Meli Cafe & Juice Bar

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings6
• critical findings2

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Failed findings

• 📋no certified food manager on dutycritical
  Official wording: Person In Charge Present, Demonstrates Knowledge, And Performs Duties
  code 1Priority
• 📋certified manager paperwork missingcritical
  Official wording: City Of Chicago Food Service Sanitation Certificate
  Inspector note: No certified food service manager present on site while handling and serving TCS foods ( chicken, deli...) instructed to obtain. Priority foundation violation 7-38-012.
  code 2Priority
• 🌡️thermometers missing
  Official wording: Thermometers Provided & Accurate
  Inspector note: No food probe thermometer available in facility, Instructed manager to obtain for proper reheating and cooking temperature monitoring, priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
  code 36
• ⚠️Personal Cleanliness
  Inspector note: Food handler not wearing hair restraints in prep kitchen, instructed to wear.
  code 40
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
  Inspector note: Knives in-use wedged between 2 prep cooler at main kitchen, instructed to place knives on a clean surface. • Ice scoop placed on top of ice cubes at coffee/smoothie station, instructed to keep off cubes.
  code 43
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
  Inspector note: No irreversible high temp dish machine thermometer, no heat strips on site, instructed to obtain. priority foundation violation 7-38-005.
  code 48

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on July 11, 2023: 6 findings appeared for the first time. 2 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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