Jj Peppers Food Store

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO PERSON IN CHARGE ON SITE.PERSON IN CHARGE HAS TO BE ON SITE AND HAS TO BE CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED.
  code 1Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED MANAGER ON SITE WHEN POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS CHILI AND TAMALES ARE COOKED AND SERVED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-012 CITATION ISSUED
  code 2Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO CLEAN UP PROCEDURES/KIT FOR VOMIT AND DIARRHEAL ON SITE.NOTIFIED TO COMPLY ON 9/24/2019 SEE REPORT#2222814. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED OPENING ALLOWING FOR THE ENTRY FOR NON FOOD PERSONEL ALLOWING FOR POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION OF FOOD.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO ERECT A BARRIER TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS FROM ENTERING THE FOOD PREP AREA. CORE VIOLATION
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CONDENSER UNIT GUARDS TO BE DUSTY IN THE WALK IN COOLER.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN WALK IN COOLER FAN GUARDS. CORE VIOLATION
  code 47
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO INSTALL A BACKFLOW DEVICE AT ICE MACHINE. CORE VIOLATION
  code 51
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BURN'T OUT LIGHT IN WALK-IN COOLER.INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO REPLACE BURN'T OUT LIGHT BULB. CORE VIOLATION
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 24, 2018: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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