Big Sams Food Mart & Cellular

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• 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: THE ICE MACHINE IN REAR OF PREMISES,HAS LARGE AMOUNTS OF BLACK SLIMY SUBSTANCE UNSIDE MACHINE WHERE ICE IS BEING MADE,INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE ICE FROM MACHINE TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE EQUIPMENT ICE MACHINE HAS BEEN CLEANED AND SANITIZED DURING INSPECTION ,SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER ON SITE WHILE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED SUCH AS PREPARING SANDWICH,COOKED GROUND BEEF,CHICKEN,AND CHEESE SAUCE,SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MUST REPLACE THE CUTTING BOARDS IN THE MEAT CUTTING AREA,HAS OPEN SEAMS
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN SHELVES INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES,INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN EQUIPMENT
  code 33
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE THE DISPLAY COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 29, 2013: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.