Tropical Foods/El Platanero

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeRetail Food
• failed findings0
• critical findings0

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Checks marked passed

• ✓Insects Rodents Animals
  Inspector note: rice bag shelving/remove evidence of rodent droppings from floor under black dunage racks 3rd floor re-claim room/remove evidence of flies
  code 35-6-501.111/.115** · serious findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Food Protection
  Inspector note: provide food service grade carts for raw meat/remove carts
  code 08-3-305-307.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓premises not properly maintained or cleaned
  Official wording: Improper Maintenance of Walls/Ceilings
  Inspector note: repair white wall in meat room hallway and entrance to meat room
  code 37-6-501.11-.12* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass
• ✓Inadequate Lighting
  Inspector note: retail/freezer reach in unit/replace burnt out light
  code 38-6-303.11* · lower-severity findingstatus: Pass

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on January 26, 2012: 10 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from Boston Inspectional Services, Health Division. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Analyze Boston.