Cardona's

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE THE PREP COOLER SUCH AS CHOPPED TOMATOES AT 46.0F, 1 LB.; BEEF AT 47.0F, AND 45.0F,1 LB,; INSIDE THE ONE DOOR REACH IN COOLER SUCH AS GREEN SALSA AT 47.0F,32 OZ; MEXICAN MILK AT 46.0F, 1 GAL; CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) MANAGER DISCARDED/DENATURED THE SAID PRODUCT WORTH $55.00, TOTAL 3 LB, 32 0Z AND 1 GAL.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: LABEL THE DRY BULK FOOD CONTAINERS AND MAINTAIN. LABEL (NAME OF THE PRODUCT AND DATE)ALL COOKED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE THE WALK IN COOLER AND MAINTAIN.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: MISSING HANDLE OF ONE OF THE REACH IN FREEZER IN THE PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR,PUT HANDLE AND MAINTAIN. FOUND GROCERY BAG BEING USED TO STORE FROZEN FOODS. MUST REPLACE WITH FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAG. MISSING ONE MORE DRAIN STOPPER FOR THE 3 COMPT SINK. MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE FAN GUARD OF THE REACH IN COOLER IN THE FRONT AREA BY THE CASHIER. MUST CLEAN,REMOVE DUST AND MAINTAIN. DETAIL CLEAN INTERIOR OF THE DOOR OF THE DEEP FRYER WITH GREASE BUILD-UP AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN THE FLOOR UNDER AND BEHIND THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND COOLERS, FREEZERS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED ON A SEPARATE CONTAINER NOT ON TOP OF THE ICE TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION. WASH CLOTH FOR WIPING THE TABLES, PREP TABLE, COOLER, CHOPPING BOARD,MUST BE STORED ON A BUCKET WITH SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 24, 2017: 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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