La Merced Inc

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

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOUND ICE MACHINE WITH BUILD UP OF BROWN SLIMY SUBSTANCE AT FRONT AREA OF MACHINE AND AT ICE CHUTE. INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WHERE ICE IS FORMED HAS BUILD UP OF BLACK SLICY SUBSTANCE. ALL SLIMY SUBSTANCE IS LEAKING ONTO ICE FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE ALL ICE, CLEAN AND SANITIZE MACHINE. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005(A)
  code 16
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: THE BOTTOM OF STEAM TABLE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL FOOD SPILLS AND BUILD UP. ALL AIR VENTS IN WALK IN COOLERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUID UP OF DUST. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: ALL FOOD MUST BE OFF THE FLOOR 6 INCHES IN MILK COOLER. MUST CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: CEILING IN REAR OF THE STORE LEAKING DUE TO RAIN. INSTRUCTED MANGER TO CORRECT, CLEAN AND REPLACE ALL CEILING TILES. WALLS AT FRONT WINDOWS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL DUST AND GREASE BUILD UP. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 35
• ⚠️Food (Ice) Dispensing Utensils, Wash Cloths Properly Stored
  Inspector note: ICE SCOOP MUST BE STORED IN A CLEAN SANITIZED CONTAINER, NOT ON TOP OF MACHINE. CORRECT AND MAINTAIN.
  code 43

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on August 26, 2016: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 2 findings recurred.

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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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