MiamiState health inspectors returned for a third follow-up visit and discovered significant sanitary problems just a few feet from the area where food is prepared and served, thus May Fu Chinese Restaurant is still closed.
On June 30, inspectors visited the restaurant to follow up on a previous closure brought on by a Local 10 Dirty Dining investigation, according to documents from the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR).
Due to a rodent infestation, the restaurant at 15030 NW Seventh Avenue was first closed in mid-June.
Three different inspections have now taken place as a result of the footage captured by our Dirty Dining cameras:
Shortly after operations opened, an employee used kitchen tongs to remove several dead rats from the kitchen area.
After the tape was submitted to DBPR and reported by Local 10, the state ordered May Fu to close once more. Since then, the agency has recorded a persistent rodent problem in two follow-up inspections.
Current Inspection Results as of June 30
The latest report states that no rodent droppings were found. Inspectors did discover a lot of live and dead roach activity, though, including:
Near the walk-in cooler, a single live roach was scuttling inside a sugar canister.
On a wall close to the kitchen’s rear handwashing basin, there is a single live roach.
There are more than ten live roaches within the reach-in cooler’s gaskets along the cook line.
Next to the cooler, on a prep table shelf, are four live roaches.
There is a live roach on the floor next to the cashier area at the front counter.
One dead roach behind a reach-in cooler’s cutting board
Near the three-compartment sink, there is a single dead roach in a sanitized container.
There are two dead roaches on a prep table shelf.
Inspection findings on June 25 following the video supplied by Local 10 to state health inspectors
There is a live rodent present. In the kitchen, there is a live mouse running beneath the cook line.
Rodent droppings were discovered, indicating the presence of rodent activity.
More than thirty rodent droppings were seen behind chest freezers.
More than fifteen rodent droppings were found beneath the shelves of the dry storage/unused walk-in refrigerator.
One rodent was seen descending on top of the MSG bag in the preparation area.
In the kitchen, behind the kitchen side door to the hallway, three rat droppings were found stuck on the greasy wall behind the table with bags of MSG. Three more rodent droppings were found beneath the table in the same location.
Results of the follow-up examination on June 27
Two rodent droppings were seen on storage shelves between boxes.
Two rodent droppings were seen beneath the stove line. More than fifteen rodent droppings were found near the restrooms’ back entrance. More than twenty rodents were seen dropping on the floor of the water heater room. More than ten rodent droppings were found on the floor behind the front counter’s storage cabinet.
Follow-up inspection on June 28
There are about fifteen rodent droppings in the dining room beneath the wall-mounted tables.
The existence of live insects in and around the areas used for food prep and storage has kept the restaurant closed despite numerous cleanup attempts.
According to Local 10 Investigator Jeff Weinsier, the state has returned to inspect this location three times since our report was broadcast. Additionally, they continue to discover live roaches in food containers.
When inspectors discovered over 70 rodent droppings throughout the eatery, May Fu was first forced to close on June 19.
After a re-inspection, the firm was briefly reopened until footage from Local 10 prompted another DBPR visit, which led to the closure once more.
The eatery is still closed to the public as of Tuesday while it awaits a second inspection and complete state approval.
