La Palma Supermercado

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeComplaint
• failed findings7
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: MISSING THERMOMETERS IN ALL MEAT AND DELI CASES. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 36
• 🏷️food improperly labeled
  Official wording: Food Properly Labeled; Original Container
  Inspector note: MISSING LABELS WITH COMMON NAME ON DRY STORAGE/SPICES IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 37
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: OVER 30 SMALL LIVE FLIES NOTED IN MEAT/DELI PREP AREAS, AND IN BASEMENT PREP AREA. OVER 40 MICE DROPPINGS SCATTERED ON FLOOR ALONG WALLBASE AND IN CORNERS OF BASEMENT STORAGE AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL FLIES, DROPPINGS, AND CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS. CITATION ISSUED PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-020(A).
  code 38
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: PROVIDE SPLASHGUARDS AT HANDWASH SINK LOCATED INBETWEEN PREP TABLES AT MEAT PREP AREA 1ST FLOOR.
  code 39
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: UNABLE TO VERIFY CLEANING PROCEDURE FOR LARGE CARNITA POTS ON SITE. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN ON SITE PROPER PROCEDURE FOR SPECIAL CLEANING NEEDS (WASH, RINSE AND SANITIZE) OR PROVIDE SMALL EQUIPMENT TO FULLY SUBMERGE IN BASINS OF 3-COMPARTMENT SINK.
  code 48
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
  Inspector note: OUTSIDE GREASE CONTAINER ENCRUSTED WITH GREASE ON EXTERIOR AND ON SURROUNDING GROUND CAUSING FOUL ODOR AND ATTRACTING PESTS. INSTD TO CLEAN CONTAINER AND SURROUNDING GROUND. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(B). PRIORITY FOUNDATION.
  code 54
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: MISSING WALL COVING THROUGH OUT 1ST FLOOR REAR COOKING PREP AREA. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER WALL COVING IN SAME AREA. MISSING AND CRACKED FLOOR TILES IN MEAT WALK IN COOLER CAUSING EXCESSIVE DEBRIS AND WATER ACCUMULATION ON FLOOR.INSTD TO REPAIR FLOOR SO AS TO BE AN EVEN, SMOOTH, EASILY CLEANABLE SURFACE.
  code 55

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 17, 2019: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 8 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.

Source: Chicago Data Portal.