El Rayo Tacos

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings3
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO SIGNED EMPLOYEES HEALTH POLICIES.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CLEAN-UP POLICY PROCEDURE AND ITEMS FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.(PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO RUNNING WATER ON MOBILE FOOD VEHICLE.MUST PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES DURING OPERATIONAL HOURS.(PRIORITY 7-38-030(C)(CITATION ISSUED)
  code 50

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 22, 2021: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 1 previous finding 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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