La Huacana

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• ⚠️No Evidence Of Rodent Or Insect Infestation, No Birds, Turtles Or Other Animalscritical
  Inspector note: FOUND EVIDENCE OF RATS AND MICE AT PREMISES: OBSERVED RAT/MICE DROPPINGS AT FOLLOWING AREAS: FOUND 25 MICE DROPPINGS UNDER STORAGE SHELVES SALES FLOOR 1ST FLOOR, 10 RAT DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON SALES FLOOR AND BEHIND REACH IN COOLER ON SALE FLOOR, 50 RAT DROPPINGS ON STAIRS LEADING TO BASEMENT PREPARATION AREA, 10 RAT DROPPINGS IN BURROW ALONG SAME STAIRWELL, 10 RAT DROPPINGS AT BASEMENT PREPARATION AREA, MORE THAN 100 RAT DROPPINGS AT STORAGE ROOM ADJACENT TO BASEMENT PREPARATION AREA. ALSO, OBSERVED 1 LIVE RAT INSIDE DRAIN AT BASEMENT PREPARATION AREA. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-020. MUST REMOVE ALL EVIDENCE OF RODENTS. CLEAN AND SANITIZE ALL MENTIONED AREAS. MUST NOTIFY PEST CONTROL OPERATOR.
  code 13Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: FOUND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOOD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES: 40 POUNDS PORK SKIN AT 72.0F -108.2F AND 10 POUNDS PORK CARNITAS AT 70.7F. CRITICAL VIOLATION. 7-38-005A. INSTRUCTED MANAGEMENT TO DISPOSE OF 50 POUNDS OF PORK PRODUCTS. VALUE AT 100 DOLLARS.
  code 3Priority
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST DETAIL CLEAN THE HOOD ABOVE THE COOKING EQUIPMENT AND CLEAN ALL COOKING EQUIPMENT. ALSO CLEAN ALL SINKS, PREPARATION TABLES AT BASEMENT, AND INTERIOR OF COOLERS.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FOUND FLOORS NOT CLEAN AT BASEMENT. MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE. NOTED DEAD RAT ON FLOOR IN THE BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. MUST REMOVE AND SANITIZE AREA.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: FOUND HOLES IN WALLS AT STAIRWELL AREAS LEADING TO BASEMENT, BEHIND REACH IN COOLERS ON THE FIRST FLOOR,AND THROUGHOUT PREMISES. MUST SEAL ALL OPENINGS TO PREVENT RODENT HARBORAGE. FOUND WALLS NOT CLEAN AT MEAT PREPARATION AREAS(SPLATTER).MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 35

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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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