Erick's Tacos

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE TEMPERATURES. COOKS LINE COOLER FOUND AT 57.4F WITH FOOD SUCH AS CHORIZO AT 53.1F. COOLER TAGGED HELD FOR INSPECTION AND MUST NOT USE UNTIL REPAIRED AND MAINTAINS A TEMPERATURE OF 40F OR BELOW, CDPH CONTACTED FOR RE-INSPECTION AND TAG REMOVAL. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: THE FOLLOWING FOODS FOUND HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COOLER. COOKED CHICKEN AT 55.4F, CHORIZO AT 53.1F, BEEF AT 54.7F. ESTIMATED TOTAL LBS TO BE 15 LBS AND VALUE AT $90.00. ALL FOOD DISCARDED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: INTERIOR OF THE ICE BIN OF THE ICE MACHINE DIRTY. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOP MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER, NOT ON TOP OF THE MACHINE AND WIPING CLOTHS MUST BE HELD IN A CLEAN CONTAINER WITH A SANITIZING SOLUTION.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 5, 2016: 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.

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