Pacos Tacos

• official resultPass w/ Conditions
• resultPass w/ Conditions
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings3
• critical findings1

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Failed findings

• 🤒sick-employee policy not followedcritical
  Official wording: Potentially Hazardous Food Meets Temperature Requirement During Storage, Preparation Display And Service
  Inspector note: OBSERVED POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS FOODS AT IMPROPER TEMPERATURES INSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER. OBSERVED CHICHARRON VERDE AT 52.6F, GREEN AND RED SALSA AT 45.6F, AND COOKED RICE AT 43.9F. MANAGEMENT VOLUNTARILY DISCARDED APPROXIMATELY 30# OF FOOD WORTH $50. CRITICAL VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 3Priority
• ⚠️Potentially Hazardous Food Properly Thawed
  Inspector note: OBSERVED LARGE CASES AND CONTAINERS OF FROZEN BEEF BEING THAWED IN THE FOOD PREP AREA AT ROOM TEMPERATURE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED ON PROPER METHODS TO THAW FROZEN FOODS. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005A.
  code 17
• ⚠️* Inspection Report Summary Displayed And Visible To All Customers
  Inspector note: INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY FROM 9/28/15 NOT POSTED IN THE ESTABLISHMENT. PREMISES HAD 2 SUMMARIES POSTED FROM 2011 AND 2013. MANAGEMENT WAS GIVEN A COPY OF TODAY'S INSPECTION REPORT SUMMARY AND WAS INSTRUCTED TO POST IT IN VIEW OF ALL CUSTOMERS. ALL PREVIOUS YEARS SUMAMRY REPORTS MUST BE REMOVED. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-42-010B.
  code 28

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass w/ Conditions on September 28, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 1 finding recurred. 4 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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