MIAMI -- Rats and a failed health inspection at Miami Carol City Senior High School will keep the cafeteria closed for at least the next few days.

Rats Infest Miami Area High School

The announcement was made Thursday morning as many students were forced to eat outside -- if they ate at all.

"I didn't eat," said one student. "I'm not eating here."

A food service inspection report by the Florida Department of Health orders the school to "eliminate rodent infestation."

According to the report, a rodent dropping was found on a meat slicer and a rodent was seen running in a food storage room. The report also said the school needs to "eliminate rodent urine odor from kitchen area."

Last May, Miami station Local 10 reported that about 40 schools received an unsatisfactory grade in a food service inspection because of rodent and roach activity.

"We have trained over 1,000 school-site personnel -- these are all of our principals, many assistant principals, all of our head custodians, all of our cafeteria managers -- on how to detect these problems before they appear in a health department report," Chief Inspection Officer John Torrens said.

The cafeteria cannot reopen until there are three consecutive nights where no rats are caught in any of the traps set up at the school. In the meantime, the school will continue to cater food.