La Azteca Produce

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY 150LBS OF RAW MEAT INCLUDING SHRIMP, WHOLE ROASTS, FISH, SAUSAGE, AND CHICKEN AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF 49.0 - 49.9F. RAW MEAT WAS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $900 WAS DISCARDED AND DENATURED DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LARGE BUTCHER COLD HOLD UNIT AT 52F WITH TIME TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED FOOD INSIDE INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 150LBS OF RAW BEEF PORK CHICKEN AND FISH. COOLER WAS TAGGED DURING INSPECTION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005.
  code 33
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED METAL SHELVING WITHIN LARGE WALK IN COOLER UNCLEAN WITH DIRT AND GRIME. ALL METAL SHELVING MUST BE CLEANED IN DETAIL AND MAINTAINED.
  code 49
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOORS OF LARGE WALK IN COOLER UNCLEAN. OBSERVED FLOORS NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. FLOORS MUST BE CLEANED AND MAINTAINED AT ALL TIMES. OBSERVED WALLS BEHIND CARNITAS COOKING AREA NOT SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. RESTORE SURFACES TO A SMOOTH EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE AND MAINTAIN WALLS IN A CLEAN CONDITION. • OBSERVED NON WORKING LARGE COLD HOLDING UNIT, OBSERVED NONWORKING ICE MACHINE WITHIN STORE. REMOVE ALL NON WORKING EQUIPMENT.
  code 55
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PREVIOUS CORE VIOLATIONS FROM REPORT #2564211 DATED 9/23/22 #55 UNNECESSARY ITEMS/ NONFUNCTIONAL EQUIPMENT FOUND IN THE WALK IN COOLER AND BASEMENT.THIS PREMISES SHOULD BE FREE OF ITEMS UNNECESSARY TO THE OPERATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-42-090.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on September 23, 2022: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings 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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