Damen Food Mart

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: PREMISES HAS NO EXPOSED HAND SINK IN FOOD AREA WHERE FOOD IS BEING HELD HOT HOLDING.MUST INSTALL HAND SINK WITH SOAP AND TOWEL DEVICE.CRITICAL VIOLATION ISSUED -7-38-030
  code 11Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DEFROST AND CLEAN THE REACHIN FREEZER HAS ICE BUILDUP INSIDE THE UNIT
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: PROVIDE MISSING FLOOR TILES IN THE WALKIN COOLER AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: FOUND SOME CREAKS AND HOLES IN THE WALLS IN THE REAR AREA AND IN THE TOILET ROOM . MUST REPANT THE WALLS.
  code 35
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: NO EXPOSED HAND SINK IN THE REAR AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE EXPOSED HAND SINK WITH HOT AND COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE.
  code 38
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND CLUTTER IN THR FURNACE ROOM. MUST REMOVE THE BOXES ABD METAL RODS ECT. SO NO INSECT OR RODENT HARBORAGE.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on October 29, 2014: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred.

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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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