Panera Bread

• official resultFail
• resultFail
• inspection typeCanvass
• failed findings5
• critical findings0

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Failed findings

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Official wording: Food Protected During Storage, Preparation, Display, Service And Transportation
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BUILD UP OF BLACK MOLD LIKE SUBSTANCE ON INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE WHERE ICE IS BEING MADE MUST CLEAN AND SANITIZE ICE MACHINE AND REMOVE ANY EVIDENCE OF MOLD OR MILDEW. SERIOUS VIOLATION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 16
• ⚠️Dish Washing Facilities: Properly Designed, Constructed, Maintained, Installed, Located And Operated
  Inspector note: OBSERVED BACK UP AT 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. WHEN RIGHT COMPARTMENT IS DRAINED DIRTY WATER BACKS UP INTO MIDDLE AND LEFT COMPARTMENT OF 3 COMPARTMENT SINK. MUST ABATE BACK UP AND MAINTAIN. SERIOUS VIOALTION 7-38-005 (A)
  code 24
• ⚠️Food And Non-Food Contact Surfaces Properly Designed, Constructed And Maintained
  Inspector note: OBSERVED SOAP DISPENSER IN DISREPAIR AT EXPOSED HAND SINK NEAR CASH REGISTERS. REPAIR AND MAINTAIN SOAP DISPENSER.
  code 32
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Official wording: Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents
  Inspector note: OBSERVED PANINI PRESS' UNCLEAN WITH FOOD RESIDUE. CLEAN AND MAINTIAN.
  code 33
• ⚠️Floors: Constructed Per Code, Cleaned, Good Repair, Coving Installed, Dust-Less Cleaning Methods Used
  Inspector note: OBSERVED FLOOR UNDER 3 COMPARTMENT SINK AND UNDER DISH MACHINE UNCLEAN. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOOR AND FLOOR DRAIN. OBSERVED FOOD CRUMBS BEHIND REFRIGERATORS AND TOASTERS ON MAIN COOKING LINE. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. OBSERVED FOOD CRUMBS IN BREAD DISPLAY/BAKERY AREA. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN FLOORS. OBSERVED FLOORS OF WALK IN REFRIGERATOR AND WALK IN FREEZER UNCLEAN. CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  code 34

What changed since the previous inspection?

Compared with Pass on November 30, 2015: 2 findings appeared for the first time. 3 findings recurred. 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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