Manolo's Tamales #3

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass Re-Inspection
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: SEE VIOLATION 59
  code 25
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: 3-304.14: WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTD TO STORE IN SANITIZING SOLUTION AT ALL TIMES WHEN NOT IN USE.
  code 41
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: 3-304.12: BOWLS BEING USED AND STORED IN ICE AND SALSA CONTAINERS. INSTD TO USE PROPER DISPENSING UTENSILS (ICE SCOOP, LADLES, ETC) AND STORE PROPERLY WITHOUT HANDLE IN FOOD.
  code 43
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: 4-501.11: ICE MACHINE LID BROKEN, INSTD TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN. • 4-501.12: CUTTING BOARD AT FRONT PREP COOLER WITH DEEP, DARK GROOVES. INSTD TO MAINTAIN CLEAN CUTTING BOARDS AT ALL TIMES. • 4-101.19: RUSTY SURFACE ON BOTTOM OF ALL PREP TABLES IN REAR. INSTD TO REMOVE RUST AND MAINTAIN SURFACE SMOOTH, EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 47
• ⚠️Previous Priority Foundation Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: 8-403.12(B3) ENFORCEMENT BY THE REGULATORY AUTHORITY (NON COMPLIANCE) PREVIOUS PROIRITY FOUNDATION FROM 7/15/19 REPORT 2301117 NOT CORRECTED: 25 MISSING CONSUMER ADVISORY WITH DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER FOR UNDERCOOKED ANIMAL DERIVED FOODS (EGGS COOKED TO ORDER). INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-42-090. CITATION ISSUED.
  code 59

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Fail on July 15, 2019: 1 finding appeared for the first time. 4 findings recurred. 2 previous findings did not recur.

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