Joe's Food Mart

• 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: PREVIOUS MINOR VIOLATIONS NOT CORRECTED FROM REPORT #1154473 ON 7-24-13. 38-INSTALL EXPOSED SINK BEHIND FRONT COUNTER WHERE NACHOS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. 40-PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN COOLERS AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR INTERNAL TEMPERATURES. 41-REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, REAR STORAGE, AND WASHROOM AREA. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 29
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: ELEVATE ALL STOCK OFF FLOOR. FLOORS NEED CLEANING UNDER ALL EQUIPMENT ALONG WALLS AND IN ALL CORNERS IN BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, SALES AND STORAGE AREAS.
  code 34
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTALL EXPOSED SINK BEHIND FRONT COUNTER WHERE NACHOS ARE PREPARED AND SERVED. REMOVE HOSE FROM 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 38
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: PROVIDE THERMOMETERS IN COOLERS AND METAL STEM THERMOMETERS FOR INTERNAL TEMPERATURES.
  code 40
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Premises Maintained Free Of Litter, Unnecessary Articles, Cleaning Equipment Properly Stored
  Inspector note: REMOVE UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND ARTICLES BEHIND FRONT COUNTER, REAR STORAGE AND WASHROOM AREAS. STORE MOP HEAD UPRIGHT TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING. REMOVE ITEMS INSIDE UTILITY SINK.
  code 41

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 24, 2012: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 2 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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