Manolo's Tamales #3

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings7
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Official wording: Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO HANDWASHING SIGN AT HANDSINK IN REAR PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 10Priority
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Official wording: Proper Date Marking And Disposition
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO DISCARD ON COOKED CHICKEN IN REAR REACH IN COOLER AND NO DISCARD DATES ON COOKED STEAK, COOKED CHICKEN AND RICE IN FRONT PREP COOLER. MANAGER DISCARDED AND DENATURED 47LBS OF CHICKEN, 5 LBS OF STEAK AND 1 LB OF RICE VALUED AT $400. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED
  code 23
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS IMPROPERLY STORED. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES.
  code 41
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FOIL USED FOR LINING SHELVING UNITS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND ON REAR SHELVING UNITS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO REMOVE FOIL TO PREVENT INSECT BREEDING.
  code 47
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE WRONG SANITIZER TEST STRIP KIT. THE FACILITY HAS QUATERNARY AMMONIA SANITIZER AND CHLORINE TEST STRIPS. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO PROVIDE THE CORRECT TEST STRIPS FOR THE SANITIZER BEING USED. PRIORITY FOUNDATION. 7-38-005 CITATION ISSUED
  code 48
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NO COVERED WASTE RECEPTACLE IN WOMEN'S TOILET ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN.
  code 53
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FILTERS IN VENTILATION HOODS IN FRONT PREP AREA AND REAR PREP AREA IN NEED OF CLEANING AND MISSING. INSTRUCTED MANAGER TO CLEAN AND REPLACE MISSING FILTERS
  code 56

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 24, 2020: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 3 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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