Los Toritos Restaurant Y Taqueria

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒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. OBSERVED A LARGE CONTAINER OF COWS STOMACH IN A REACH-IN COOLER THAT WAS 64.5F AT TIME OF INSPECTION. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED 30# OF FOOD WITH A VALUE OF $150. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: FOUND FOOD STORED IN GROCERY BAGS IN THE REACH-IN COOLER/FREEZER. MUST USE FOOD GRADE STORAGE BAGS TO PROPERLY STORE MEAT.
  code 30
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: INSTRUCTED TO DEFROST THE REACH-IN FREEZER LOCATED ON THE SOUTH WALL.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN THE LOWER COMPARTMENT OF THE DEEP FRYER AND THE INTERIOR OF THE DRY STORAGE UNIT TO REMOVE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS.
  code 33
• 🪳pests in the house
  Official wording: Ventilation: Rooms And Equipment Vented As Required: Plumbing: Installed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND A LEAK AT THE FAUCET HEAD OF THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR FAUCET HEAD AND MAINTAIN SINK COMPONENTS.
  code 38

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on January 6, 2014: 4 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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