Cermak Produce

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeShort Form Complaint
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: 3-501.16(A:2,&B) OBSERVED ABOUT 20 LBS OF RAW CHORIZO AT AN INADEQUATE COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 58.5F; AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION, THE CHORIZO HANGING FROM A ROD AT ROOM TEMPERATURE IN THE BUTCHER PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED: ALL COLD TCS FOODS MUST BE HELD IN A REFRIGERATION UNIT AT 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. MANAGER DISCARDED AND DENATURED SAID TCS FOODS DURING THE INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005.
  code 22
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 6-501.111 OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT ACTIVITY ON SITE. OBSERVED ABOUT 15 RAT DROPPINGS LOCATED IN THE VESTIBULE AREA AROUND THE DRY STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED TO ELIMINATE RODENT ACTIVITY, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS, AND RECOMMENDED CONTACTING PEST CONTROL FOR A SERVICE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: 4-601.11(C) OBSERVED BUILT-UP FOOD DEBRIS IN THE PLASTIC AREA OF THE DELI HAM SLICER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE PLASTIC, REMOVE THE ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS, AS WELL AS CLEAN AND SANITIZE SAID HAM SLICER.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: 6-501.12 OBSERVED ACCUMULATED GREASE DEBRIS UNDER THE OVEN LOCATED IN THE PREPARED FOOD PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 5, 2024: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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