Carnitas Don Rafa

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURE. OBSERVED THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLER IN THE NORTH PREP AREA WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 47F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS CHICKEN AND CHEESE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND TO MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE 3 DOOR PREP COOLERS IN THE NORTH PREP AREA. OBSERVED THE FOLLOWING FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: CHICKEN AT 47.1F, EGGS AT 46.2F, PORK AT 44.9F, CHEESE AT 48.7F, HOT DOGS AT 46.7F, BEEF AT 44.7F, SHRIMP AT 43.8F, AND SOUR CREAM AT 50.1F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 20# OF FOOD WORTH $238. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE SHELVING AND FOOD STORAGE CONTAINERS IN THE DRY STORAGE ROOM. CLEAN THE INSECTS FROM THE LIGHT SHIELDS IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 33
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: REPAIR THE CEILING ABOVE THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AT THE NORTH FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: REPAIR THE LEAKING HOT WATER HANDLE AT THE 3 COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE NORTH FOOD PREP AREA.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 21, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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