5411 Empanadas

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE ICE BIN INTERIOR IN NEED OF CLEANING. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE, CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
  code 16
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A FEMALE EMPLOYEE WITH NO HAIR RESTRAINT WHILE IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 40
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTH HANGING ON THE SIDE OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USE.
  code 41
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FACILITY WITHOUT A CHOLORINE CHEMICAL TEST KIT FOR SANITIZER OR FOR WARE WASHING AREA. INFORMED PERSON IN CHARGE A TEST KIT THAT ACCURATELY MEASURES THE CHOLORINE CONCENTRATION IN MG/L OF SANITIZING SOLUTION MUST BE PROVIDED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION #7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 48
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MOP IN A POSITION STORED IN THE REAR THAT DOES NOT ALLOW TO DRY PROPERLY AND PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. MUST STORE MOP AFTER USE IN A MOUNTED POSITION THAT ALLOWS FOR AIR-DRYING WITHOUT SOILING AND PEST HARBORAGING.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 10, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

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About this record

This record comes from Chicago Department of Public Health. Cooked keeps the official result and wording separate from its plain-English explanation so you can verify what the inspector actually published.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.