El Nuevo Mexicano

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

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Failed findings

• 🍽️food left unprotected
  Official wording: Food Separated And Protected
  Inspector note: FOUND DIVIDED INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED RAW SHRIMPS IN PLASTIC SARAN WRAP AND RAW BEEF(SAME WAY WRAPPED) STORED TOGHETER IN THE SAME CONTAINER INSIDE THE REACH-IN COOLER. OBSERVED SOME OF THE PACKED SHRIMP HAD FOOD LIQUID(BLOOD) FROM RAW BEEF JUICE LEAKING FROM THE WRAPPES. INSTRUCTED PRODUCTS MUST BE SEPARETED DUE TO DIFFERENT COOKING TEMPERATURE. MANAGER DISCARDED FOOD. POUNDS 10.VALUE 200. PRIORITY VIOLATION:7-38-005,CITATION ISSUED
  code 15
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: TCS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE: COOKED SPANISH RICE STORED INSIDE TWO DOOR REACH-IN COOLER AT TEMP OF 44.7F TO 45F.MANAGER STATED FOOD WAS COOKED THE DAY BEFORE.COLD FOOD MUST MAINTAIN TEMP OF 41F AND BELOW.FOOD DISCARDED AND DENATURED.POUND 5,VALUE 10. PRIORITY VIOLATION: 7-38-005,CITATION ISSUED
  code 22
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: DRY FOOD IN STORAGE MUST BE LABELED WITH A COMMON NAME:FLOUR,ETC.
  code 37
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: MUST STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN PREP AREAS IN SANITIZER BUCKET BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CROSS CONTAMINATION. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with No Entry on December 22, 2022: 4 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.