El Centro Market

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️hot/cold holding temps off
  Official wording: * Certified Food Manager On Site When Potentially Hazardous Foods Are Prepared And Served
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VALID FOOD SERVICE SANITATION CERTIFICATE ON PREMISES AT THIS TIME WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZADROUS FOODS BEING PREPARED AND SERVED. PORK 198.6*F, COLD PRE COOKED CHICKEN 39.9*F TO BE RECOOKED/SERVED. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-012a.
  code 21
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS IN REAR PREP AREA 2 DOOR REACH IN COOLER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE FOOD GRADE CONTAINERS/BAGGIES/ZIP LOCK ETC. OBSERVED BROKEN TOILET SEAT IN THE MEN'S RESTROOM, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE.
  code 32
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: OBSERVED MANY WATER DAMAGED CEILING TILES THRU -OUT, ALSO IN RESTROOMS, INSTRUCTED TO REPLACE. ALSO FRONT PREP AREA CEILING IN POOR REPAIR, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR.CLEAN WALLS BEHIND THE REAR 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MISSING WALL COVING IN THE LADIES REST ROOM, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.ALSO CLEAN REAR LIGHT SHIELDS AND REMOVE DUST FROM BOTH RESTROOMS CEILING FANS.
  code 35
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOME CLUTTER IN REAR STORAGE, INSTRUCTED TO ORGANIZE, AND REMOVE ITEMS NOT BEING USED.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 17, 2014: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred. 4 previous findings did not recur.

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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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