Essence Of India

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• 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: NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY ON SITE.INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010 NO CITATION ISSUED
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEA EVENTS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE CLEAN UP PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp
  Inspector note: YOGURT IS BEING MADE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO STOP MAKING YOGURT AND CONTACT CDPHFOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG.
  code 29
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods
  Inspector note: YOGURT IS BEING MADE ON PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD. CONTACT CDPHFOOD@CITYOFCHICAGO.ORG. MANAGER DISCARDED THE YOGURT WORTH $150.00 TOTAL 10 GALLON. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 32
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO INSTALL A SPLASH GUARD ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE OF THE MOP SINK DUE TO LOCATION.
  code 39
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: FOUND ICE SCOOP STORED ON TOP OF THE ICE BIN. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ICE SCOOP ON A SEPARATE CONTAINER TO PREVENT POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION.
  code 43
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: INTRUCTED TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 17, 2018: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding 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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