Cermak Food Mart

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICY.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 5Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: OBSERVED NO DATE MARKING FOR TCS FOODS HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS INSIDE OF DELI/MEAT DISPLAY UNIT.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION-NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 23
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF APPX. 30 OR MORE RODENT DROPPINGS INSIDE OF CHIP DISPLAY BOXES,ON SHELF BEHIND THE POPCORN,ON FLOOR UNDER & IN BETWEEN JUICE COOLERS.MUST REMOVE DROPPINGS CLEAN AND SANITIZE AREAS.ALSO 1- LIVE ROACH CRAWLING ON BOX OF WAX PAPER.RECOMMENDED TO HAVE A PEST CONTROL OPERATOR TO SERVICE PREMISES ON OR AFTER 10/30/18.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A • Inspector Comments: OBSERVED AN APPX. "1/2-3/4" GAP ALONG BOTTOM OF FRONT DOOR AND INTERIOR BASEMENT DOOR TO ADJACENT BASEMENT.MUST MAKE DOORS TIGHT FITTING
  code 38
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST REMOVE KNIVES STORED IN BETWEEN WALL AND OVERHEAD SHELVING UNIT IN DELI/PREP AREA AND STORE PROPERLY
  code 44
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST DEFROST ICE AND ICE CREAM FREEZERS.MUST CLEAN DUST BUILD UP FROM SERVICE COUNTER SHELVING UNITS
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: Inspector Comments: MUST REPAIR OR REPLACE BROKEN FLOOR TILE AT SERVICE COUNTER,PREP AND TOILETROOM AREAS AND DAMAGED CEILING TILES THROUGHT • Inspector Comments: MUST REMOVE,ELEVATE AND ORGANIZE ARTICLES OFF OF FLOOR AND AWAY FROM WALLS IN BASEMENT
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on October 30, 2018: 7 findings recurred. 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.

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