Lyfe Kitchen

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• 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: FOUND TOMATO SOUP HELD AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURE AT 71.7 F INSIDE WARMER, HOWEVER WARMER AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE AT 140 F. INSTRUCTED MANAGER ALL POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS MUST BE HELD AT 140 F OR ABOVE IF HELD HOT. MANAGER VOLUNTARILLY DISCARDED TOMATO SOUP AT THIS TIME. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005(A).
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: FOUND SOME PREP AREA REACH IN COOLERS DOOR RUBBER GASKETS MISSING/RIPPED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REPLACE ALL DAMAGED DOOR GASKETS.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ACCUMULATED FOOD DEBRIS ON EXTERIOR OF DISHMACHINE. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN EXTERIOR OF DISHMAHCINE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Appropriate Method Of Handling Of Food (Ice) Hair Restraints And Clean Apparel Worn
  Inspector note: OBSERVED JUICE HANDLERS/PREPARERS NOT WEARING HAIR RESTRAINTS. MUST PROVIDE HAIR RESTRAINTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS.
  code 42

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on April 8, 2015: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 4 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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