La Canasta Bakery

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: AIR TEMPERATURE OF THE PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA IS NOT MAINTAING PROPER TEMPERATURE,READING 50.7F THE MANAGER TURNED DOWN THE TEMPERATURE GAGE INSIDE THE COOLER DURING INSPECTION,THE COOLER IS NOW MAINTAING PROPER TEMPERATURE,READING 42.2F THE COOLER WILL NOT BE TAGGED AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: INTERNAL TEMPERATURES TAKEN OF POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS INSIDE PREP COOLER AT FRONT PREP AREA RANGE FROM 45.9 TO 48.6F FOOD ITEMS ARE HAM,TURKEY,CHEESE, BOLOGNA,SLICED TOMATOES,SLICED ONIONS AND PEPPERS TOTAL WEIGHT 25LBS TOTAL COST $120.00 FOOD ITEMS WERE DENATURED AND DESTROYED AT THIS TIME OF INSPECTION CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A) CITATION ISSUED
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: (1) BULK FOOD CONTAINER NOT LABEL MUST LABEL,MUST LABEL CONTAINER IN REAR OF PREMISES
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: CLEAN EXTERIOR OF BULK CONTAINERS IN REAR OF PREMISES NEED DETAIL CLEANING OF FOOD DEBRIS
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: CLEAN THE FLOORS IN THE REAR PREP AREA,ALONG WALL BASE AND CORNERS
  code 34
• ⚠️Refrigeration And Metal Stem Thermometers Provided And Conspicuous
  Inspector note: NUST PROVIDE A THERMOMETER INSIDE THE WALK-IN COOLER IN REAR OF PREMISES
  code 40

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on May 24, 2012: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 3 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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