Gerardo's Carniceria

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Official wording: Previous Minor Violation(S) Corrected 7-42-090
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #1395604 DATED 2/07/2014 NOT CORRECTED #38 MUST INSTALL 3 COMPARTMENT SINK LARGE ENOUGH TO SUBMERGE LARGEST POT PAN AND UTENSIL WITH ATTACHED DRAINBOARD. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090
  code 29
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SPLASH GUARDS NEEDED ON EXPOSED HAND SINKS IN FRONT AND REAR. INSTALL AND MAINTAIN SPLASH GUARDS ON EACH SIDE OF EXPSED HADNSINKS. • OBSERVED RAW WOOD SHELVING IN KITCHEN AND WALK IN COOLER. ALL RAW WOOD MUST BE PAINTED AND SEALED SO THAT IT IS SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED GREASE TRAP UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND OR PAINT GREASE TRAP AND MAINTAIN IN A SANITARY CONDITION.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOORS OF KITCHEN UNCLEAN WITH FOOD SPILLS IN WALK IN COOLER. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN ALL FLOOR.
  code 34
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED REACH IN FREEZER IN KITCHEN IN DISREPAIR. REACH IN FREEZER MUST BE REPAIRED OR REMOVED.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on February 7, 2014: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 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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