Best Buy Food & Liquor

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: RODENT DROPPINGS ON PREMISES: 3 DROPPINGS INSIDE THE CABINET UNDER THE WASHBOWL, 1 RAT DROP UNDER SHELVES AT REAR STORAGE AREA.OVER 20 RAT DROPPINGS UNDER THE EAST SHELF OF BREAD/CHIPS(NO GNAWED FOOD), OVER 25 RAT DROPPINGS IN BASEMENT STORAGE/LIQUOR AREA. DROPPINGS WERE MAINLY OBSERVED AT NORTH/WEST AND NORTH-EAST CORNERS OF THE BASEMENT. A LOT OF OPENED BAITS STORED ON BASEMENT FLOOR AND UNDER THE SHELF IN SELLING AND STORAGE AREAS.MUST PROVIDE PESTICIDE BAITS INSIDE AN ENCLOSED BAIT BOXES.NEED TO REMOVE ALL RODENT DROPPINGS,MUST OPEN ALL BOTTOM SHELVES IN SELLING AREA CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOLATION:7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR TILES IN WASHROOM,REAR STORAGE,AND ON TOP FLOOR DOOR TO GO TO THE BASEMENT BROKEN,NOT CLEANABLE.RAW GRIMED WOOD FLOOR PALLET INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER,ALSO NOT CLEANABLE ,SURFACE IS POROUS.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE. BROKEN CARDBOARDS AND OTHER ITEMS THROUGHOUT THE WALK-IN COOLER,FIRST FLOOR,NEED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. A LOT ITEMS ON FLOOR BY THE EAST WALL AT FIRST STORAGE AREA,UNABLE TO CHECK AREA,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: BROKEN WALLS AT REAR STORAGE AREA,NEED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.SURFACE MUST BE SMOOTH,CLEANABLE AND NON-ABSORBENT SURFACE
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 27, 2017: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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