La Palma Supermercado

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeLicense Re-Inspection
• failed findings4
• critical findings3

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: 5-204.11 NO HANDSINK IN BASEMENT PRODUCE PREP AREA WHERE PREP TABLE AND SCALE LOCATED. NO HANDSINK IN BASEMENT WHERE 3-C0MPARTMENT SINK LOCATED. INSTD TO PROVIDE HANDSINKS IN ALL NOTED AREAS WITH HOT/COLD RUNNING WATER UNDER CITY PRESSURE. VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) PRIORITY FOUNDATION
  code 10Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: 2-102.14(N) NO EMPLOYEE FOOD HEALTH POLICY IN PLACE. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. VIOLATION 7-38-012(A) PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: 2-501.11 NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005.
  code 5Priority
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: 4-301.12(B) LARGE POTS FOR COOKING CARNITAS UNABLE TO SUBMERGE IN 3-COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTD TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT ABLE TO FULLY SUBMERGE IN BASINS OF SINK. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-025.
  code 48

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on September 4, 2018: 4 findings recurred. 4 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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