Carniceria La Gloria

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: MANAGER PROVIDED VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP POLICY. EQUIPMENT NOT ON SITE. INSTRUCTED MUST PROVIDE EQUIPMENT OUTLINED IN POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: FOUND CHORIZO (HANGING ON RACKS IN MEAT DEPARTMENT) ON SITE WITHOUT APPROVED PROCESS. FACILITY PROVIDED LAB LETTER DATED 4/6/06, FROM MEAT INDUSTRY LABS. MUST OBTAIN CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH APPROVAL OR A PRODUCT ASSESSMENT MUST BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND PERSON IN CHARGE MUST HAVE RECORDS. OPERATOR VOLUNTARILY REMOVED ALL CHORIZO FROM SALES FLOOR. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: SEE VIOLATION # 29
  code 32
• ⚠️Approved Thawing Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FROZEN CHICKEN SITTING IN 2 COMPARTMENT SINK IN FRONT MEAT CUTTING AREA. INSTRUCTED USE APPROVED METHOD FOR THAWING SUCH AS: IN REFRIGERATION, IN A MICROWAVE AS PART OF A CONTINUOUS COOKING PROCESS, OR COMPLETELY SUBMERGED UNDER RUNNING WATER WITH SUFFICIENT WATER VELOCITY TO AGITATE AND FLOAT OFF LOOSE PARTICLES IN AN OVERLFOW. MANAGER CORRECTED DURING INSPECTION.
  code 35
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LARGE POTS (USED TO MAKE MENUDO) TOO LARGE TO FULLY SUBMERGE IN EXISTING 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE. INSTRUCTED MUST ELIMINATE UTENSILS TOO LARGE TO FIT IN EXISTING 3 COMPARTMENT SINKS; OR REPLACE EXISTING SINKS WITH BASINS LARGE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE ALL UTENSILS/EQUIPMENT; OR PROVIDE AN APPROVED METHOD (AND DEMONSTRATE) TO PROPERLY WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE ALL UTENSILS/EQUIPMENT.
  code 48
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LEAK AT PIPES BELOW 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN REAR PREP AREA. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SAME.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POOLING WATER INSIDE PRODUCE WALK IN COOLER. MUST KEEP FLOORS CLEAN AND DRY TO PREVENT PEST HARBORAGE. OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS A FLOOR MAT IN REAR PREP AREAS. MUST REMOVE. ALL SURFACES MUST BE NON-ABSORBENT, SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on July 18, 2018: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 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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