Mezquite Pollo Express

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings8
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒staff working while sickcritical
  Official wording: Procedures For Responding To Vomiting And Diarrheal Events
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PROCEDURES FOR CLEANING UP VOMIT, AND DIARRHEA, BUT MISSING SOME NECESSARY ITEMS, AND A DISINFECTANT RATED FOR NOROVIRUS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, NO CITATION ISSUED.
  code 5Priority
• 📄consumer advisory missing
  Official wording: Consumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE REMOINDER ON THE MENU AT THIS TIME, BUT MISSING THE DISCLOSUER BY ASTERICK AND FOOTNOTE(*STEAK COOKED TO ORDER)
  code 25
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Official wording: Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED TWO REAR FREEZERS LIDS BROKEN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR, AND OR REPLACE FREEZERS. ALSO OBSERVED THE TWO DOOR COOLER RUBBER GASKET BROKEN/TORN, INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR/REPLACE.
  code 47
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE TRASH RECEPTACLE WITHOUT A COVER, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE.
  code 53
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Official wording: Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
  Inspector note: OBSERVED THE REAR FLOOR IN THE CHICKEN PREP AREA NOT CLEAN, EXCESSIVE WATER ON THE FLOOR, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN, AND KEEP FLOOR DRY. • OBSERVED THE WALL BEHIND THE THREE COMPARTMENT, AND DISH MACHINE NOT CLEAN, INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN.
  code 55
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training
  Inspector note: OBSERVED ONE FOOD HANDLER CERTIFICATE EXPIRED, INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE UPDATED CERTIFICATE.
  code 57
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Official wording: Allergen Training As Required
  Inspector note: SEE VIOLATION # 60.
  code 58
• ⚠️Previous Core Violation Corrected
  Inspector note: OBSERVED NON COMPLIANCE ON VIOLATION #58 NO ALLERGEN TRAINING, FROM REPORT 2232341, DATE10/26/2018, CORRECT BY DATE 12/14/2018. 7-42-090 CITATION ISSUED.
  code 60

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on October 26, 2018: 3 findings appeared for the first time. 5 findings recurred. 5 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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