Cermak Fresh Market

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: FOUND NO HOT WATER AT 4 HANDWASHING SINKS AT EMPLOYEE RESTROOMS AT LOWER LEVEL AT BREAK ROOM AREAS.CURRENTLY WATER AT 75.0F. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED.7-38-030C. MUST PROVIDE. BUSINESS MAINTENANCE REPAIRED ADJUSTED SINKS AND REPLENISHED HOT WATER 100F BY THE END OF INSPECTION.
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: FOUND NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY AT PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-010. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: FOUND NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA CLEAN UP POLICY/SPILLKIT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED.7-38-005. MUST PROVIDE.
  code 5Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: FOUND READY TO EAT FOOD HELD MORE THAN 24HOURS WITH NO SEVEN DAY CONSUME BY DATE.(CHICKEN ETC.) PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST LABEL PROPERLY.
  code 23
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: FOUND NO HIGH TEMPERATURE IRREVERSIBLE TEST STRIPS/MEASURING DEVICE AT PREMISES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINES. 4-302.13B PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. MUST PROVIDE. • FOUND FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE GAUGES NOT FUNCTIONAL AT 2 HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHMACHINES.PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED. 7-38-005. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE.
  code 48
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FOUND UNUSED VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE AT PREMISES. MUST BE REMOVED. • FOUND CEILING NOT SMOOTH AND EASY TO CLEAN AT BASEMENT. (WATER BOTTLES BEING STORED AT BASEMENT). MUST REPAIR OR REMOVE FOOD ITEMS FROM BASEMENT.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on June 15, 2018: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 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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