Margies Candies

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Official wording: Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
  Inspector note: OBSERVED IMPROPER TEMPERATURE OF TCS FOODS SUCH AS 6 GAL. OF MILK(44.9F), 60 CANS OF WHIPPED CREAM (46.0F), 10 LBS OF SLICED CHEESE (48.9F), THREE APPLE PIES (45.2), AND 1LB OF COLESLAW (48.0 F). MANAGER DISCARDED PRODUCTS. MUST HAVE COLD-HOLDING FOODS AT 41.0F OR BELOW.APPX 6 GALLONS AND 12LBS.$340.(PRIORITY 7-38-005), CITATION ISSUED.
  code 22
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TWO COLD HOLDING UNITS (REFRIGERATORS) AT AN IMPROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 46.9 F AND 45.2 F DURING THE INSPECTION. INSTRUCTED TO DISCARD ALL TCS FOODS AND NOT USE REACH IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED REFRIGERATORS MUST MAINTAIN A PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW AT ALL TIMES. COLD HOLDING UNITS ARE TAGGED AND HELD FOR INSPECTION BY THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND MAY NOT BE USED UNTIL THE COLD HOLDING UNIT IS RE-INSPECTED BY CDPH AND MAINTAINS A PROPER COLD HOLDING TEMPERATURE OF 41F OR BELOW. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 33
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
  Inspector note: OBSERVED CANDY DISPLAY AT THE FRONT SERVICE/PREP AREA NOT PROTECTED FROM POSSIBLE CONTAMINATION FROM PREMISES. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE A WAY OF PROTECTING THE CANDY ON DISPLAY AND MAINTAIN.
  code 39
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE SHELVING UNITS LINED WITH CARDBOARD BOXES AND DUCT TAPE AT THE FRONT SERVICE/ PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO MAKE SAID SHELVING UNITS SURFACE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
  code 47
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Official wording: Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE SHELVING UNITS WITH SLIGHT DUST BUUILD UP INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN SAID SHELVING UNITS.
  code 49

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on April 14, 2021: 4 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 1 previous finding 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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