Discount Meat Company

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• 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 HAND WASHING SIGN AT REAR HAND WASHING SINK. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HAND WASHING SINKS USED BY EMPLOYEES.
  code 10Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OVER 30 FLYING INSECTS IN PREP, STORAGE, DISH WASHING AND OFFICE AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALL AN EXTERMINATOR FOR SERVICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL AFFECTED AREAS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A) CITATION ISSUED
  code 38
• ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MEAT CUTTER STORED IN REAR WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE. FOOD EQUIPMENT AND UTENSILS SHALL NOT BE STORED IN TOILET ROOMS.
  code 44
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ICE BUILDUP IN WALK-IN FREEZER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED CARDBOARD USED AS LINER ON PREP TABLES AND FLOOR IN PREP AREA WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE. ALL FOOD AND NON-FOOD CONTACT SURFACES MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS ON INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR SURFACES OF COOLERS, FREEZERS, SHELVING UNITS, PREP TABLES, RESIDUE ON INTERIOR SURFACES OF ICE MACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FRONT HAND WASHING SINK SLOW DRAINING AND DRANIPIPE LEAKING UNDER WASHBOWL IN EMPLOYEE WASHROOM. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND SPILLS ON FLOOR IN MEAT PREP AND WALK-IN COOLER AREAS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN FLOORS UNDER ALL EQIPMENT, ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN PREP AND STORAGE AREAS. • OBSERVED SOILED WATER IN MOP PAILS AND MOP HEADS NOT PROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROPERLY HANG MOP HEADS AND DISPOSE OF SOILED WATER TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. • OBSERVED DAMAGED WALL TILES IN MEAT PREP AREA AND MISSING CEILING TILES IN REAR STORAGE AREA. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 18, 2020: 7 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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