Meli Cafe & Juice Bar

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings4
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Official wording: Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored
  Inspector note: OBSERVED WET WIPING CLOTHS ON SEVERAL PREP SURFACE AREAS. INSTRUCTED TO PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION BETWEEN USES TO PREVENT CONTAMINATION OF EQUIPMENT & FOOD. MUST MAINTAIN
  code 41
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Official wording: Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE ONLY HAND SINK IN THE FOOD PREP/DISH AREA TO BE BLOCKED WITH A NEW OVEN AND UNACCESSIBLE FOR USE. ALSO, OBSERVED EMPLOYEE WASHING THEIR HANDS AT THE THREE-COMPARTMENT SINK DUE TO THE HAND SINK BEING BLOCKED. THE OWNER AND EMPLOYEES REMOVED THE UNUSED OVEN IN FRONT OF THE HAND SINK DURING THE INSPECTION TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-030(C) CITATION ISSUED.
  code 51
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED EXPIRED FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATES. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN RECORDS AT ALL TIMES.
  code 57
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE CITY OF CHICAGO FOOD CERTIFIED MANAGER WITH NO PROOF OF AN ALLERGEN TRAINING CERTIFICATE. INSTRUCTED ALL CITY OF CHICAGO CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGERS TO OBTAIN THIS CERTIFICATE.
  code 58

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on March 2, 2022: 4 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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