Markellos Bakery

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🧼hand hygiene slippingcritical
  Official wording: Hands Washed And Cleaned, Good Hygienic Practices; No Bare Hand Contact With Ready-To-Eat Foods.
  Inspector note: NOT FOLLOWING GOOD HYGIENIC PRACTICES WITH FOOD HNADLERS IN PREP AREA. OBSERVED MALE EMPLOYEES PREAPRING PASTRIES WITH STRAWBERRY FRUIT AND PROCEEDED AND ONLY RINSE HANDS AT THREE COMPARTMENT SINK, WITHOUT PROPER HANDWASHING. INSTRUCTED OWNER THAT ALL EMPLOYEES AND FOOD HANDLERS MUST PROPERLY WASH HAND AT EXPOSED HANDSINK WITH SOAP AND RUNNING WATER. CRITICAL CITATION ISSUED 7-38-010(A).
  code 6Priority
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: FOODS NOT PROTECTED DURING STORAGE, PREPARATION, DISPLAY AND SERVICE. OBSERVED 3 STORAGE RACKS WITH VARIOUS PASTRIES AND SEVERAL TRAYS OF PASTRIES SITTING ON TOP OF TABLE ALL IN FRONT CUSTOMERS AREA THAT NOT COVERED OR ENCLOSED TO PREVENT CUSTOMER CONTAMINATION. ALSO OBSERVED SEVERAL CUSTOMERS REACHING INTO STORAGE RACKS FOR SELF SERVICE. INSTRUCTED THATS FOODS MUST BE PROTECTED AND PROPERLY ENCLOSED TO PREVENT CUSTOMER CONTAMINATION. SERIOUS CITATION ISSUED 7-38-005(A).
  code 16
• ⚠️Food In Original Container, Properly Labeled: Customer Advisory Posted As Needed
  Inspector note: BULK STORAGE CONTAINERS NOT LABELED. INSTRUCTED TO LABEL ALL FOODS NOT IN ORIGINAL CONTAINERS.
  code 30
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: PREP TBALES, SINKS, EQUIPMENT, UTENSILS, AND STORAGE RACKS NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN AND SANITIZE.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: FLOOR IN PREP AREA NOT MAINTAINED OR CLEA. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN FLOOR IN REAR PREP AREA AND RESEAL SURFACE TO HAVE FLOOR NON-POROUS SURFACE.
  code 34
• ⚠️Walls, Ceilings, Attached Equipment Constructed Per Code: Good Repair, Surfaces Clean And Dust-Less Cleaning Methods
  Inspector note: VENTILATION COVERS IN TOILET ROOM NOT CLEAN. INSTRUCTED TO DETAIL CLEAN.
  code 35

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 9, 2012: 6 findings appeared for the first time.

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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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