Roaches on hot sauce. A bug in pizza dough. Fort Lauderdale, Palm Beach restaurant filth

The return of The Sick and Shut Down List finds insects way too close to food — indeed, in food during preparation — and mold where it shouldn’t be.

So, let’s get to it.

But, first, the house rules about the list: What follows comes from Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation restaurant inspections of restaurants in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties. These are the restaurants that fail inspection. A restaurant that fails inspection remains closed until passing a re-inspection.

We don’t do the inspections. We don’t control who gets inspected. We don’t control how strictly the inspector inspects. If restaurants in your part of South Florida are not included, we have nothing to do with that. If you see a problem and want a place inspected, contact the DBPR.

We don’t include all violations, just the most moving, whether internally or literally moving (because it’s alive or once was alive). Some violations get corrected immediately after the inspector points them out. But in those situations, ask yourself, why did the violations exist in the first place? And, how long would they have remained if not for the inspection?

We report without passion or prejudice, but with a doggie bag of humor (and, probably, indignation and exasperation).

In alphabetical order...

Beach Pizza, 3009 Las Olas Blvd., Fort Lauderdale: Complaint inspection, 13 total violations, five High Priority violations.

“Outer openings not protected during operation and vermin and/or environmental cross contamination present.” That means the inspector saw “no wall, door, or any means to close the establishment.”

That led to a few more serious violations later.

“Food debris” soiled the inside of a kitchen flip top cooler as well as a can opener.

“Displayed food not properly protected from contamination.” There were “pizza slices stored on the speed rack in the front counter area without protection from contamination.”

But, 16 quarts of sweet peppers stored in the walk-in cooler were decorated with “mold-like growth.”

You should wash your hands after dealing with that food or any food, really, but the kitchen handwashing sink lacked paper towels and soap.

Flies congregated, 25 of them using a chest freezer, cans of food, flip top cutting board and kitchen equipment as landing spots. Another 10 flies plopped on the front counter chest freezer. The inspector counted about 15 flies swarming the air around the three-compartment sink.

The inspector also spotted a “small, live insect inside a bowl of flour at the pizza station.”

Flies on the cooler — but, at least, not in the flour — caused a failed re-inspection the next day. There’s no online record of a passed inspection.

READ MORE: An inspector made a Downstairs location throw out coffee and croquetas

The Bees Knees Diner, 3027 Forrest Hill Blvd., Palm Springs: Routine inspection, 13 total violations, eight High Priority violations.

A dining room ice bin with drink ice also had a can of Campbell’s Tomato Juice planted in it. Yeah, that works for your football tailgate . But in a restaurant, that counts as contaminating all the ice. All the ice for drinks got hit with a Stop Sale.

Also getting Stop Sale smacked: a 6-pound, 10-ounce can of West Creek Whole Kernal Corn for being “severely dented at the seams.”

“Old food stuck to a clean pan on the storage rack.” Guess that should be “allegedly clean pan...”

A fly on a dishwasher rack in a prep room that doubled as dry food storage was outnumbered by two live roaches under that rack. Two more roaches strolled on a 2x4 under a hot water heater near two dead roaches. Two roaches approached the plastic beverage glasses on a shelf next to the soda station.

After failing re-inspection the next day, The Bees Knees stood proud again after a second re-inspection.

Sushigami, 12801 W. Sunrise Blvd. (Sawgrass Mills Mall), Sunrise: Complaint inspection, 10 total violations, two High Priority violations.

Three flies landing on a customer’s table and two flies landing on the sushi service tray line is not a promising situation.

“Hot water supply not maintained during peak periods.” That violation of basic restaurant running split and flowered into a few other violations.

“No hot running water at the mop sink.” Bad.

“No hot running water at the three-compartment sink.” Worse for cleaning and sanitizing cookware.

“Water with a temperature of at least 100 degrees Fahrenheit not provided/shut off at employee handwash sink.” Worst, because you can’t wash hands properly for restaurant work.

What’s worse? “Three live roaches crawling on hot sauce bottles and syrup” on a kitchen shelf or “three live roaches crawling on a customer table” in the main dining area?

Sushigami passed re-inspection the next day.