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Thank-you bags being used to steam vegetables. Rodent droppings on a microwave. And an employee handling raw meat and then clean dishes without washing hands.

These were some of the violations that led the state to temporarily shut four Palm Beach County restaurants last week. No Broward County restaurants were ordered shut during the same period.

The Sun Sentinel typically highlights restaurant inspections conducted by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation in Broward and Palm Beach counties. We cull through inspections that happen weekly and spotlight places ordered shut for “high-priority violations,” such as improper food temperatures or dead cockroaches.

Any restaurant that fails a state inspection must stay clos

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