Caribou Coffee Company Inc.

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• 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: FOUND UPPER AND LOWER INTERIOR PANELS OF ICE MACHINE IN REAR PREP AREA UNSANITARY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN MACHINE AS IT STORES ICE USED FOR CONSUMPTION IN BEVERAGES SOLD. INADEQUATE FOOD PROTECTION 7-38-005(A) PER CHICAGO MUNICIPAL CODE.
  code 16
• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: MANAGER ON DUTY HAS NO CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED WHILE ESTABLISHMENT IS PREPARING AND SERVING MILK BASED DRINKS, PASTRIES AND HEATING PRE-COOKED SANDWICHES. MANAGERS MUST HAVE A CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD SANITATION CERTIFICATE. MANAGER ON DUTY PRESENTED A WALLET SIZE SERVE SAFE CARD THAT HE RECEIVED IN 2010; INSTRUCTED TO OBTAIN THE CITY OF CHICAGO. PER CHICAGO MUNICIPAL CODE 7-38-012
  code 21
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN FLOORS UNDER, AROUND AND BEHIND EQUIPMENT WHERE NEEDED.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CLEAN AND REMOVE ALL DUST FROM CEILING VENTS WHERE NEEDED INCLUDING WASHROOMS.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on December 7, 2012: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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