Ba Le Sandwich And Bakery

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL CLEAN UP KIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 5Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: FOUND TCS FOOD INSIDE WALK IN COOLER AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES. FOUND APPROXIMATELY 35 POUNDS OF SOUR HAM INSIDE WALK IN COOLER AT 53.5F. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. DISPOSED OF 35 POUNDS OF SOUR HAM VALUE AT 200 DOLLARS.
  code 22
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: FOUND FRUIT FLY ACTIVITY AT PREMISES.OBSERVED ABOUT 50 FRUIT FLIES ON WALLS AND CEILING BY BAKERY AREAS AND REAR EXIT. 7-38-020A. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. MUST NOTIFY PEST CONTROL OPERATOR AND RID OF FRUIT FLIES
  code 38
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: FOUND PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATION NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT DATED 7-11-19 INSPECTION # 2300918. OBSERVED NO APPROVED ALLERGEN TRAINING IN ACCORDANCE WITH PA 100-0367 ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED.7-42-090. INSTRUCTED ANY PERSONS WITH THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITIATION CERTIFICATE TO COMPLY WITH ALLERGEN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 11, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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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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