Las Islas Marias

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: Facilities To Maintain Proper Temperature
  Inspector note: FACILITIES DO NOT MAINTAIN PROPER TEMPERATURES. OBSERVED THE WALK-IN COOLER WITH AN AIR TEMPERATURE OF 44.5F. THE COOLER WAS USED TO STORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS SUCH AS FISH AND EGGS. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN THE COOLER BELOW 40F. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 2Priority
• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED FISH AT 46.7F, MILK AT 44.5F, EGGS AT 45.4F, AND SOUR CREAM AT 45.3F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 40# OF FOOD WORTH $40. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Clean Multi-Use Utensils And Single Service Articles Properly Stored: No Reuse Of Single Service Articles
  Inspector note: SINGLE USE PLASTIC SPOONS AND FORKS BEHIND THE COUNTER MUST BE STORED WITH HANDLES UP TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION BY HANDS.
  code 31
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED A STYROFOAM CUP USED AS A SCOOP FOR THE SOUP IN THE PREP COOLER. OBSERVED CARDBOARD BOXES USED TO STORE BREAD AND SHRIMP IN THE 2 DOOR FREEZER. OBSERVED PLASTIC BAGS USED TO COVER EMPANADAS IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE PROPER FOOD GRADE STORAGE MATERIALS AND UTENSILS. THE WIRE STORAGE SHELVES IN THE WALK-IN COOLER ARE RUSTED. MUST SCRAPE AND REPAINT RUSTED SURFACES OR REPLACE THE SHELVES.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: DETAIL CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE MICROWAVE.
  code 33
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Lighting: Required Minimum Foot-Candles Of Light Provided, Fixtures Shielded
  Inspector note: LIGHT SHIELDS ARE NEEDED FOR BOTH LIGHT FIXTURES IN THE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST INSTALL.
  code 36

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on December 10, 2015: 5 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 2 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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