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Miami International Airport traveler food options, usually limited by time, money and location, were further limited Tuesday after a state inspector saw rodent dung, roaches and garbage food at a restaurant.<\/p>\n
The Villa Pizza across from Gate D-44, one of three at MIA, got a visit from a Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation inspector after the agency received an Aug. 6 customer complaint. On Tuesday, when the inspector found the complaint\u2019s \u201callegation confirmed\u201d<\/a> according to online records, Villa Pizza was shut down until passing re-inspection Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n Online records don\u2019t state what violation or violations sparked the complaint, but here\u2019s some of the six high priority violations and 22 total violations the inspector found.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Rodent poop next to clean pots and other South Florida restaurant issues<\/a><\/p>\n There was an \u201caccumulation of black\/green mold-like substance in the interior of the ice machine\/bin.\u201d<\/p>\n The inspector spotted \u201cone rodent dropping by the flour container; three rodent droppings on a shelf over the three-compartment sink; and one by the front counter, behind a reach-in cooler.\u201d<\/p>\n Two roach corpses remained in the lobby. Three roaches ran on the floor and under the front counter pizza display.<\/p>\n Four flies were counted, three of them by the ice machine.<\/p>\n The \u201csoda nozzles located in the lobby were soiled.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFood-contact surfaces were soiled with food debris, mold-like substance or slime.\u201d Which ones? \u201cSoda nozzles located in the lobby were soiled\u201d as was the wood service area at the front counter holding pizzas.<\/p>\n Another food contact surface considered not cleaned and sanitized was a chicken wing cart described as \u201cheavy soiled.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cCeiling vents were soiled throughout the establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe floor was soiled under the oven, and other kitchen equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n The prep cooler cutting board \u201chas cut marks and is no longer cleanable.\u201d<\/p>\n The \u201cestablishment is using wood (other than a hard, close-grained wood) as a food-contact surface.\u201d<\/p>\n Food that\u2019s been in the prep cooler for more than five hours should be cooled to 41 degrees or below. Instead, mixed tomatoes, shredded mozzarella, mixed vegetables, diced pineapple, diced olives and diced pepperoni measured from 51 degrees to 59 degrees. With those bacteria building temperatures, the inspector hit them with Stop Sale Orders, sending them to the garbage.<\/p>\n One of the Villa Pizza locations in Concourse D of Miami International Airport Miami International Airport <\/p>\n