La Torta Chilanga #2

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings9
• 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: NO EMPLOYEE HEALTH POLICY. INSTD TO PROVIDE AN EMPLOYEE ACKNOWLEDGED HEALTH POLICY AND MAINTAIN ON SITE. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-010
  code 3Priority
• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: NO PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR RESPONDING TO VOMITING AND DIARRHEAL EVENTS. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROCEDURE AND SUPPLIES AND MAINTAIN ON SITE AT ALL TIMES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005
  code 5Priority
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Insects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present
  Inspector note: 2 LIVE ROACHES CRAWLING UNDER HOT WATER TANK AND DEAD ROACHES NOTED IN SAME AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE ALL ROACHES, CLEAN AND SANITIZE AFFECTED AREAS AND CONTACT PEST CONTROL FOR SERVICE. CITATION ISSUED 7-38-020(A) PRIORITY FOUNDATION
  code 38
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: STYROFOAM CUPS BEING STORED INSIDE CONTAINERS OF SALSA AND BEING USED AS DISPENSING UTENSILS. INSTD TO USE PROPER DISPENSING UTENSILS AND STORE PROPERLY (HANDLE NOT IN FOOD)
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: CONDENSOR LINE LEAKING IN UPRIGHT 2 DOOR COOLER CAUSING WATER ACCUMULATION ON INTERIOR BOTTOM. INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: INBETWEEN FRYER AND GRILL AND SURFACE UNDERNEATH GRILL NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE FOOD DEBRIS INSTD TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN
  code 49
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: IMPROPER STOPPERS FOR 3-COMPARTMENT SINK, USING PLASTIC WRAP. INSTD TO PROVIDE PROPER STOPPERS AND MAINTAIN
  code 51
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: FLOOR IN BASEMENT NOT CLEAN OR DRY. INSTD TO MAINTAIN CLEAN AND DRY
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: EMPLOYEES MISSING FOOD HANDLER TRAINING. INSTD TO OBTAIN TRAINING AND MAINTAIN VERIFICATION ON SITE
  code 57

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on January 8, 2019: 7 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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