Cermak Produce

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE WALK-IN COOLER WHERE RAW MEAT IS CUT, PACKAGED, AND GROUNDED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURES OF RAW GROUND BEEF. FOUND PACKAGES OF RAW GROUND BEEF BEING PACKAGED INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER WHERE RAW MEAT IS CUT, GROUNDED, AND PACKAGED NEAER THE BUTCHER PREP AREA AT IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURES RANGING 47.4-48.7F. MUST HAVE COLD HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW. APPROXIMATELY 87LBS AT $115 WORTH OF PRODUCT DISCARED. PRIORITY 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE STEEL ROLLING DOOR AT THE REAR OF THE FACILITY WITH OPENINGS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DOOR. THE MENTIONED DOOR LEADS TO THE OUTDOOR DUMPSTER. INSTRUCTED TO RODENT PROOF MENTIONED DOOR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 38
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE FOLLWING HANDWASHING SINKS WITH LEAKS AT THE PIPES. REAR FRUIT PREP AREA, MEAT PREP/ DISHWASHING WALK-IN COOLER, AND BAKERY. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR ALL MENTIONED LEAKS AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on June 11, 2025: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 previous findings did not recur.

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