Ba Le Sandwich And Bakery

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BLACK SLIME BUILD UP INSIDE ICE MACHINE DRIPPING INTO ICE, READY TO EAT FOOD. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE. ALL ICE VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED AT THIS TIME. ICE MACHINE MUST BE CLEAN BY DATE OF REINSPECTION (06/29/12)/
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: MUST LABEL BULK CONTAINER IN REAR PREP AREA, FLOUR.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN REACH IN COOLER INTERIORS AND DOOR RUBBER GASKETS ALSO MUST CLEAN WALK IN COOLER CONDENSER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED DIRT/FOOD BUILD UP INSIDE PREP AREA FLOOR DRAINS (DRAINS WITH COVERS). MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN INTERIOR OF FLOOR DRAINS.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MOP SINK BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE LEAKING. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: MUST PROVIDE INTERIOR THERMOMETERS FOR ALL COOLERS.
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 14, 2010: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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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.

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