✓!

Cermak Fresh Market

June 2, 2022 · Pass w/ Conditions
😬mid
  • official resultPass w/ Conditions
  • resultPass w/ Conditions
  • inspection typeComplaint
  • failed findings4
  • critical findings1

← Back to the current restaurant page

Failed findings

  • Required Records Available: Shellstock Tags, Parasite Destructioncritical
    Inspector note: FOUND NO SHELLSTOCK INDENTIFICATION TAGS ATTACHED TO THE FRESH CLAMS, MUSSELS, AND OYSTERS BEING DISPLAYED IN THE MEAT/FISH DEPARTMENT. ALSO FOUND NO RECORDS OF SHELLSTOCK TAGS BEING KEPT ON SITE FOR 90 DAYS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO ALWAYS KEEP TAGS ATTACHED TO SHELLSTOCK, AND TO KEEP RECORDS OF TAGS ON SITE FOR 90 DAYS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED. SAID SHELLSTOCK DISCARDED.
    code 14Priority
  • cold food not cold enough
    Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
    Inspector note: FOUND 40 LBS OF CHICKEN SOUP (RED POZOLE) STORED IN TIGHTLY COVERED CONTAINERS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER FROM A DAY BEFORE (6/1/22) AT 52.0 F. INSTRUCTED TO STORE COLD-HOLDING TCS FOODS AT 41F OR LOWER. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. FOOD DISCARDED.
    code 22
  • surfaces / setup not up to code
    Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
    Inspector note: FOUND MILK CRATES BEING USED AS SHELVING AND FOR STORAGE THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS PREP AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REMOVE MILK CRATES THAT ARE BEING USED FOR SHELVING/STORAGE FROM THE PREMISES AND PROVIDE SHELVING/STORAGE CONTAINERS THAT ARE FREE OF UNNECESSARY CREVICES AND DESIGNED/CONSTRUCTED TO BE EASILY CLEANABLE.
    code 47
  • bathroom / plumbing issues
    Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
    Inspector note: FOUND LEAKY FAUCETS AT THE 1 COMPARTMENT PREP SINK AND HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR PREP BAKERY AREA, AT THE DELI DISH AREA HANDWASHING SINK, AND AT THE MEAT DEPARTMENT FRONT PREP HANDWASHING SINK (FROM FAUCET AND PIPE BELOW). INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPAIR ALL SINKS AND MAINTAIN.
    code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 9, 2021: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 5 previous findings did not recur.

Browse this restaurant's inspections

About this record

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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.

official city health-inspection data · no account, no sign-up