K & M Grocery, Inc.

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• ❓food from a questionable sourcecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Number, Convenient, Accessible, Designed, And Maintained
  Inspector note: THE EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA IS NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINED. THE HANDWASHING SINK IS NOT DRAINING AND IS CLOGGED AND HAS STANDING WATER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SO THAT THE SINK DRAINS PROPERLY. ALSO, OBSERVED ITALIAN BEEF AND NACHOS BEING PREPARED NEXT TO THE FRONT COUNTER WITHOUT AN EXPOSED HANDWASHING SINK. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE FOOD FROM THIS AREA AND NOT TO SERVE ANY OPEN FOOD UNTIL THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE REAR FOOD PREP AREA HAS BEEN REPAIRED AND INSPECTED. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-030.
  code 11Priority
• ☠️toxic items stored near food
  Official wording: No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Outer Openings Protected/Rodent Proofed, A Written Log Shall Be Maintained Available To The Inspectors
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF RODENT ACTIVITY IN THE BASEMENT, AND LIVE FRUIT FLIES AND COCKROACHES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS. OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 50 MOUSE DROPPINGS IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND REMOVE THE DROPPINGS FROM THIS AREA. ALSO, OBSERVED ONE LIVE COCKROACH ON THE FLOOR NEXT TO THE GREASE TRAP IN THE FOOD PREP AREA. ALSO, OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 30 LIVE FRUIT FLIES IN THE FOOD PREP AREAS. ADDITIONAL PEST CONTROL SERVICE IS NEEDED TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE THE PEST ACTIVITY. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-020.
  code 18
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE DEAD INSECTS FROM THE FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 19, 2014: 2 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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