Jackson Tavern

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IN USE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISH MACHINE LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA NOT PROPERLY SANITIZING @ PROPER TEMPERATURE DURING TIME OF INSPECTION. NOTED FINAL RINSE TEMPERATURE @105F. INSTRUCTED TO DISCONTINUE USE UNTIL EQUIPMENT IS PROPERLY SANITIZING @ AT LEAST 180F. EQUIPMENT TAGGED. PRIORITY VIOLATION. 7-38-025. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 16
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED VARIOUS TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (PORK CARNITAS,EGG ROLLS, COOKED CHICKEN WINGS ,BAM BAM SAUCE, AND HOUSE MARINADES )STORED INSIDE OF WALK IN COOLER LOCATED IN REAR PREP AREA WITH IMPROPER DATE LABELS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE DISCARD DATE LABELS (NOT TO EXCEED 7 DAYS) ON ALL REFRIGERATED READY TO EAT SAID FOODS, PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. MUST MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 23
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED HIGH TEMPERATURE SANITIZING DISH MACHINE WITHOUT PROPER TEMPERATURE MEASURING DEVICE FOR EQUIPMENT.MUST PROVIDE IRREVERSIBLE TEMPERATURE INDICATOR THAT IS READILY ACCESSIBLE FOR MEASURING THE UTENSIL SURFACE TEMPERATURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-005. NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 48

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 25, 2019: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 7 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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