La Perla Tapatia #2

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Management, Food Employee And Conditional Employee; Knowledge, Responsibilities And Reporting
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY FOR EMPLOYEES INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE EMPOYEE HEALTH POLICY. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED . 90 DAY GRACE PERIOD GIVEN.
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO VOMIT AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE FOR FACILITY. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE VOMIT AND DIARRHEA PROCEDURE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. NO CITATION ISSUED. 90 DAY GRACE PERIOD GIVEN.
  code 5Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THERMOMATER NOT CALIBRATED . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CALIBRATE THERMOMATER.
  code 36
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: FOODS NOT POTECTED. OBSERVED PASTRIES ON DISPLAY WITH OUT PROTECTION IN SHOPPING AISLE. OBSERVED CUSTOMERS SELF SERVE PASTRIES . INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROTECT FOOD AT ALL TIMES BY USE OF PACKAGING OR DISPLAY CASE . OBSERVED EMPLOYEES PLACE PASTRIES IN DISPLAY CASE. CORRECTED ON SITE . PRIORITY VIOLATION. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005 .
  code 39
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO BACK FLOW PREVENTION DEVICE ON TWO NESCEFE CAFE MACHINES. INTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE BACK FLOW DEVICE FOR MACHINES AND MADE VISIBLE.
  code 51
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO LIGHT IN WALK IN FREEZER BASEMENT . INSTRUCTED FACILITY TO PROVIDE LIGHT IN WALK IN FREEZER.
  code 56
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE ALLERGEN TRAINING FOR CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 7, 2017: 7 findings appeared for the first time. 7 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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