by that same inspector.<\/p>\n<p>The company: Per\u2019La Specialty Roasters, 4657 SW 71st Ave. The inspector: Edilma Leidecker of the Florida Department of Agriculture &amp; Consumer Services.<\/p>\n<p>Like all FDACS inspectors, Leidecker arrives for inspections with Stop Sale Order and Stop Use Order powers in her holster. And, she<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/foodpermit.fdacs.gov\/Visit\/Default.aspx?id=99997182328509\"> smacked Per\u2019La with the latter<\/a> when she returned on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/miami-com\/restaurants\/article316167881.html\">READ MORE: Live rodent. Paint brush used as a food grade utensil. Miami restaurant filth<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leidecker saw \u201cthe scoops used for packaging the roasted coffee are not being cleaned due to there being no three-compartment sink in the facility. This is a repeat violation from the report for the previous inspection conducted on Oct. 2, 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The three-compartment sink, also called a \u201ctriple sink,\u201d is sectioned off for washing, rinsing and sanitizing utensils and cookware by hand.<\/p>\n<p>Leidecker \u201cobserved no handwash sink available inside the processing area where the manual packaging of the coffee takes place. This is a repeat violation from the report for the previous inspection conducted on Oct. 2, 2025.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That drew the Stop Use Order on the processing and packaging area.<\/p>\n<p>Per\u2019La also got cited for \u201can employee loading green coffee beans into the roaster, roasting and discharging the coffee without wearing either a hair net or a beard cover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State records say <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/search.sunbiz.org\/Inquiry\/CorporationSearch\/SearchResultDetail?inquirytype=EntityName&amp;directionType=Initial&amp;searchNameOrder=PERLAMIAMI+L150001202590&amp;aggregateId=flal-l15000120259-0c765554-a4f8-4dec-8704-dfd20ac2a0b6&amp;searchTerm=Perla+of+Miami&amp;listNameOrder=PERLAMIAMI+L150001202590\">Per\u2019La\u2019s run by Chris Nolte, Paul Massard and Vanessa Nolte<\/a>. Per\u2019La\u2019s website says, in addition to individual orders, it serves \u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/drinkperla.com\/pages\/our-story\">renowned names in the food and hospitality sectors<\/a>, both locally and nationally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782051729_909_695 Miami Herald sig 072115 Cropped.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of David J. Neal\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644265\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David J. Neal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Since 1989, David J. Neal\u2019s domain at the Miami Herald has expanded to include writing about Panthers (NHL and FIU), Dolphins, old school animation, food safety, fraud, naughty lawyers, bad doctors and all manner of breaking news. He drinks coladas whole. He does not work Indianapolis 500 Race Day.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Still lacking basic handwashing and utensil sanitizing sinks eight months after a warning from a state Inspector, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-314829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}