La Azteca Produce

• official resultPass
• resultPass
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: IN-USE WIPING CLOTHS ARE NOT STORED PROPERLY. FOUND ON/NEAR MEAT CUTTING BOARD. CLOTHS USED TO WIPE SURFACES AND EQUIPMENT SHALL BE HELD IN A PROPER SANITIZER SOLUTION. CLOTHS IN-USE FOR WIPING SURFACES IN CONTACT WITH RAW ANIMAL FOODS SHALL BE KEPT SEPARATE FROM CLOTHS USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES. IN-USE CLOTHS MUST BE LAUNDERED DAILY.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CARDBOARD USED AS LINING FOR SHELVING IN WALK-IN COOLER.---CRATES USED AS ELEVATION IN KITCHEN AND WALK-IN COOLER. THE FACILITY MUST REMOVE FROM USE AND REPLACE WITH EQUIPMENT THAT IS DURABLE AND EASILY CLEANABLE AND EASY TO MONITOR UNDERNEATH THAT MEETS FOOD STANDARDS. • THE CUTTING BOARD IS SEVERELY SCRATCHED, WHICH PREVENTS PROPER CLEANING AND SANITIZING EQUIPMENT. RESURFACE BOARD OR REPLACE CUTTING BOARD.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE AND SHELVING IN THE WALK-IN COOLER IS NOT CLEAN TO SIGHT AND TOUCH. THE FACILITY MUST BE CLEAN AND MAINTAINED.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: BASE COVING WAS NOT FOUND ON THE FLOOR, AND WALL JUNCTURES IN THE KITCHEN AREA. FACILITY MUST PROVIDE. • UNNECESSARY ITEMS / NONFUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT FOUND IN BASEMENT AND WALK-IN COOLER. THE PREMISES SHALL BE FREE OF ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. THIS INCLUDES EQUIPMENT THAT IS NONFUNCTIONAL OR NO LONGER USED.
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: NO VALID PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATION ON SITE. ALL EMPLOYEES OTHER THAN THE CERTIFIED MANAGER MUST OBTAIN A FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE.
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 28, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding did not recur.

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About this record

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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